Bryce Mitchell needs everybody to know there’s nothing pretend about his beef with Jean Silva at UFC 314.
Following a latest win at UFC Seattle, Silva referred to as for a bout with Mitchell and the matchmakers granted him his want, setting them up for a featherweight contest this Saturday in Miami. Whereas Silva is definitely motivated to take Mitchell’s spot within the rankings, he’s additionally desirous to knock Mitchell down a peg after the Arkansas native made heinous feedback in assist of Adolf Hitler whereas additionally spreading Holocaust conspiracy theories on his podcast.
Silva has ramped up the trash speak, mocking Mitchell for a few of his extra outrageous beliefs, however he informed MMA Combating he expects their feud to be settled on combat night time.
Mitchell isn’t so certain.
“He says that he loves Jesus, however he calls himself ‘Lord’ and he doesn’t act like he loves Jesus,” Mitchell mentioned at UFC 314 media day on Wednesday. “He doesn’t deal with me with respect. So I am going primarily based off of that. Based mostly off my interactions with him, he doesn’t have Jesus in his coronary heart as a result of he treats me like whole shit and I’m not afraid to say that to his face. If you happen to love Jesus, then deal with folks with respect and that’s not what he does.
“Jesus has two commandments: To like the Lord your God with all of your coronary heart and love your neighbor as your self. Does he deal with me as he treats himself?”
Requested once more if he’s actually satisfied Silva has it in for him, Mitchell gave a simple response.
“I believe his emotions are very in poor health and it’s not going to be enjoyable when he’s having his face smashed in,” Mitchell mentioned.
Considered one of Mitchell’s extra outlandish claims heading into the combat is that Silva is answerable for hellish nightmares he’s been experiencing since their matchup was introduced.
He clarified that he doesn’t truly blame Silva for what occurred to him, although he didn’t again down when it got here to detailing his supposed ordeal.
“I don’t assume that Jean has something to do with my desires,” Mitchell mentioned. “I don’t assume he’s doing any sort of witchcraft, that’s not what I’m saying. What I’m saying is Devil has put a spell over me after I sleep that I’m seeing these demons and I see legions of demons and I’ll combat them with my fists. I’ll combat all of them night time. I hit them they usually fall down, I hit them they usually fall down, however then I get up lined in sweat and I’d return to sleep and it might be simply lovely girls attempting to tempt me to cheat on my spouse in my desires and this occurred for 2 weeks in a row.
“That’s after I knew that this isn’t regular, this isn’t one thing that has ever occurred to me, so it is a non secular assault. I went to the church asking for prayer and the desires receded after I requested many Christians for prayer.”
Mitchell is coming off of a third-round knockout of Kron Gracie this previous December, a much-needed win after he suffered a brutal knockout of his personal by the hands of Josh Emmett. He appears to be like at hand Silva his first loss, with the Brazilian power-puncher having completed his first 4 UFC opponents.
Even with all the drama surrounding their combat, Mitchell ensures he’s correctly ready.
“I’m absolutely centered,” Mitchell mentioned, later including, “I’m going to personally whoop his ass.”
