After 21 months without action that included two fights he had to pull out of, James Gallagher finally made the walk again Friday.
What Gallagher (12-2 MMA, 9-2 BMMA) got from James Gonzalez (10-7 MMA, 1-2 BMMA) was a stiff test – perhaps stiffer than he expected – but he escaped Sioux Falls, S.D., with a split decision on the main card at Bellator 198 for his first win since October 2020.
“(It was a) very hard fight – bad performance. But I did what I had to do and I won. That’s the main thing,” Gallagher said at his post-fight news conference. “I’ve got a lot to learn, a lot to grow, a lot to improve. It was a tough, tough fight, but I was calm. I won the first two rounds, and then I just coasted the last one. That’s not usually my style. I don’t fight like that, and I don’t perform like that. But, I had to do what I had to do. I came through what I had to come through. Winners f*cking win.
