Chael Sonnen, a retired MMA star, has been charged with 11 counts in connection to an alleged fight at a Las Vegas hotel.
After an incident at Luxor Hotel in December, the multi-time UFC champion was initially charged with five counts each of misdemeanour battery.
Chael Sonnen, a retired fighter in MMA, was allegedly involved last December in a hotel brawl
These charges were dropped in January, so they can be re-filed later.
According to court reports, these charges were DOUBLED and included a felony charge of battery by strangulation.
Sonnen, 44, will make his first appearance in a Las Vegas courtroom on April 27.
Sonnen was reported to have been involved in a brawl with six other people, one of whom was a female.
Sonnen faces 11 charges for allegedly having choked a man and punched/or struck a girl during the hotel scuffle.
TMZ has released footage showing Las Vegas police escorting Sonnen along the Luxor Hotel's hallway a few days following the alleged incident.
Sonnen, a fan favourite, lost his final fight in UFC in November 2013. He was defeated by Rashad Evans in the first round.
In June 2014, the trash talker declared his first retirement from MMA after it was revealed that he had failed a random drug screening.
In January 2017, he returned to action for a grudge match against Tito Ortiz at Bellator 175, which he lost by first round submission.
Sonnen would fight in the promotion four more times, winning two victories over MMA legends Wanderlei Silva or Quinton Jackson.
After back-to-back defeats to Fedor Emelianenko, and Lyoto Mchida, he had closed the door on his career.
