Patchy Mix failed to make weight for his bantamweight bout at RIZIN 54, coming in almost 6.3 pounds over the limit for his fight with Shoko Sato in Tokyo. The promotion announced he will no longer be featured in the co-main event, elevating another fight to that position.
Kyoma Akimoto and former champion Kleber Koike successfully made weight for the RIZIN 54 featherweight main event.
Mix lost his RIZIN debut in March with a second-round knockout to Kyoma Akimoto at featherweight and decided to move back down to 135 pounds. He stepped on the scale at 63.85kg, a lot heavier than the 61kg limit.
The former Bellator champion is unable to win Tuesday as RIZIN rules automatically overturn wins to no-contest for overweight fighters. It means he will extend his winless streak that currently sits at three, including a pair of UFC losses to Mario Bautista and Jakub Wiklacz.
The same rule applies to Alibek Gadzhammatov, who missed the flyweight limit by 3.85 pounds for his clash with Yuki Ito.
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