Tamdan McCrory leaves Bellator, re-signs with UFC

"The Barn Cat" is back. Six years after his final Octagon appearance, Tamdan McCrory announced Tuesday that he has left Bellator and re-signed with the UFC.

McCrory told UFC.com that he turned down a Bellator middleweight title shot in order to re-sign with the promotion that gave him his big break in 2007.

"I left a title shot in [my last promotion] to come to the UFC," McCrory said. "If I wanted to win that belt I could have stayed and done it, but I wanted to be back in the sport of MMA, not the MMA entertainment business."

Still just 28 years old, McCrory (13-3) built his name in the early TUF era of the sport. He debuted with Zuffa as an undefeated welterweight and quickly made a splash…