Always the headline magnet, Bryce Mitchell recently added another strange chapter to his story. A training video of him punching a dead pig hanging from a tractor on an Arkansas farm. It was a less rocky, more country fever dreamless scene, and quickly elicited both ridiculous and interest online.
Bryce Mitchell punches a dead pig
Bryce Mitchell’s recent UFC run was a roller coaster. After Kron Gracie’s highlight reel knockout at UFC 310, he stepped into Octagon against Jean Silva at UFC 314. The lead-up was fiery, with Bryce Mitchell refusing to let the gloves and crowd touch him tightly. Silva took control and eventually submitted Mitchell with a Ninja Chalk in the second round, leaving Matt unconsciously the “troubled thugs” in the 2nd round. Despite the set-up, Mitchell tried to maintain his spirit and posted on Instagram that he needed to make everything he had “more strategic.”
But it’s not only his fight that Mitchell is infamous. In early 2025, he praised Adolf Hitler on his podcast, calling him a “good guy” and sparking anger by denialing the Holocaust. The repulsion was instant and intense. UFC president Dana White called Mitchell’s comments “beyond the stupid, ignorant… unpleasant things.”
At a UFC 314 press conference, the crowd booed Bryce Mitchell, and Jean Silva mercilessly unstoppable. Mitchell later apologized, claiming he was “undetectedly not a Nazi,” and acknowledged the reality of the Holocaust, but damage to his reputation remained.
Bryce Mitchell’s conspiratorial thinking never stops in history. He has spoken out by dismissing gravity and mainstream science, claiming everything from Covid-19 to being a lab creation to massive shootings being staged for gun control. This has made him a lightning bolt for criticism and UFC headaches.
His career is at a crossroads when Mitchell defeats a pig and rants about geometry. He is still a dangerous featherweight with submission tips and occasional knockouts, but his antics outside the cage veils his skills.
