A sequence of events that started with the UFC veteran, Bryce Mitchell, praising Adolf Hitler ended with him on the carpet, subject to the UFC 314.
Jean Silva forced Mitchell to type with a Ninja Starter in the second round of the Miami main card on Saturday, winning a victory in a fight that had seen A huge amount of discussion for all bad reasons. With victory in hand, Silva took the opportunity to shout in the face of his briefly unconscious opponent.
Mitchell started the fight by refusing to touch the gloves with Silva, who had criticized him in the perspective of the fight, then almost lost in the first round when an attempted withdrawal resulted in what looked like a decent guillotine for Silva. Mitchell managed to make his way after about a minute.
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He again refused to touch the gloves to open the second round, and Silva responded by winning another big strike at the start of the second round. The end occurred a few minutes later.
Miami's crowd was vocally on the side of Mitchell throughout the fight and sang “USA”. President Donald Trump and several members of his circle, including Elon Musk, were also present.
Silva told Joe Rogan after the fight, it was surprised that Mitchell refused to touch gloves, then torn his character:
“I was surprised because I really thought it was part of the game, was part of the promotion, but apparently, that is part of him. I am sad for him, and you know what? I hope we all hope and pray and help Bryce Mitchell, because I don't think he is right.”
Silva finished his interview by saying that he wanted his Brazilian compatriot Diego Lopes, who fights Alexander Volkanovski at the main event on Saturday, for his next fight.
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Like many MMA fans – and some people who are just away from the most bizarre corners of the world of sport – will remember, Mitchell has become sadly famous beyond the world of combat when he said his admiration in his own right to Hitler On his podcast, without qualifications:
“I honestly think that Hitler was a good guy, depending on my own research, not my indoctrination of public education. … he fought for his country. He wanted to purify him by cutting the eager Jews who destroyed his country and transformed them into gays. ”
These comments have earned Mitchell's revulsion Likewise Dana WhiteWho wants not to prevent his fighters from making dubious comments. The CEO of the UFC said: “I heard a lot of stupid and ignorant of my time, but this is probably the worst” and added: “This is the problem with the Internet and social media-you provide a platform for many stupid and ignorant people.”
Of course, White has always put Mitchell in the octagon on Saturday. Mitchell Later, apologized and said he was “certainly not a Nazi”.
Silva grabbed the negative attention entering the fight, leading songs of “F *** Bryce Mitchell” during a press conference and leaving his opponent so disturbed, Mitchell later said that he was not able to sleep because the Brazilian had threw a spell on him With “a legion of demons” who attacked him and sent beautiful women to try to deceive his wife.
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Yes. Really.
For the UFC, it was all marketing, and the end result was More attention for a fight of main cards between a guy at the lower end of the UFC featherweight classification and another guy trying to penetrate.
Cut the complete results of the UFC 314, the reflections and the round cover here.
