Bellator’s Peter Queally returns to Dublin for the fourth consecutive time this coming Saturday, as he takes on welterweight, Daniele Miceli.
Queally is coming into this fight on a three fight losing skid, and at 38-years-old it is uncertain how much longer the Irishman wants to stick around. Miceli will be looking to mark his Bellator debut with an upset win which will take him unbeaten in three fights.
“The Showstopper” has fought at welterweight on several occasions throughout his 22 fight career, however, the last time he fought at 170lbs was back in 2016 when he was defeated by Joe McColgan.
One of the main reasons why the 38-year-old has moved back up to welterweight for this fight is because during his last three camps, he’s picked up injuries that have affected him throughout.
He explained the injuries at the Bellator 299 media day, “I had no business fighting in those fights to be honest, especially the Ben (Benson Henderson) one. To put that into perspective, I had surgery on my shoulder in March, it tore again in July, I had to go back in and get my bicep cut in half and drilled through my humerus, this was in July and then I fought him in September. Thinking back on it, it just wasn’t me at all.”
Despite that, Queally stated that it took till May this year for his shoulder to finally feel normal again, and he admitted that because of that, he is excited to show people he ‘still has gas left in the tank.’
“I was even in the gym this week sparring and everything this week, which is probably not that smart but I felt good and that’s what I like doing and that’s the difference that you’re going to see this weekend you’re going to see Peter who is prepared again. You’re going to see the Peter that beat Patricky the first time when I was actually training.”
Check out the full media day with Peter Queally above.
