Jean Silva says that he barked in the face of Bryce Mitchell after having stifled him unconscious at the UFC 314

Jean Silva quickly became an essential UFC fighter.

As a member of the dominant team of Nerds Fighting Nerds, Silva has been impeccable in the octagon, winning a frequent clip since its promotional beginnings at the beginning of 2024. Silva, 28, extended his victory sequence at 13 – Five in UFC – with its fifth consecutive judgment on Saturday, Saturday, Submit Bryce Mitchell via the second -round Ninja Starter at UFC 314. Although victory is undoubtedly the best in Silva's career, he does not want to label him as such so that he can keep his mind open without limiting his potential.

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“I must thank Bryce Mitchell for all this fame that I have,” said Silva through a translator on Monday “The Ariel Helwani Show from Non-Couronne”. “It was he who kept saying my name in the media, and I really harvest the advantages of being all the time. So people, because they did not agree with what he said, suddenly, they just started to support me.

“I didn't really talk about it (him after strangulation). I was saying nothing. I was just barking.”

What Mitchell said, as Silva said, came from The disgusting comments of the American in support of Adolf Hitler in JanuaryIn which Mitchell announced without having come to his podcast that “Hitler was a good guy based on my own research, not my indoctrination of public education”, and that “he was a guy with whom I will fish. He fought for his country. Mitchell's comments Drew Revulsion of the CEO of the UFC Dana White And led to songs of “F *** Bryce Mitchell” during a press conference before UFC 314, after which Mitchell claimed Silva launch a spell on him And sent “a legion of demons” and pretty women in his dreams to try Mitchell to deceive his wife.

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Silva and the combatants have become known for their striking flashy and exciting skills. In his UFC victories, “Lord” was more than happy to engage in wild strike exchanges, acting even occasionally on his opponents to throw. Until now, it has been released unscathed.

At UFC 314, the main concern of Silva's head surrounded the way it would manage the apparently superior edge of Mitchell in the kingdom of the grapple. The Brazilian, however, finally encountered little resistance, thwarting 13 of the 14 attempts to disassemble Mitchell and threatening submissions until his end of combat Ninja Starter stole the Consciousness of the American.

“We have trained this submission a lot,” said Silva. “We trained for about two months to do this submission exactly like that. We trained because we had to have this submission with Bryce Mitchell, and I wanted to show my jiu-jitsu, my grappling. I wanted to show that all my skills are above all these other levels. It is therefore exactly the way I wanted the submission to.”

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The UFC 314 was a global showcase for the 145 pound division, with five feather weight fights presented throughout the card. The main event saw a new champion crowned after it the Topuria canceled the belt in February the same week Silva eliminated Melsik Baghdasaryan. With Topuria which should test the waters in light weight, the great Alexander Alexander Volkanovski beat the best competitor Diego Lopes in a night collision to take up the title and reign again in supreme.

Silva thinks he is already able to give a race twice for his money.

“I think I would like to target the belt directly,” said Silva. “I think I have identification information, and if it's good for the UFC, I would like to do it. Otherwise, we will have someone who will approach me as much as possible.

“I believe that between me and Volkanovski, (we) would have a fantastic fight. I love it very much, but I think it would be a good fight for me, and I could probably go for a KO in the first or second round.”

Silva already has two major arrest victories in 2025 despite only four months a year. He celebrates the last triumph not injured while preparing for his next marriage, but likes the idea of ​​returning to the octagon relatively soon.

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“If we may have taken two months to withdraw his belt, I am totally in favor of that,” said Silva. “I think it would be a fabulous fight, and people would love it.

“I understand perfectly if the UFC does not find the right time to do it right now, but in two months, I would find it very important or very adequate for me to remove its belt. And once I defended this belt, I am the type of fighter who likes to fight three or four times if (CEO of the UFC) Dana (white) agrees with that.”

A title shot could demand too much from Silva's current position, but it never hurts to try. In front of all the other pretenders with feather weights are the invoked 19-0 Movsar Evloev 19-0, who has become a bit of the strange man in most discussions on the title.

Silva does not necessarily believe that Evloev does not deserve the shot or a bad fighter. Regarding the way the UFC would decide between the two, Silva considers itself the best global option.

“I understand Movsar Evloev, but there are a lot of opportunities,” said Silva. “He actually came out of the fights, and I do not think he offers sufficient opportunities to the UFC for the title. He is a very good athlete, and I would really like to fight with him, but I think I present to the UFC more profitable opportunities for the future. I therefore think that I could go directly to the title.”