While Patrick Mix closes in on another shot at the Bellator MMA bantamweight championship, one of the sport’s most polarizing prospects stands in his way.
“Patchy” will put his 14-1 record on the line when he confronts divisive SBG Ireland standout James Gallagher in the Bellator 270 co-headliner on Friday at 3Arena in Dublin. Mix enters the cage as a significant favorite, having recorded three wins in his first four appearances—his only setback resulted from a unanimous decision loss to Juan Archuleta in a failed bid to capture the vacant bantamweight title in 2020—with the Scott Coker-led promotion.