Christopher Gonzalez Believes He Is Two Victories Away from a Title Shot

Christopher Gonzalez feels he will soon get his much-coveted shot at the lightweight championship if he keeps winning. Gonzalez (7-1, 6-1 Bellator) is coming off a magnificent 36-second stoppage over Saad Awad at Bellator 273. After scoring his fastest finish to date, the Team Alpha Male representative was paired with Usman Nurmagomedov in an intriguing matchup that will go down at Bellator 283. Gonzalez told Sherdog that he sees himself very close to a chance to capture the 155-pound title as soon as he deals with Nurmagomedov.

“I was really thinking one fight, but now with [Patricky Freire] 'Pitbull' pulling out of his fight with Sidney Outlaw and Tofiq Musayev kind of filling in and with Tofiq having already had beaten “Pitbull,” I feel like the winner of that fight is also gonna be knocking on the door for that title shot too. So if not after this one, you know, I'd say two more at most.”

(00:00) Intro
(00:33) His morning session
(00:59) His sparring partners
(01:47) Facing Nurmagomedov
(03:01) His corner
(03:32) Moving up the rankings in case of victory
(04:42) How far he believes he is from a title shot
(05:22) Scoring his fastest finish to date
(06:03) Bouncing back from his first professional loss
(06:45) Picking Douglas Lima vs. Jason Jackson
(07:56) His expectation for his next fight
(08:48) Teasing that he’s walking out to some ‘Rocky’ soundtrack
(09:17) Outro



Tudor Leonte started writing about mixed martial arts in 2013 for Italian media outlets. His journey with Sherdog began in 2018 and he now covers One Championship and countless European shows. You can follow him on Twitter @MrTudorLeonte.