UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell says "I honestly think that Hitler was a good guy." r/UFC, r/MMA & r/MMAPoliticsAndCulture reacts

Bryce Mitchell is a UFC fighter whos currently ranked 13th in the world in the featherweight division. Mitchell has been known for a long time in the MMA community as a conspiracy theorist, voicing his belief that the COVID virus was created in a lab by the government and deliberately released, that the government stages mass school shootings to push a gun control agenda. Additionally, he is also a Flat Earther and believes that gravity is a hoax. He has also stated that he wants to homeschool his son because he does not want him to be a Communist, to worship Satan, or to be gay. Here are a few more of his beliefs: Link. Finally, he has also tore through his scrotum by himself using a power drill before. So yea hes known as a pretty wild guy.

Recently, Mitchell on episode 1 of his podcast called the "ArkanSanity Podcast", came out praising Hitler while on a topic point about the recent Elon Musk arm salute controversy.

Link to Podcast Timestamp: 1:18:05

The clip goes on for about 5 minutes so below is not the full excerpt, but the notable quotes.

“Here’s what I say about (Elon) heiling Hitler, heiling the Nazis. I really don’t think that he was, because I honestly think that Hitler was a good guy based upon my own research, not my public education indoctrination" Mitchell continues to claim, "I really do think before Hitler got on meth, he was a guy I’d 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. They were gaying out the kids. They were queering out the women. They were queering out the dudes. Do you know where the first tranny 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."

Bryce Mitchell further adds “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. When I say I’d go fishing with him, I’m not saying he was the most trustworthy dude, or I’d 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. Now, was Hitler perfect? No, but he was fighting for his people, and he wanted a pure nation.”

He then continues by commenting about the Holocaust "When you realize there's no possible way they could've burned and cremated six million bodies, you're gonna realize the Holocaust ain't real".

This has sparked massive controversy across MMA subs like r/UFC and r/MMA along with r/MMAPoliticsAndCulture, a smaller subreddit used to discuss politics regarding the MMA sphere. Oh yea just to note the main thread on r/MMA got deleted.

Highlights across the threads

• Wanted to read the context…in fact the context makes it worse
• Lmfao come on dude. CTE would be an improvement at this point. “I’d go fishing with Hitler” and “He just wanted to get the greedy Jews out” are crazy fucking lines lmao.
• At first I thought it was engagement bait But now I think this guy is full blown retarded.
• He has a bachelors degree in economics.
• Growing up is realizing the modern right wing man loved everything about the nazis. They just didn’t want to speak German.
• Face reaction meme of his podcast co-host
• I’ve heard UFC fighters say wild shit, this is the craziest shit I’ve heard and it’s not even close
• If he was employed by any other corporation this might end badly for him, but with the UFC I do not think this will have any effect on him

Downvoted comments by redditors

• The UFC actually allows free speech and doesn’t censor their fighters or make them participate in groupthink, even if their opinions are complete dogshit like this
• He’s too far gone. Dude needs a bullet between the eyes
• Bryce literally criticized Elon in this interview… Don’t get me wrong Bryce is stupid and extremely wrong and stupid on his beliefs here no doubt but like cmon dude he literally said Musk is worse than Hitler in the article…
• no, dont you understand? we need to make anyone who has opinions we are afraid of to be fired from their jobs and cast out of society that's never backfired before, surely
• The type of things sheep say when they want their free speech taken away. People like you deserve to be silenced if that’s your mindset, just don’t drag the rest of humanity down with you, not everyone is a sheep like you.
• Being a Christian has nothing to do with this.
• I hope he doesn’t get cut. People aren’t taking him seriously, why should he lose his career, because his unscientific opinions offend you?
• Go see what’s going on in Gaza and start some deep and honest research and you will be shocked to know many things you didn’t know before.

Additionally, UFC President Dana White, another controversial figure in MMA has come out condemning Mitchell's comments. However, Dana White chose not to punish him under the guise of "free speech". This has come after Dana has previously cut fighters, like Miguel Torres for similar controversies.

• To everyone saying free speech, Dana has already cut fighters for what they've said before
• This is good news. I don’t think real fans want an organization that throws guys out cause of opinions. Like he says, you can watch him get his ass whooped instead.
• I thought this was going to turn into a "Jon Jones is the GOAT" meme halfway through
• What did Bryce say about Hitler? I'm out of loop because I dont follow flat earthers
• I mean what a dumb fucking stance. Someone can be as ignorant as they want and just wave it away as free speech? Is he implying if a fighter was openly using racial slurs he wouldn’t be obligated to punish them? Just so fucking stupid. I hate that mma allows any of this.
• What he said was terrible but he shouldn’t be punished… free speech…
• People will hate him for that, but this is what free speech truly means. For a lot of people it's "free speech as long as I agree with it". I think Bryce should have the right to say this, just like everyone has the right to call him a fucking dmbass (wich he is) for it. J
• Do people need to be punished for speaking their mind? As ignorant, stupid and vile as it may be. Society has gotten so off kilter, well at least social media. Not everyone in the world thinks good, happy, positive things, live with it!