In an interview with Yahoo Sports, shortly after UFC-83, Ultimate president Dana White confirmed that Brazilian Renato “Babalu” Sobral is expected to return to the organization. Babalu had his contract broken after forcing a choke submission on David Heath at UFC-74. With this, Babalu signed fights with HCF and Ring of Fire, but the UFC boss changed his mind and is already negotiating the return of the black belt after Babalu's good performance at Rings.