Bellator 270 sees the return of James Gallagher against Patchy Mix. The former training partner of Conor McGregor has made some changes ahead of the fight and it involves SBG Ireland.

He used to train at SBG Ireland but has now made a huge switch in coaching. He now trains under James Krause at Glory MMA & Fitness in Kansas City, Mo.

He recently went on The MMA Hour to discuss the change and break down what happened ahead of his Bellator fight. He says there are no hard feelings and his coach at SBG Ireland, John Kavanaugh will still be in his corner.

“John Kavanagh is going to be in my corner on Friday night,” Gallagher said. “John’s got me to a world-class level. John let me live this and John was a big brother to me for years. Me and John are still very close and that, but James Krause is now my head coach.”

“I’ll always be a part of SBG. I no longer train there, as you could say. I live in Kansas City now and I no longer train there. I’ve got SBG tattooed on me and I’ll be an SBG member until I die, but I now train at Glory and I’m a part of Glory also.”

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He made a trip out to the gym and it was obvious what he needed to do. Now he finds himself in a completely different environment.

“I just fell in love with the place,” Gallagher said. “I really enjoyed it up there. And I’m 25 now, I’m still very, very young, but I’m also just becoming a man, maturing up, and I’m getting there, and I’ve realized that it’s really about the journey in this game. In a few years’ time, when everything is all said and done, I want to come out on top as one of the greatest ever. I’m not here to just put on a show and just ‘Jimmy show this.’ I’m just not here to do that. I’m here to do much more, and that’s the move that I needed to make to do that.

“I want to be known as one of the greatest ever. And yeah, I’m going to win belts and going to even be a multiple [time] world champion, and I’m going to do all of that and I’m going to have a crazy, crazy, crazy story. But for me, when I’m 40, when I’m 50 years old and 60 years old, I’m going to be on top. I’m going to be the MMA guy that has risen above everything, hasn’t squandered everything, hasn’t fallen off the radar, hasn’t lost their mind. I’m going to be the guy that’s going to set that example of how to do this correctly.”

Bellator 270 goes down on Friday as James Gallagher will look to take out former title challenger Patchy Mix.