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 ring with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

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

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

James Gallagher was the younger man by 9 years, at 25 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 less fights, and made his debut in 2015, 6 year and 1 month later than Salazar, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 29 less professional rounds, 21 to Salazar's 50.

Activity check

Gallagher's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.