Something needs to change with “No Love.”
Former Bellator Bantamweight champion Patchy Mix suffered his second straight loss inside the Octagon at UFC 320 this past weekend (Sat., Oct. 4, 2025), dropping a competitive split decision to promotional newcomer Jakub Wiklacz inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mix entered the UFC as one of the most hyped free-agent signings in recent years, but through two fights, he’s failed to live up to expectations. Once known for his dynamic, finishing-heavy
style, the 31-year-old has looked flat and tentative in both outings — and former UFC Bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw, who was in Las Vegas for UFC 320 (cornering Josh Emmett), believes the time has come for some technical evolution.
“On the technical side of things, I’d really like to see Patchy Mix evolve,” Dillashaw said on the JAXXON podcast. “I would need to start seeing him moving his head. He doesn’t have any head motion. He kind of stands in front of you a little bit and just plots forward. His jiu-jitsu is good. I could see some more feints, some more head motion, a little more snap on his punches, but unfortunately, he was so tired that his punches didn’t have it. The first thing that goes away when you get tired is your feints and your movement.”
During his Bellator run (2022–23), Mix looked like a legitimate UFC title contender, collecting wins over Kyoji Horiguchi, Magomed Magomedov, Raufeon Stots, and Sergio Pettis. But those dangerous weapons — speed, pressure, and slick grappling — have all but vanished.
One possible culprit? His massive weight cut. At 5’11”, Mix is one of the tallest fighters in the division, and according to Dillashaw, his UFC 320 cut was brutal.
“I got to be there on fight week, and he cuts a lot of weight, man. He gets big. He cuts a lot, a lot of weight. I think he might be breaking himself down a lot, too,” Dillashaw said. “He just did not look good when we were going to ceremonial weigh-ins. You should be feeling f—king awesome. You just weighed in. He’s like laying on the ground, looking like he’s still cutting weight. Then I go to the bathroom, and he runs up to go to the bathroom, says he’s been throwing up since weigh-ins.”
“He couldn’t keep anything down. He’s sick. It’s probably a little bit of nerves, too, but he couldn’t hold anything down. Then he’s talking about how he had staph for the last two weeks, he’s been on antibiotics,” Dillashaw added. “So, it didn’t sound like camp went that great. When you’re on antibiotics, your cardio is going to suck, and we saw that in the fight. It was a close, close fight. People had it going either way, and he ran out of gas. He came out good, got the takedown, but unfortunately, his gas tank wasn’t there.”
Mix noted after his first UFC loss that his weight cut had a lot to do with it. So if his weight cut really nuked him again, it could be time to move up a division and try to save his UFC career before he completely nose dives.
