Mix vs Magomedov

Who won Mix vs Magomedov?

Patchy Mix beat Magomed Magomedov by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator Champions Series, on Friday 17th May 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 48-47, 48-47 in favor of the winner Patchy Mix.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator Bantamweight championship.

Mix vs Magomedov stats

Patchy Mix stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 13 by submission.

Magomed Magomedov made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

This was Patchy Mix's 10th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Magomed Magomedov marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Patchy Mix's Bellator record stood at 9-1-0, while Magomed Magomedov's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Magomedov had a slight advantage in power over Mix, with a 20% knock out percentage over Mix's 11%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mix had an advantage over Magomedov, with a 68% submission rate over Magomedov's 50%.

Patchy Mix was the younger man by 2 years, at 30 years old.

Mix had a height advantage of 4 inches over Magomedov.

Mix was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 5 years and 1 month later than Magomedov, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 49 to Magomedov's 60.

Mix vs Magomedov form

Mix had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Magomed Magomedov at Bellator Champions Series: Paris on 17th May 2024 by split decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had beaten Sergio Pettis at Bellator 301 on 17th November 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Raufeon Stots at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Interim Bantamweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Before that, he was victorious against Magomed Magomedov at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had won against Kyoji Horiguchi at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Magomed Magomedov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Danny Sabatello at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 29th July 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to Patchy Mix at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Enrique Barzola at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by submission in the 4th round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had been beaten by Raufeon Stots at Bellator 264 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He was victorious against Cee Jay Hamilton at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Patchy Mix had been fighting more than Magomed Magomedov.

Going to this contest, Patchy Mix had last fought 2 months and 7 days ago, while Magomed Magomedov's last outing had been 11 months and 25 days ago.

Mix's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Magomedov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Mix vs Magomedov?

Patchy Mix was a 30/100 (-320) favourite going into the contest, while Magomed Magomedov made his way into the ring at 5/2 (+250) with oddsmakers.