Cal Ellenor’s main event clash with James Gallagher has been over a year in the making.
Nobody could have predicted the bizarre trajectory that this Bellator matchup between two of Europe’s top bantamweight prospects would take, with the fight—barring any last-minute weirdness—finally landing at Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy this Saturday. That it has stayed on track for this long gives you some indication of how much potential Bellator’s matchmakers see in this pairing.
The hype train has been behind Ireland’s Gallagher (10-1) for sometime now, but Ellenor (8-2) made his own mark before his successful debut for Bellator in February 2019.