UFC: Bryce Mitchell comments about Adolf Hitler 'beyond disgusting', says UFC president Dana White
2025-01-31
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UFC president Dana White has condemned comments by fighter Bryce Mitchell about Adolf Hitler as "beyond disgusting".Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial artist Mitchell said the German dictator was a "good guy" and that "the Holocaust ain't real".The 30-year-old American, ranked 13th in the featherweight division, made a range of antisemitic, homophobic and transphobic comments during the first episode of his podcast.White said: "We reached out to Bryce immediately when we read what he said, and let him know exactly how we felt about it."But what he said was beyond disgusting and he needs a real education on the facts surrounding Hitler and World War Two."Despite White's condemnation, Mitchell, who last fought in December, has as yet faced no further action for his comments.White added: "Hitler is one of the most disgusting and evil human beings to ever walk the earth, and anyone that even tries to take an opposing position is a moron."That's the problem with the internet and social media. You provide a platform to a lot of dumb and ignorant people."As leader of the Nazi party, Hitler led Germany into World War Two and ordered the Holocaust genocide, in which six million Jews were murdered.
'A new low for MMA' - reaction
Mitchell has been fighting in the UFC promotion since 2018.Canadian-American combat sports journalist Ariel Helwani, who is Jewish, said on X:, external "Each and every day MMA finds a way to reach a new low. A new way of embarrassing itself and those who are fans of it."He added:, external "Nothing will be done, and I don't even care if anything is done. Say what you want. It just continues to baffle me at how unbelievably stupid - not to mention bigoted - some of the people in the sport or associated with the sport can be."In a statement to BBC Sport, the Anti-Defamation League's chief executive Jonathan Greenblatt said: "I'm aghast at this podcast interview. There are simply no words."In the span of just a few minutes Mitchell manages to express antisemitic, homophobic, and transphobic sentiments."We hope the UFC will take immediate action to make clear that these ideas are noxious and have no place in the sport."