by Gráinne Connolly
Local MMA fighter James Gallagher, known as the 'Strabanimal' is in New York preparing for Bellator 180.
The 20 year old from Strabane will be fighting in Madison Square Gardens this Saturday in the featherweight feature event.
He'll be fighting Chinzo Machida, who's twice James' age.
At the minute Gallagher is sitting with 6 wins and 0 losses or draws, where as his opponent has 5 wins and 2 losses, 0 draws.
James Gallagher took to twitter to post the weigh inn details before the fight:
Weigh inns will at the theatre in @thegarden at 6pm NY time on Friday 👊🏻🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 https://t.co/CyRXb4UJhK
— james gallagher (@StrabanimalMMA) 21 June 201
A link to his opening song was also released, which was written by fellow Strabane man and rapper Stephen Mills aka Mr Mills.
‘Why be good when you gona be great?’ - https://t.co/7swd9JUkQp pic.twitter.com/q7YD9XUUB5
— Strabane Chronicle (@Strab_Chronicle) June 19, 2017 ">
‘Why be good when you gona be great?’ - https://t.co/7swd9JUkQp pic.twitter.com/q7YD9XUUB5
— Strabane Chronicle (@Strab_Chronicle) June 19, 2017
The full video is linked below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VhnXnMNr_k
The fight will be aired on Spike TV this Saturday.
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