Sources close to the fight confirmed the news to MMA Fighting following an initial report from ESPN.
With a 24-2 record overall, Archuleta will take a second attempt at winning Bellator gold after previously facing off with featherweight champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire in 2019.
Since that loss, Archuleta returned with a win over Henry Corrales while moving his overall Bellator record to 6-1 including additional victories against Ricky Bandejas and Eduardo Dantas.
As for Mix, the highly touted prospect from New York comes into this fight with a perfect 13-0 record including a pair of wins in Bellator as well as a victory in RIZIN this past December. Mix made quick work of Bandejas in his Bellator debut and he’s been calling for a bantamweight title shot for the past few months after previous champion Kyoji Horiguchi was forced to surrender the belt due to a knee injury.
Now he’ll get his opportunity with Mix facing off against Archuleta to crown a new Bellator champion on Sept. 12.
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