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Fernando Gonzalez Believes He Has Shed ‘Fluke’ Label Ahead of Bellator 137

Fernando Gonzalez has been on a tear since joining Bellator. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com

Fernando Gonzalez has reached a point in his Bellator tenure where it might be time to start viewing him less as a Cinderella and more as a legitimate contender.

At least that’s the way Gonzalez sees it after garnering consecutive victories over Karl Amoussou, Karo Parisyan and Marius Zaromskis in his first three promotional outings. In his mind, the most recent of those triumphs, a three-round verdict against Zaromskis at Bellator 132, served to solidify that the Menifee, Calif.