For the second time over the past half-year, the Irish featherweight up-and-comer was recently forced to withdraw from a Bellator main-event bout after suffering a setback in training. In October, a knee injury took Gallagher out of action before Bellator 187. Then, earlier this March, it was a hand injury that derailed his Bellator 196 matchup against Adam Borics. And for “The Strabanimal,” the repeated disappointment has been frustrating to have to overcome.
“I have an old fracture on my hand, but I’ve also got a new one just slightly above the old fracture,” Gallagher explained Monday on The MMA Hour.