Gallagher vs Salazar

Who won Gallagher vs Salazar?

James Gallagher beat Roman Salazar by submission in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator 227, on Friday 27th September 2019 at 3Arena in Dublin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Gallagher vs Salazar division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Gallagher vs Salazar stats

James Gallagher stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

Roman Salazar made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Salazar had a massive power advantage over Gallagher, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Gallagher's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gallagher had a massive advantage over Salazar, boasting a 78% submission rate over Salazar's 23%.

James Gallagher was the younger man by 9 years, at 27 years old.

Gallagher had a height advantage of 1 inch over Salazar. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Gallagher was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 6 years and 1 month later than Salazar, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 23 less professional rounds, 27 to Salazar's 50.

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Gallagher's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Gallagher vs Salazar?

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