UFC fighter says Adolf Hitler was a ‘good guy’ in shameful rant

UFC president Dana White says he is ‘beyond disgusted’ after Bryce Mitchell said Adolf Hitler was a ‘good guy’ – but would not be punishing the fighter over the shameful rant.

Mitchell, who fights in the featherweight division of the UFC, made the shocking comments on the first episode of his new podcast, which has been uploaded to YouTube.

The 30-year-old said: ‘I honestly think Hitler was a good guy, based upon my own research, not my public education and indoctrination.

‘He fought for his country, he wanted to purify it by kicking the greedy Jews out who were destroying his country and turning them all into gays.’

Mitchell went on to make more antisemitic, homophobic and transphobic comments.

The MMA community soon picked up on his shameful outburst, with many calling for him to be removed from the sport.

Popular MMA sports broadcaster Ariel Helwani posted on X: ‘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. But ya know, it’s Free Speech, brother.

‘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.’

UFC boss White was ‘beyond disgusted’ by Mitchell’s comments but said the organisation would not be punishing him.

‘I’ve heard a lot of dumb, ignorant s*** in my day, but this one’s probably the worst,’ White said during a press conference on Thursday evening.

‘We have reached out to Bryce to let him know how we feel. We’re beyond disgusted.’

Asked whether Mitchell would face any sanctions from the UFC, White added: ‘That’s what everyone wants to hear about but, free speech.

‘I don’t have to love it, you don’t have to love it. You know where I stand with free speech.’

Under Hitler, the Nazi regime was responsible for the genocide of an estimated six million Jews and millions of other victims his regime deemed socially undesirable.

Hitler was also responsible for the deliberate killing of an estimated 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of war during World War Two, the deadliest conflict in history.

Mitchell, who was born in Arkansas, was selected for the reality television series The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated in 2018 after racking up an undefeated professional MMA record of 9-0.

Soon after featuring in the tournament he was signed by UFC, where he is currently ranked 13th in the featherweight rankings.

Last month, Mitchell knocked out Kron Gracie at UFC 310 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, taking his record to 19 wins and two defeats.

Mitchell revealed last year he intended to home-school his young son because he ‘doesn’t want him to be gay’.

‘We’re going to have to home-school all our kids or they’re all going to end up turning gay,’ he said in an Instagram video while holding his son.

‘That’s the reason I’m going to home-school Tucker, because I don’t want him to be a communist. I don’t want him to worship Satan. I don’t want him to be gay.’

Mitchell previously urged his nearly 500,000 followers not to vaccinate their children.

For more stories like this, check our sport page.

Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.