UFC 316 Debutant Patchy Mix is extremely confident to enter his first Octagon experience.
Former Bellator Bantamweight champion Patchy Mix became the latest top -free agent who signed at the UFC earlier this year. Only a few days away from his Octagon debut, Mix Mix the pre-fighting theatrics against his upcoming rival.
Mix and Mario Bautista will collide in Newark this Saturday in a long-awaited UFC 316 head of card confirmation. The addition of mix to the stacked UFC Bantamweight Division is another intriguing element for the 135 LB Titel photo.
Although the chances between Mix and Bautista are relatively thin that UFC 316 introduces, Mix takes on this upcoming challenge as a shut -off fight.
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Patchy Mix threatens to submit the entire team of Mario Bautista in Scathing Pre-Fight Comments
Before he signed at the UFC, Mix was praised by many as perhaps the largest bantam weight in MMA, despite UFC 316 Headliner Merab Dvalishvili with a larger level of competition. After the mix had gathered success with his elite struggle base early, he turned into a well-completed mixed Martial artist, a nightmare for his rivals in the cage.
While Bautista UFC 316 enters an impressive winning series, his Times slow style has irritated during his current Run UFC fans. Mix plans to exploit it when they meet in the Octagon this weekend.
In a recent episode of the UFC 316: Embedded Series, Mix gave a destructive assessment of Bautista's skills while he looked tape prior to their fight.
“I will go up him,” Mix explained.
“I am a triple world champion. This guy is a Journeyman hunter. I will submit it.
“And whoever teaches him Jiu-Jitsu, I will submit the entire crew.”
Bautista enters UFC 316 on a win with seven fights, including recent victories over UFC Hall of Famer Jose Aldo and Ricky Simon. His last entry victory met Guido Cannetti in March 2023.
Mix earned a whole series of finishes during his Bellator/PFL office period, including submissions from Magomed Magomedov and former Conor McGregor student James Gallagher. He has not tasted any defeat since a unanimous decision loss for Juan Archuleta at Bellator 246.
The debut of Patchy Mix is one of the biggest storylines of UFC 316
Mix is the newest in a whole series of former Bellator/PFL height points to make the switch to the UFC Octagon. Earlier this year, the former Bellator Vederweight made champion Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire his UFC debut on UFC 314, although he fell on the jury's scorecards against Yair Rodriguez.
But Mix's debut is much more hype than Freire's, and it is similar to when Kayla Harrison made her UFC debut last year on UFC 300. Only two fights in her UFC official period, will challenge Harrison for the Bantamweight title for women in the UFC 316 Co-Levement.
Dvalishvili has a mix on his radar with a victory this Saturday at UFC 316. The two earlier this year briefly trained together and are on the same page about a future confrontation in the Octagon.