Bryce Mitchell is preventing this Saturday at UFC Battle Evening in Las Vegas, and the Arkansas featherweight says he received’t be attending the upcoming UFC Freedom 250 occasion on the White Home. Mitchell instructed interviewer Sneako on X that he’s been shut out due to previous feedback about Adolf Hitler. “I’m undoubtedly not gonna have the ability to go as a result of, you already know, I stated I’d go fishing with Hitler,” Mitchell stated.
Bryce Mitchell Says “Fishing With Hitler” Remark Will Preserve Him From UFC White Home Freedom 250 Occasion
The controversy began in late January 2025 on Mitchell’s debut podcast episode, ArkanSanity. Through the present, Mitchell claimed Hitler was “an excellent man primarily based upon my very own analysis, not my public training indoctrination.” He added, “I actually do suppose earlier than Hitler obtained on meth, he was a man to go fishing with.” Mitchell additionally denied the Holocaust occurred, saying there was “no conceivable manner they may have cremated 6 million our bodies.”
UFC president Dana White condemned the remarks instantly. White referred to as Mitchell’s feedback “dumb, ignorant” and stated the UFC contacted him to specific “absolute disgust.” Regardless of the backlash, White confirmed Mitchell would face no disciplinary motion, citing free speech protections. Mitchell issued an apology on Instagram two days later, writing, “I apologize if I got here throughout as insensitive. I actually didn’t intend to offend anybody, however I understand I did.” He acknowledged that “many individuals misplaced their lives within the Holocaust” and that “Hitler did loads of depraved issues.”
Now Mitchell says these feedback are costing him entry to the White Home occasion. UFC Freedom 250 is scheduled for June 14, 2026, on the South Garden to mark Donald Trump’s birthday and America’s 250th anniversary. The cardboard options title bouts between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje for the light-weight title, plus Alex Pereira vs. Ciryl Gane for the interim heavyweight title.
Mitchell isn’t the one fighter locked out. Middleweight champion Sean Strickland stated he was banned as a result of he “made enjoyable of Israel and Epstein.” Strickland criticized Israel’s ongoing struggle within the Center East. On the UFC Vegas 118 media day, Mitchell weighed in on Strickland’s state of affairs: “I’m not stunned in any respect. We ought to have the ability to criticize our personal nation, not to mention a overseas nation. [Israel] is the one nation you’re not allowed to criticize,” Mitchell stated.
Mitchell drew a sharper line in his Sneako interview, criticizing rich elites. “They took one factor I stated out of context after which instructed the world that I’m the evil man,” he stated. “I’m an American farmer, I assist feed individuals on this nation. You will have these billionaires telling me that I’m not an American. They’re cowards, and so they’re those that aren’t American.”
Mitchell additionally questioned the occasion itself, saying “the federal government is meant to guard us, not entertain us.” Regardless of being barred, he instructed reporters he nonetheless desires to struggle on the White Home card. “I do wish to be on the cardboard. I do,” Mitchell stated at media day.
This Saturday, Mitchell faces undefeated Santiago Luna at UFC Battle Evening: Muhammad vs. Bonfim on the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Luna stepped in after Victor Henry withdrew from the bout. Mitchell is ranked thirteenth within the featherweight division. The farming background he cites is actual: Mitchell grew up on a rural Arkansas farm and ceaselessly references his agricultural roots in interviews.
The White Home occasion will host round 4,000 attendees on the South Garden, with 85,000 free tickets out there for big-screen viewing at close by Ellipse Park. Mitchell’s exclusion highlights ongoing tensions between the UFC’s political alignments and fighters who push again in opposition to the group’s route.
