Former WWE wrestler “Gentleman” Jack Gallagher will competing in his second MMA bout under the name of Jack Claffey (0-1) at Hexagone MMA 8, as announced in the release of the fight card last week.
The Englishman will be facing French local, Yassin Chtatou (1-2-1), at Beziers Arena on June 3, looking to recover from the loss he incurred in his pro MMA debut last year.
Claffey performed on WWE between 2016 and 2020 with the NXT and 205 Live brands. Following a 10-year career on the independent professional wrestling circuit, he debuted with WWE for the tournament Cruiserweight Classic in 2016 to go on to sign with the promotion.
On May 6, 2022, 33-year-old Mancunian took his first bare-knuckle boxing fight with BKFC to score a KO victory. He also has a 2–0 record at amateur level in MMA.
See below for the Hexagone MMA 8 fight card so far:
- Dean Garnett vs. Lucas Corbage – for vacant featherweight title
- Mehdi Ben Lakhdhar (6-0-1, France) vs. Wanderson Barcelos
- Antony Rea vs. Mohamed El Dwansy
- Karla Benitez vs. Stephanie Ielo Page
- Laid Zerhouni vs. Michal Dobias
- Quentin Arola vs. Parwaiz Arabzai
- Frankie Rollandt vs. Allan Taibi
- Mathieu Rakotondrazanany vs. Fernando Calvo
