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The UFC will organize a card at the White House in June 2026, and everyone wants a piece of it. Mitchell would also ideally like to be a part of UFC White House. “Thug Nasty” recently revealed that his dream matchup at the White House would be against Sean O’Malley. Living out of a ranch in Arkansas, Mitchell believes a matchup against Montana’s O’Malley (18-3) would be the perfect Country Boy vs. City Boy tilt.
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However, having recently made his bantamweight debut, Mitchell (18-3) knows that he might be aiming too high. Currently unranked at 135 pounds, Mitchell would be happy to fight any ranked opponent.
Mitchell Knows He Might Need to Fight ‘Backwards’
“The best matchup they could possibly make would be City Boy vs. Country Boy, O’Malley vs. Mitchell. I think that’s the biggest fight,” Mitchell told Helen Yee. “My biggest potential opponent would be O’Malley… But I might have to fight backwards in the ranks. Because at 135 [pounds] I don’t have the resume that these guys have. So I might fight a No. 20 ranked guy and I’m perfectly fine with that.”
Mitchell was a highly touted, undefeated featherweight prospect before losing to Ilia Topuria in 2022. While Topuria went on to win the featherweight and lightweight titles, Mitchell’s stock dipped as he alternated between wins and losses. Mitchell dropped bantamweight earlier this year and earned a unanimous decision win over Said Nurmagomedov in his debut at 135 pounds.
Meanwhile, O’Malley lost his title to Merab Dvalishvili last year and failed to reclaim it in the rematch earlier this year.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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