Former longtime UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has reportedly agreed to terms on a new contract with the promotion.

St-Pierre (25-2 MMA, 19-2 UFC) could return to the octagon in the third quarter of this year, though no date has been finalized, per MMAFighting.com.

The deal comes four months after St-Pierre revealed an impasse with his longtime promoter amid a contract renegotiation and declared himself a free agent. He later aligned himself with the fledging MMA Athletes Association, promising to fight for better treatment of UFC fighters.

St-Pierre’s reps did not immediately respond to a request for comment when contacted by MMAjunkie; a UFC official had no comment. Jim Quinn, the former champ’s attorney during his contract renegotiation, said he was not involved in any new negotiations and deferred the matter to the fighter’s management.

Recently, there have been signs of reconciliation between St-Pierre and the UFC. Middleweight champion Michael Bisping went on “The MMA Hour” to declare the promotion was close to re-signing “Rush” and talked up a fight, which he once reported as a possibility to headline UFC 206 before St-Pierre himself shot it down. Then UFC President Dana White told TSN that he’d spoken to St-Pierre and smoothed out their differences.

St-Pierre hasn’t fought since 2013, when he outpointed Johny Hendricks by split decision in a brutal fight. He subsequently announced he was stepping away from the sport and vacated his belt, though he did not declare he had officially retired.

This past year, the former champ gave more indications he was interested in getting back into the octagon, though White dismissed many of them.

Current welterweight champ Tyron Woodley (16-3-1 MMA, 6-2-1 UFC) and Stephen Thompson (13-1-1 MMA, 8-1-1 UFC), who are set for a rematch next month at UFC 209, have both said if St-Pierre returns, he should get an immediate title shot in his former division.

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