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Despite his absurd comments, Ultimate Fighting Championship 145-pound contender Bryce Mitchell will still be on the roster going forward.
In the first episode of his “Arkansanity” podcast along with former UFC talent Roli Delgado on Friday, the Arkansan went on a tangent about Adolf Hitler and Germany in the early 1900s during a discussion of Elon Musk’s salute some considered reminiscent of a Nazi salute. His comments ranged from praising Hitler to complete Holocaust denial. Since then, UFC chief Dana White weighed in on what Mitchell had to say, and explained that Mitchell will face no punishment from his organization due to “free speech.”
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“I really don’t think that [Musk] was [hailing the Nazis], because I honestly think that was a good guy based upon my own research,” Mitchell spouted. “Not my public education—indoctrination—I really do think before Hitler got on meth, he was a guy to go fishing with. He fought for his country, he wanted to purify it by kicking the greedy Jews out that were destroying his country and turning them all into gays.”
The ranked UFC fighter continued, “They were gaying out the kids, they were queering out the women, they were queering out the dudes…you know where the first [transgender] surgery ever was? Happened to be in Germany, before Hitler took over. You know the books that everybody makes fun of Hitler burning, you know what the books was? Queer books. Hitler burned queer books! Because Hitler didn’t want a bunch of queers destroying his nation, they can’t produce children.”
The moment co-host Delgado raised a slight objection, before he could continue it, Mitchell tried to clarify his statement a bit.
“When he got on meth and he turned on Russia, I believe that’s when he kind of went full nutty. And I don’t think that he was just like, the best dude ever. And when I say I’d go fishing with him, I’m not saying he was the most trustworthy dude or I love him or whatever, but at some point in Hitler’s life, I don’t think he was that bad of a guy. I really don’t. And now was Hitler perfect? No. But he was fighting people, and he wanted a pure nation.”
Delgado chimed in a few more times to lightly disagree with the rhetoric preached by Mitchell, including when Mitchell went into a rant about Jewish lenders being the cause of Germany’s hyperinflation in the 1920s. When he spoke up about how Hitler filled concentration camps as the Nazi regime systematically murdered millions, Mitchell had more to say.
“And that’s what your public education will tell you, Roli, because you believe your public education, because you haven’t done your own research. When you realize there’s no possible way they could have burned and cremated six million bodies, you’re going to realize that the Holocaust ain’t real.”
It did not take long for what Mitchell proclaimed on the inaugural episode of his podcast to reach the ears of the UFC brass. The promotion elected to put out a statement through White, with White more than happy to repeatedly call his fighter “dumb” and “stupid.”
White remarked, “[Mitchell] said probably…I’ve heard a lot of dumb, ignorant s–t in my day, but this one’s probably the worst. When you talk about Hitler, who’s responsible for death of six million Jews and he tried to complete eliminate a race of people…World War II was the deadliest war in history. Fifteen million military deaths, 45 million civilians and 25 million soldiers were killed in World War II.
“Second of all, Hitler was one of the most disgusting and evil human beings to ever walk the face of the Earth, and anyone that tries to take an opposing position is a moron. That’s the problem with the internet and social media. You provide a platform for a lot of dumb, ignorant people. We’ve obviously reached out to Bryce, and when we read what he said and let him know how we feel about it, we’re beyond disgusted.”
White did not offer any action taken by the league, instead dismissing the first question of a media member that asked that specifically.
“That’s what everybody wants to hear about, punishment. It’s free speech, I don’t have to love it, you don’t have to love it,” he noted. When pushed a little deeper, White went on to offer a possible olive branch in the form of Mitchell not only getting to fight in the UFC again, but that he has the potential to lose a fight and get knocked out.
“Well, that’s the beautiful thing about this business,” the UFC head stated. “For all of you that hate Bryce Mitchell, you get to see him hopefully get his ass whooped on global television. What do you want me to say about it? You know where I am with free speech. We’re disgusted by it. I think he’s probably one of the dumbest—literally one of the dumbest human beings—let’s not forget that this is a guy who took a drill through his nutsack, then had to reverse it and pull the drill back out. That’s the level of stupid that we’re talking about here.”
“Thug Nasty” last set foot in the Octagon in December, bouncing back from a brutal one-punch loss to Josh Emmett by earning his first career knockout victory at the expense of Kron Gracie. While he is a ranked member of the 145-pound division, reaching it by winning his first six in the Octagon, since then, he has alternated wins and losses in his last four. He does not currently have his next fight on the books, but based on the statement of the UFC president, he will be able to compete again under its banner.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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