Bryce Mitchell is recent off a win within the bantamweight division, however one high UFC character believes it’ll be a troublesome street forward.
Mitchell shared the Octagon with Stated Nurmagomedov on the UFC Abu Dhabi card this previous Saturday. “Thug Nasty” had his bell rung early and was knocked down, however he weathered the storm. Mitchell ended up scoring a unanimous determination victory, which was a bounce again for him as he was submitted by Jean Silva in his earlier outing.
Whereas Mitchell pulled off the win at 135 kilos, MMA coach and UFC analyst Din Thomas isn’t so positive the success will final. Chatting with MMAJunkie.com, Thomas mentioned the competitors doesn’t get simpler merely resulting from a change in weight class.
“The truth is that this. These guys drop weight searching for form of a magic tablet or the reply,” Thomas mentioned. “The truth is in the event you can’t win within the high 5 of your division, you’re in all probability not going to win within the high 5 of the division below you, both. It’s not essentially a dimension factor for you holding you again. It’s actually sort of a talent factor.
“As soon as he will get up in opposition to these high guys within the division at bantamweight, he’s nonetheless going to battle. It doesn’t matter. … It would enable him to beat the fellows at bantamweight slightly bit simpler. The blokes he would already going to beat, he’s going to beat them a bit simpler. However he’s nonetheless going to battle with the highest guys.”
Bryce Mitchell has gone 3-3 in his final six outings. He was unbeaten earlier than working into Ilia Topuria, who’s the present UFC Light-weight Champion. Mitchell earned a call win over Dan Ige earlier than struggling a brutal knockout loss by the hands of Josh Emmett. Mitchell rebounded once more with a knockout win over Kron Gracie earlier than the aforementioned defeat to Silva.
