LAS VEGAS – Virtually one yr to the day that Bryce Mitchell was twitching on the canvas, convulsing after a bomb of a punch from Josh Emmett, he’ll step again into the cage for the primary time since.
Regardless of the terrifying nature of the knockout and its aftermath, Mitchell (16-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) informed reporters Wednesday forward of UFC 310 at T-Cellular Area that he’s under no circumstances haunted by the circumstances of the final one.
“I’m very excited,” Mitchell stated. “I’ve received all this vitality pent up. I haven’t been this hungry in an extended, very long time. I’m blissful to be right here. I’m grateful to be right here.”
Mitchell stated a lot of his disappointment stemmed from the loss, not the injury sustained. He put himself in a self-imposed concussion protocol (although he did cheat one time), which consisted of taking time without work in addition to a seminar he had scheduled. As soon as he returned to coaching, Mitchell took sparring evenly – and maintained that all through camp.
“I used to be bummed out for a short time after the struggle as a result of it was such a foul loss,” Mitchell stated. “I didn’t carry out effectively in any respect. I’m just about simply fully previous it. I bear no negativity on the within. I don’t care what no one thinks about me. I do know that I’m an important fighter. I’m right here to show it. I’m simply so grateful to have the chance, particularly the chance to be on the primary card after such an embarrassing loss. The actual fact they put me on that essential card, I’m about to go onerous.”
There aren’t any nightmares lingering of Emmett’s fist.
“When you’ve seen my final struggle, I can take successful,” Mitchell stated. “I believe I’ll be all proper. he ain’t going to hit me no tougher than that, brother, until he brings a weapon.”
Regardless, Mitchell is combating Kron Gracie (5-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC), a fighter identified from grappling slightly than placing. A jiu-jitsu specialist himself, Mitchell is thrilled by the stylistic matchup.
“I believe the struggle goes to go all over the place. I believe he strikes ahead at such a persistently regular tempo that inevitably the struggle goes to go to the bottom. It’s going to face up. there are going to be kicks, punches, elbows, submission makes an attempt, all these things, dude. It’s going to be nuts as a result of this dude doesn’t take a step backward. Even the fights that he’s misplaced, hell, I assumed he received among the fights he’s misplaced. He doesn’t look backward. So he’s an actual fighter and I respect him.”
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