Overview
- Official result: Wiklacz defeated Mix by split decision with scores of 29-28, 29-28 and 28-29 after three grappling-heavy rounds in Las Vegas.
- Commentary and fighter reaction split, with Daniel Cormier declaring Mix the winner while others called it a close or correct call.
- Judges agreed Mix took Round 3, while differing views on earlier frames reflected Mix’s top control against Wiklacz’s scrambles, submissions and body strikes.
- Mix fell to 0-2 in the UFC and posted a measured message accepting the result as he shared photos of a severe hematoma that left his right eye swollen shut.
- Wiklacz, a former KSW champion linked to mentor Joanna Jedrzejczyk, said he was confident he won two rounds and welcomed the test in his UFC debut.