Patrick „Patchy“ Mix will look to end a three-fight losing streak when
he squares off against Shoko Sato at
Rizin
54.
The Japanese promotion recently announced a handful of bouts for
the Aug. 11 event. Rizin 54 takes place at Toyota Arena Tokyo in
Tokyo, Japan, and is headlined by a featherweight showdown between
Kleber
Koike Erbst and Kyomo Akimoto.
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A former Bellator
MMA bantamweight champion, Mix was victorious in 20 of his
first 21 professional outings prior to signing with the
UFC. The 32-year-old New York native dropped a pair of
lackluster decision against Mario
Bautista and Jakub
Wiklacz before being released from the Las Vegas-based
promotion. “Patchy” moved to 145 pounds at Rizin 52, where he
suffered his third consecutive setback in a second-round stoppage
loss to Kyoma
Akimoto. He will return to 135 pounds against Sato.
The 38-year-old Sato is a veteran of 58 pro fights dating back to
2008. The former ONE
Championship and Shooto
competitor has won three of his last four starts and is coming off
a first-round submission victory against John
Sweeney at Rizin 52.
„So much respect for Sato but I’m coming back to bantamweight to
prove myself. Fully dedicated and with so much vengeance. This
story is far from over and this is how I’ll earn my shot at the
[Rizin] bantamweight title,” Mix wrote on social media.
“Everything is in my hands, I’m ready to show my true form.”
So much respect for Sato but I’m coming back
to bantamweight to prove myself. Fully dedicated and with so much
vengeance. This story is far from over and this is how I’ll earn my
shot at the @rizin_PR
bantamweight title‼️Everything is in my hands, I’m ready to show my true form https://t.co/hx9UG0NESr
— Patchy Mix (@TeamMixMMA)
June 23, 2026
Rizin 54 Card
Kleber
Koike Erbst vs. Kyoma
Akimoto
Shoko
Sato vs. Patrick
Mix
Joji
Goto vs. Azizbek
Temirov
Yuki
Ito vs. Alibek
Gadzhammatov
Keito
Oyama vs. Noeru
Narita
Arata
Mizuno vs. Kaiwen Li
Naoki
Tanaka vs. Issa
Hosokawa
Joe
Hiramoto vs. Ryoma
Shishimoto