Bellator 295 post-event facts: Patchy Mix’s knee knockout caps off epic grand prix run
Bellator 295 took place Saturday at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu and marked the second night of the promotion’s weekend doubleheader in Hawaii.
The final fight of a loaded week proved to be the most memorable, because Patchy Mix (18-1 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) scored one of the greatest knockout highlights in company history when he flattened Raufeon Stots (19-2 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) with a picture-perfect knee to the jaw knockout just 80 seconds into their main event. The nasty finish not only won him the interim bantamweight title, but he is the last man standing in the bantamweight grand prix, winning $1 million after completing the eight-man field.
For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from Bellator 295.
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Betting favorites went 6-5 on the card.
Betting favorites improved to 5-1 in Bellator main events this year.
Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 2:15:32.
Masayuki Kikuiri def. Alexey Shurkevich
Masayuki Kikuiri (9-2-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) has earned all six of his career stoppage victories by knockout.
Alexey Shurkevich (13-6 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by knockout.
Bruna Ellen def. Ilara Joanne
Bruna Ellen (7-4 MMA, 5-4 BMMA) has earned five of her six career victories by decision. That includes all of her Bellator wins.
Davion Franklin def. Kasim Aras
Davion Franklin’s (6-1 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) six victories in Bellator heavyweight competition are tied for fourth-most in divisional history behind Tyrell Fortune (13), Cheick Kongo (13) and Steve Mowry (seven).
Kasim Aras (7-2 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) suffered the first decision loss of his career.
Aalon Cruz def. Bobby King
Aalon Cruz (11-4 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) improved to 3-0 since he parted ways with the UFC in March 2021.
Bobby King (12-6 MMA, 3-3 BMMA) has suffered all three of his Bellator losses by decision.
Sumiko Inaba def. Veta Arteaga
Sumiko Inaba’s (6-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) six-fight Bellator winning streak at women’s flyweight is tied with Liz Carmouche for the longest active streak in the division.
Inaba’s six victories in Bellator women’s flyweight competition are tied for third-most in divisional history behind Macfarlane (12) and Juliana Velasquez (seven).
Veta Arteaga (7-5 MMA, 6-5 BMMA) has suffered four of her five career losses by decision.
Kai Kamaka def. Adli Edwards
Kai Kamaka
Kai Kamaka (11-5-1 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) has earned nine of his 11 career victories by decision.
Adli Edwards (9-3 MMA, 0-2 BMMA) has suffered two of his three career losses by decision.
Mads Burnell def. Justin Gonzales
Mads Burnell (17-5 MMA, 4-2 BMMA) improved to 8-2 since his final UFC appearance in May 2018.
Justin Gonzales (14-2 MMA, 3-2 BMMA) has suffered both of his career losses by decision.
Aaron Pico def. James Gonzalez
Aaron Pico (11-4 MMA, 11-4 BMMA) improved to 10-3 since he dropped to the featherweight division in September 2017.
James Gonzalez (9-6 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) has suffered all six of his career losses by decision.
Yancy Medeiros def. Charlie Leary
Yancy Medeiros (17-8 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) improved to 2-3 since he returned to the lightweight division in January 2019. He’s 5-7 with one no contest in the weight class overall.
Medeiros has earned 13 of his 17 career victories by stoppage.
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane def. Kana Watanabe
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane’s (13-2 MMA, 12-2 BMMA) 12 victories in Bellator women’s flyweight competition are the most in divisional history.
Kana Watanabe (11-2-1 MMA, 3-2 BMMA) suffered the first decision loss of his career.
Patchy Mix def. Raufeon Stots
Mix’s five-fight Bellator winning streak at bantamweight is the second-longest active streak in the division behind Jaylon Bates (seven).
Mix has earned six of his seven Bellator victories by stoppage.
Mix’s five stoppage victories in Bellator bantamweight competition are the most in divisional history.
Stots has suffered both of his career losses by knockout.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for Bellator 295.
