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Former Bellator Interim Bantamweight Champion Raufeon Stots suffered a first round knockout loss to Patchy Mix at Bellator 295, with that bout serving as the finals for the Bellator Bantamweight World Grand Prix.
Stots has now gone onto reveal that prior to fighting Mix, he passed out due to some issues surrounding the weight cut before their encounter.
“I’m hoping that I can have my rematch against Patchy,” Stots told MMA Junkie Radio. “I feel like I went into that fight not compromised, but knowing something I didn’t know before. I messed up in my nutrition the last two camps. I didn’t know that I was doing it to myself. I wasn’t eating all that I needed to be eating. My weight cut suffered because of it, and I passed out because of the weight cut.
“I would like the chance to fight him again. Not saying that’s the reason he won, but I know I would be able to attack the fight differently. … That one left a kind of sour taste in my mouth because I feel like I wasn’t able to truly fight and see where I’m at with Patchy. That’s kind of where my head is at.”
Mix has now moved onto a fight with Bellator Bantamweight Champion Sergio Pettis next, while Stots will have a rematch with Danny Sabatello next.
The fighter also reveals that he kept his health issues a secret from the athletic commissions and the promotion before the fight with Mix.
“We tried to keep it under wraps because I didn’t want to lose the fight and I didn’t think it was a problem,” Stots said. “I just feel like I would be able to perform better. I think it had an impact on me. It’s just something I know I can do better. Obviously, fighting skills and technique (I can do) better in the fight, but I feel like that (the weight cut) I know that I can do better. … It just so happened that it happened in these last two fights where I changed meal prep companies.”
