Gallagher vs Graham

Who won Gallagher vs Graham?

James Gallagher beat Steven Graham by submission in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator 217, on Saturday 23rd February 2019 at 3Arena in Dublin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Gallagher vs Graham stats

James Gallagher stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 6 by submission.

Steven Graham made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

James Gallagher's Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Steven Graham's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Graham had an advantage in power over Gallagher, with a 17% knock out percentage over Gallagher's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gallagher had a slight advantage over Graham, with a 86% submission rate over Graham's 83%.

James Gallagher was the younger man by 6 years, at 28 years old.

Gallagher had a height advantage of 1 inch over Graham. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Gallagher's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Graham's, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 11 months later than Graham, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 27 to Graham's 16.

Gallagher vs Graham form

James Gallagher had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Patchy Mix at Bellator MMA on 5th November 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had won against Cal Ellenor at Bellator Euro Series 9 on 3rd October 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Allianz Cloud, Milan, Italy.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Roman Salazar at Bellator 227 on 27th September 2019 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

Before that, he had defeated Jeremiah Labiano at Bellator 223 on 22nd June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

He was victorious against Steven Graham at Bellator 217 on 23rd February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

Activity check

Gallagher's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Gallagher vs Graham?

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