VIDEO: Ricky Bandejas knocks James Gallagher out cold at Bellator 204

James Gallagher’s bantamweight debut did not go as planned.

On Friday night at Bellator 204 in Sioux Falls, S.D., Gallagher made his return to the cage after a 14-month layoff. Gallagher had designs on stopping Ricky Bandejas and then pursuing a fight with Darrion Caldwell. Unfortunately, for Gallagher, nobody told Bandejas.

Bandejas blew up Gallagher’s plans with a sharp right hand that dropped “the Strabanimal” midway through the first round. A stepping sidekick and some vicious follow-up punches later, Gallagher was out cold on the canvas and Bandejas had announced himself to the Bellator faithful.

Check out the violent KO below.