Liam Gallagher VS Patrick Arseneau at MFL 17

Hamilton’s Liam Gallagher (4-0) and Gatineau’s Patrick Arseneau (3-0) will square off at MFL 17 in Montreal, QC to determine the new owner of the vacant MFL bantamweight title. After kicking off his amateur career in June 2019, Gallagher, 23, has racked up four wins in just over one year, three of which were inside the MFL cage. Much like his adversary, Arseneau, 30, has yet to taste to defeat in his amateur career, with his most recent win coming in his MFL debut in October.

Arseneau said he’s looking forward to the opportunity to compete for a belt and said it could be a perfect way to close out his amateur career. “It’s a good opportunity for me, and it might close out my amateur career. I really want to go pro after this one, or maybe one more fight,” said Arseneau in an interview with MMA Empire.

“That belt and this fight are going to be the key to the door for the pros.” “In my training camps and sparring, I’m doing five five-minute rounds. Cardio-wise and conditioning-wise I’ll have no problem,” said Gallagher. “If anything, I feel like it’s going to give me more time to set things up and change different aspects of the fight as I feel is needed.”

While still training primarily out of Vision Quest MMA and Para Bellum MMA, Gallagher spent the first three weeks of his training camp in Sacramento, CA, training with the crew at Team Alpha Male. He said this is the second time he’s had the pleasure of working with Team Alpha Male, and said it’s been a huge benefit to his overall game.

“The level of training and competition in that room on a daily basis is insane. Just getting to see those looks and train with that high-level of guys on a daily basis, twice a day, six days a week is great.” Although he comes from a kickboxing background, Gallagher has embraced all aspects of MMA so far in his young career. Gallagher said while Arseneau also comes from a similar background, he believes he will have the upper hand wherever the fight goes.

“I feel like I’m just more well-rounded,” said Gallagher.

“We’re both strikers, but I feel like I have the advantage in the striking standpoint. But I’m also confident in my wrestling and jiu-jitsu. If I feel like I need to take the fight somewhere else, I have that ability to switch things up and kind of roll with the punches in that sense.”