CHICAGO – At long last, Chris Gonzalez has his first Bellator fight.
Gonzalez signed with Bellator in 2018 after a standout wrestling career that included time at the Olympic Training Center. And he became the first fighter from the esteemed Team Alpha Male gym in Sacramento, Calif., to sign a multi-fight deal with the promotion.
But despite multiple attempts, Gonzalez hasn’t been able to book a fight and make it stick – till now. Gonzalez (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) takes on Charlie Radtke (2-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) on Saturday on the Bellator 221 prelims at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., near Chicago. The main card streams on DAZN following prelims on MMA Junkie.
In the video above, Gonzalez talks about his struggles to get a fight, working at Team Alpha Male, Jordan Burroughs – and why he thinks he’s MMA’s best wrestler no one knows abou tyet.
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