Rising UFC featherweight contender Jean Silva has had his want to share the cage with Bryce Mitchell granted.
Dana White returned to Instagram Dwell late Wednesday night time to introduced some huge additions to the UFC 314 pay-per-view card in Miami on April 12.
Alongside the information that Rafael Fiziev will likely be changing the injured Dan Hooker to run it again with Justin Gaethje within the co-main occasion, the UFC CEO revealed a giant battle at 145 kilos between the polarizing Mitchell and the surging Silva.
The Combating Nerds standout staked his declare for the chance to make “Thug Nasty” pay for his current pro-Adolf Hitler, Nazi-sympathizing feedback after recording one other brutal knockout victory on the UFC Struggle Night time in Seattle final weekend.
“Lord” is now 4-0 within the Octagon, with all of his wins within the UFC coming by way of knockout. He’ll hope to proceed that pattern on the expense of ranked opposition in Mitchell.
The announcement unsurprisingly drew reactions throughout the MMA group. From predictions both strategy to questions over the UFC awarding Mitchell a giant battle on a outstanding card regardless of his antisemitic remarks, loads of takes appeared.
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— Jordain
(@McDainMMA) February 27, 2025
Jean has at all times been essentially the most tolerable “combating nerd”. I respect him for being open to combating a grappler early in his UFC profession in contrast to these different 2 punks Prates and Ruffy https://t.co/uX3yxYsZAj
— King Bobby
(@JustinHerronUFC) February 27, 2025
#UFC314 is about to fucking bang. I'm excited as fuck https://t.co/Jiw54ckd4C
— fever
(@feverdream1351) February 27, 2025
Silva’s gonna beat his ass so unhealthy he’ll lastly admit the earth isn’t flat https://t.co/IlRaUogv09
— Juggernaut
(@JuggernautJDN) February 27, 2025
Normalize being absurdly activeCan't wait to see the child again in there in 6 weeks https://t.co/CfC9pjVIx2
— DankMMA
(@DankalaevMMA) February 27, 2025
