{"id":294554,"date":"2018-12-11T07:13:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T15:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=294554"},"modified":"2018-12-11T07:13:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T15:13:59","slug":"james-gallagher-to-headline-bellator-218-in-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/james-gallagher-to-headline-bellator-218-in-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gallagher to headline Bellator 218 in Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator MMA announced in a press release that James Gallagher will headline Bellator 218 in Dublin, Ireland on Feb. 23.<\/p>\n<p>Gallagher (7-1)\u00a0will look to bounce back from the first loss of his career as he&#8217;s set to face\u00a0Steven Graham in a bantamweight bout. The 22-year-old is coming off a\u00a0first-round TKO loss to former CFFC champion Ricky Bandejas at Bellator 204 in August. Losing for the first time in his career was especially tough for Gallagher who had engaged in a lot of trash talk leading up until the bout. The highlight reel head kick made it&#8217;s way on SportsCenter and did big numbers on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">GRAN NOCAUT<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BellatorxFOX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BellatorxFOX<\/a> | Ricky Bandejas acomod\u00f3 a Gallagher con un highkick y despu\u00e9s termin\u00f3 el combate en el suelo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SnQtg1cYt4\">pic.twitter.com\/SnQtg1cYt4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN Argentina (@ESPNArgentina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNArgentina\/status\/1030636396879470592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The setback snapped Gallagher&#8217;s seven-fight win streak. The Irishman has finished six of his eight career opponents, including five first round finishes.\u00a0The SBG Ireland standout holds wins over\u00a0Kirill Medvedovski, Chinzo Machida and Team Body Shop product Anthony Taylor. The last time Gallagher fought in Ireland was at\u00a0Bellator 173 in Belfast, but this will be his first trip back to Dublin since Dec. 2016 where he competed at Bellator 169. Gallagher has never lost back-to-back fights in his career. He&#8217;s currently 4-1 under the Bellator MMA banner.<\/p>\n<p>Graham (6-3) will be making his promotional debut and is riding a five-fight win streak. The 27-year-old went 6-2 as an amateur, including a win over Bellator veteran Chuka Willis for KC Fighting Alliance in May 2013. Graham made his\u00a0professional debut in Nov. 2014, earning a first-round submission win over Lonnie Tull Jr. at Blackout FC 26. The Kansas City native had a shaky start to his career going 1-3, however he&#8217;s remained undefeated since that slump. Graham is a product of American Top Team HD where he trains under PFL and UFC veteran Jason High.<\/p>\n<p>James Gallagher is only the second opponent Graham has faced with a winning record. Of Graham&#8217;s nine career fights, his opponents have a combined 24-52 record.<\/p>\n<p>How do you think James Gallagher will perform in this return to action?<\/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 12\/10\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator MMA announced in a press release that James Gallagher will headline Bellator 218 in Dublin, Ireland on Feb. 23. Gallagher (7-1)\u00a0will look to bounce back from the first loss of his career as he&#8217;s set to face\u00a0Steven Graham in a bantamweight bout. The 22-year-old is coming off a\u00a0first-round TKO loss to former CFFC champion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54468,"featured_media":294559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[44,39567],"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 to headline Bellator 218 in Dublin | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Irish prospect James Gallagher is set to return to action at Bellator 218, which goes down in his native Dublin, Ireland this February.\" \/>\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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