{"id":283334,"date":"2018-08-21T10:11:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T17:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=283334"},"modified":"2018-08-21T10:11:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T17:11:07","slug":"james-gallagher-taking-inspiration-from-conor-mcgregor-after-recent-ko-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/james-gallagher\/james-gallagher-taking-inspiration-from-conor-mcgregor-after-recent-ko-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gallagher taking inspiration from Conor McGregor after recent KO loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, on the main card of Bellator 204, polarizing Bellator bantamweight prospect James Gallagher was brutally knocked out by former CFFC champ Ricky Bandejas.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of this loss, Gallagher has assured that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/james-gallagher\/cocky-mother-fer-james-gallagher-reacts-to-ko-loss\/\">his cocky attitude isn&#8217;t going anywhere<\/a>. That being said, he assures he&#8217;s also determined to learn from the loss.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[FULL] James Gallagher wants immediate rematch vs. Ricky Bandejas | Ariel Helwani\u2019s MMA Show | ESPN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tlW_OTncd9Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"PNBkHc\">\u201cI\u2019ll hold my head high,&#8221; Gallagher said Monday on Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/8\/21\/17762454\/james-gallagher-inspiration-conor-mcgregor-knockout-loss-ricky-bandejas-straight-blast-bellator-204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAMania<\/a>). &#8220;I\u2019ll go out there and I\u2019ll face it. I take the loss on the chin, literally, as I got a smack on the chin and it put me out. I\u2019ll take that loss. I take it like a man, and I show up and I hold my head high, and I\u2019m proud of myself. I\u2019m proud of myself walking out there and going out and fighting putting everything on the line, putting in that training camp \u2014 doing everything right, had the perfect camp, did everything right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"2xSuxz\">\u201cNow, I\u2019m looking forward to going back. [Bandejas] showed me something I need to work on and I\u2019m looking forward to going back and making myself better and becoming world champion. I\u2019m 100 percent I\u2019m going to be world champion. I\u2019m not letting that defeat put me down. I got beat, but I\u2019m not broke. I can keep going. I can\u2019t wait to get back to the gym and go again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As he looks to rebound from this loss, James Gallagher says he&#8217;ll be drawing inspiration from the way <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> rebounded from his 2016 loss to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"aY78kY\">\u201cI can see the way he handled that and I took like inspiration from that, but this is how I\u2019ve been brought up by my mother and father \u2014 you don\u2019t run away from anything,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If I say I\u2019m the greatest ever and I get beat, then that\u2019s a big fall, but I\u2019m not scared of that. So I take it all in. I take it on the chin and move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think the future holds for James Gallagher after his Bellator 204 KO loss?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/21\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, on the main card of Bellator 204, polarizing Bellator bantamweight prospect James Gallagher was brutally knocked out by former CFFC champ Ricky Bandejas. In the wake of this loss, Gallagher has assured that his cocky attitude isn&#8217;t going anywhere. That being said, he assures he&#8217;s also determined to learn from the loss. \u201cI\u2019ll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":282825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39567],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>James Gallagher taking inspiration from Conor McGregor after recent KO loss | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"James Gallagher says he&#039;ll be drawing inspiration from Conor McGregor as he looks to rebound from his knockout loss to Ricky Bandejas.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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