Dallas Davison and Lloyd Mix clash in the co-main event of BKFC 44 on June 9th.
The fistic fireworks are set to broadcast on FITE TV and the Bare Knuckle TV app. The pugilistic proceedings take over Great Falls, Montana.
Mix spoke to Dylan Bowker of Bare Knuckle News before this bout. Excerpts from the chat are below.
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You were involved in a May 2022 car accident and have since rebounded from that. How does it feel to be returning to BKFC after over a year and a half outside the ring?
“Yeah, that car accident was like very unfortunate. It was literally they were getting ready a contract for me to fight somebody else in the BKFC. They had even gave me his name already and that car accident (happened). The first thing I said like when I got out of my car, blood coming out of the top of my head, was like goddamn I’m gonna miss my fight. You know what I mean, I was like this doesn’t even matter. But I’m glad that I took the time that I needed to actually heal my wound.”
“Anything that got rattled up there is not rattled anymore. I’m ready to go. I appreciate the BKFC coming to Montana so much, man. It does a lot for the economy of Montana and also does a lot for the sport in Montana in general. Because when I started, there wasn’t a lot of us around. Now with the BKFC coming to town and stuff, now there’s kids everywhere coming in and like I’m starting to see a lot more.”
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You’re looking for a longer fight than that 14-second promotional debut and Davison told me he wants to take you into deep waters. How do you see the story of this fight unfurling?
“Oh, he said that? Oh, man, that’s great. That’s awesome. Hopefully, that doesn’t mean he’s going to run away (laughs). But yeah, man, I want to put on a great show. If we can get fight of the night and we can go the distance. Get knockout of the night because I knocked him out because he thinks he can get me in the later rounds, I mean that’d be wonderful. But one thing’s for sure, like I said on another podcast, is that like when I get knocked down in all my fights before I got back up.”
“The ref stopped the fight most of my fights. This time I get eight seconds. I’m hoping whoever is the counter will like give me, I’ll get up at 8, let me get back in there. You know what I mean? Because I felt like after most of my losses like, man, I was ready to go. I’m still ready to go. But when you’re in MMA and you get up drunk, they stop it. So this time I just got to know like don’t jump up too fast. Get on your knee but listen to the count and get up by 8 and don’t let them wave it off.”
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Lloyd Mix continued, “So I mean as long as I keep getting up, I think I get the win for sure. But I’m glad that he said he wants to drag it into deep waters. Because he don’t do that much press. He’s been missing a lot of stuff. I’m a big fan, I love to hear it. He doesn’t get up on Facebook which is a typical Montana kid because we’re not into social media.”
“We’ve got way too much stuff to do outside which I respect. I know he’s going to be here to bring it and my game plan is just to go out there and do what I do best. Man, it just excites me more that he says he wants to take it in the long distance because I’m a long-distance runner.”
Lloyd Mix vs Dallas Davison
Your BKFC debut was at 175 pounds and you’re now fighting at 165. What does the camp look like dropping to welterweight and what does the future hold for you in terms of weight category?
“Well you know, my man, I’ve always been really good at like getting the weight down, putting weight on, and my body fluctuates quite a bit. But they had gave me a call, I think it was about a month ago. They gave me a call a month ago and asked me if I could make 145 to fight Goodjohn. What is it, Tyler Goodjohn?… I said yeah, I jumped on the scale, I was about 168-170. I was like yeah I could definitely make that. Actually this weight at 165, I was actually asking for a lower weight.”
“My base weight, that’s where my bread and butter has always been. That’s where the fight that I want is at is at 155. If you haven’t heard me like talk too much about Michael Chandler, I talk about him. He’s the one who taught me how to lose and that was at 155. So I’m always going to stick around 155. But I do want to play at 145. Have played there once. I do want to play at 165.”
“You know, weight is just what you get when you get on the scale. I’m coming in there ready to fight, I just need proper timing…. I like to play around. I like the fights, I like to fight too. So if 165, if they got some good guys to be taken out there, I’ll take them out. At 155, you’ve got some guys to take out there. Bring out the monsters because that’s my weight. At 145, let’s play around there too and let’s see how this thing rolls out when it comes to weight.”
