MMA Twitter react to Patchy Mix dropping Raufeon Stots for interim title, Grand Prix win at Bellator 295
By Chad Porto
Patchy Mix knocks out Raufeon Stots at Bellator 295.
Bellator 295 saw Raufeon Stots and Patchy Mix finish the Bellator Bantamweight Grand Prix in front of a very hot Honolulu crowd. Both men came into the fight with a wrestling background, and personal motivation to come in and take the title.
For Mix, he hasn't lost since his last title fight, a loss to Juan Archuleta in 2020. He arguably went through the toughest two fights in the division, defeating Japanese MMA icon Kyoji Horiguchi and Russan submission expert Magomed Magomedov. Stots didn't have an easy time by any means, defeating Juan Archuleta and Danny Sabatello to earn his way into the finals of the Bellator Bantamweight Grand Prix.
When the two men met, the final fight in the Grand Prix wouldn't last long, as Mix dropped Stots early into the first round with a perfect looking knee, that rendered Stots out cold. The knee gave Mix the title and fans on Twitter had big feelings about the fight.
What did fans think of Patchy Mix's sudden knockout win over Raufeon Stots at Bellator 295?
OMG!!!
— MMA Latinoamérica (@ClubDeLasMMA) April 23, 2023
Patchy Mix manda a dormir a Raufeon Stots en el primer round 🤯🔥 #Bellator295 pic.twitter.com/jYNensurl9
Mix 😳 what a knockout! #Bellator295
— PiezoDFS (@PiezoDFS) April 23, 2023
Patchy Mix capping off a great day of fighting in emphatic fashion #Bellator295 #BellatorBWGP
— Mauricio Ojeda (@M_Ojeda89) April 23, 2023
What a Knee ! Great stuff #Bellator295
— Ethan 🥀 (@xToueki) April 23, 2023
Patchy Mix is one of the best Bantamweights in the world and quite literally a millionaire now. #Bellator295
— Shak (@GoodBroMedia) April 23, 2023
Patchy Mix!! Buffalo legend #bellator295
— Billy Sautter (@billysautter_) April 23, 2023
What a knee that was, I did not expect that to be the ending shot there -- the million dollar man got it done. 18-1....#Bellator295 pic.twitter.com/ZJVk7s813O
— pat (o) (@Patkk151515) April 23, 2023
dude that some Royval shit right there lmao #Bellator295
— The Alchemist Sandwich, Track 3 (@__barbon) April 23, 2023
Bro it feels like no one understands what just happened. Holy fuck what a finish by Patchy Mix. #Bellator295
— Pauli.♤ (@MMAPauli) April 23, 2023
I really think Patchy Mix could go to UFC right now and wreck shop at 135.
— Bryan Brennan (@TheBryanBrennan) April 23, 2023
#Bellator295
Insure that knee for a mil #Bellator295
— Pauline Felder (@TriathlonFelder) April 23, 2023
YO you better stop sleeping on Patchy Mix man dude is a KILLER #Bellator295
— Knockouts & 3 Counts (@ko3cpod) April 23, 2023
Holy smokes, that knee was insane! What a beautiful shot! #Bellator295 #BellatorHawaii
— Sam Tuning (@SAMTUNING5150) April 23, 2023
OMG Unbelievable first round knockout (Knee) by Patchy Mix to win the Bellator Bantamweight World Grand Prix #Bellator295
— Brett Cagle (@brett_cagle) April 23, 2023
What a beautifully timed and placed knee by Patchy Mix. #Bellator295
— theMMAcommunity.com (@theMMAcommunity) April 23, 2023