Controversial UFC Fighter Comments Sparks Debate
Bryce Mitchell has never been one to hold back.
The Arkansas-born UFC featherweight built a reputation as one of the sport’s more colorful personalities — outspoken, unpredictable, and often teetering between country bluntness and outright controversy. But his latest outburst has even longtime fans scratching their heads.
In a rambling Instagram video posted Friday, Mitchell — who once declared he’d “take a bullet” for Donald Trump — turned his verbal fire on the former president, labeling him “the Antichrist.” The clip, delivered with the same intensity he brings to the octagon, quickly ricocheted across social media and sports outlets.
“The first thing for me was he didn’t release the Epstein files,” Mitchell said. “They’re acting like they didn’t exist. And of course, they’re sending Israel and Ukraine all of our tax dollars just like the numb-nuts before him did. Putting America last, and now he’s blaming the beef farmers for the price of beef.”
It was an odd reversal for a fighter who not long ago framed Trump as a political savior. Last year, Mitchell was openly loyal — calling Trump a patriot, praising his fight against the “deep state,” and vowing to defend him “with my life.”
Now, citing passages from the Book of Revelation, Mitchell claimed the 45th president fits the biblical description of the beast: “Fatally wounded in the head and miraculously healed.”
It’s not the first time Mitchell has courted controversy outside the cage. He’s made inflammatory remarks about the Holocaust, trafficked in conspiracy theories, and previously targeted public figures like Elon Musk — whom he also once called a possible Antichrist. In short, consistency has never been his strong suit.
Mitchell’s pivot seems less about theology than frustration. His laundry list of grievances — Epstein files, foreign aid, inflation, beef prices — reads like a jumbled reflection of broader populist discontent.
But his decision to wrap those complaints in apocalyptic prophecy takes it from political critique to something far more unhinged.
Still, for a fighter once hailed as one of Trump’s most loyal celebrity defenders, the about-face is jarring. The man who said he’d “take a bullet” for the former president now sounds like he’s aiming the next verbal one right at him.
