Thread: Wallhead will be back in Bellator but Gomez out

Jim Wallhead, one of the UK's most loved but unluckiest fighters, remains positive as he has been told he will be back in Bellator.


Wallhead In Buoyant Mood As Things Start To Look Up - FIGHT!

Good news is not something Britain’s ‘Judo’ Jimmy Wallhead (18-5) is particularly used to. He has been the victim of bad luck on many occasions, most recently his spot in the Bellator welterweight tournament was compromised by a volcanic ash cloud hanging over the UK (and concurrently most of Europe) which stopped him flying out for his big bout. All looked to be lost for the Rough House man, but an interview with Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney conducted with USA Today last week seems to bear excellent news. In this, Rebney states that Bellator will, ‘absolutely be bringing him [Wallhead] back,’ and that it would be ’sooner rather than later.’ Jimmy is buzzing about the news.

“It’s good stuff,” he declared. “It’s reassuring and I was over the moon. It can’t get much better than him saying those words about me. It makes me feel good. I just want to get in there now. I’m definitely happier now I know I’ve got a future with them. I was worried because I didn’t know what their opinion of me was and at least now I know, and it’s instilled me with a lot of confidence.”

Bad news - Gomez is out this weekend, but Wallhead is still expected to fight on the card.

Good news!