Erik, I noticed some holes in your game. I'm going to give you the wisdom I have accrued during my 3 rounds of light muay thai sparing, my 0 and 1 grade school fight record, and over 40,000 hours of keyboard warrior training.
1 Your shorts are horrendous. Get you some of these
https://www.facebook.com/ThaiCultur...te-their-world-tour-thailand/256926936657066/ Anthony Keidis approved shorts and lose the pink ones fast. Perhaps include the entire ensemble with top hat, cheap sun glasses and strange orange gloves if you can find them. Walkout to "Can't stop" You might still lose, but you will look much cooler and probably have a good shot at taking home a ring card girl or meeting the Red Hot Chili Peppers or both.
2- Full chest, back and sleeve tattoo'ed guys are who win fights,,,,,,,you need to up your tat game stat. A sherdog chest piece almost ensures victory via fear. Your opponent will probably tap during the weigh in stare down once he sees this -

3- clean shaven bald headed guys win fights. Kimo beats Royce if he didn't have the top knot.....don't be Kimo'd (or would it be Royce'd?) by having an opponent sweep you via man bun tug. Up your razor game to a 5 to 6 blade minimum with the little moisturizing strip too. You'll sweat less, slip out of chokes like your head was a greased oyster and my Gillette stock might go up a point or two.
4- I didn't see the weigh in but having a Sherdog University Phd. in Shookology, I can tell that Mikkelsen was not nearly as shook as you needed him to be pre-fight. I would start everyday with some mean mugging and stink eye exercises in front of the mirror. Then in your warm ups at the gym practice flinching guys with a quick fake like your going to randomly punch them for no reason. This should raise your shooking to a much higher level. That and the Sherdog Chest piece Tat should guarantee victory before the cage door even opens.
5- My fight strategy for any opponent would be Touch him with the jab then fill the cage with upper cuts!
All kidding aside, I hope you get a win and that you are getting the experiences and stories you wanted from this journey while retaining your health.
PS_ if you do get that win, please remember to say "I owe it all to Toasty" in the post fight interview.