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.

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