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Andreas Hale, ESPN
Patchy Mix will return to action to defend his Bellator bantamweight championship against Leandro Higo in the main event of Bellator Champions Series: Paris at the Adidas Arena when Bellator returns to Paris on Nov. 16.
Mix (20-1) is looking to bounce back after an underwhelming split decision win over Magomed Magomedov in May. This will be Mix’s second defense of the title that he unified when he defeated Sergio Pettis by submission in November 2023. ESPN’s No. 7-ranked bantamweight is riding an eight-fight winning streak.
Higo hopes to cash in on his second opportunity to capture 135-pound gold after back-to-back wins over Nikita Mikhailov and James Gallagher. The latter he faced on short notice in a featherweight bout. He fell short in his first attempt back in 2018 when he was submitted by Darrion Caldwell.
The co-main event features the undefeated Baissangour “Basi” Chamsoudinov (8-0) returning to home soil for a fight with Sweden’s Oliver Enkamp (11-4). This will be Chamsoudinov’s first fight since he defeated Cedric Doumbé in highly controversial fashion. The fight was stopped when Doumbe had a piece of glass embedded in his left foot and Chamsoudinov was awarded a TKO.