Rising UFC featherweight contender Jean Silva has had his wish to share the cage with Bryce Mitchell granted.
Dana White returned to Instagram Live late Wednesday night to announced some big additions to the UFC 314 pay-per-view card in Miami on April 12.
Alongside the news that Rafael Fiziev will be replacing the injured Dan Hooker to run it back with Justin Gaethje in the co-main event, the UFC CEO revealed a big battle at 145 pounds between the polarizing Mitchell and the surging Silva.
The Fighting Nerds standout staked his claim for the opportunity to make “Thug Nasty” pay for his recent pro-Adolf Hitler, Nazi-sympathizing comments after recording another brutal knockout victory at the UFC Fight Night in Seattle last weekend.
“Lord” is now 4-0 in the Octagon, with all of his wins in the UFC coming via knockout. He’ll hope to continue that trend at the expense of ranked opposition in Mitchell.
The announcement unsurprisingly drew reactions across the MMA community. From predictions either way to questions over the UFC awarding Mitchell a big fight on a prominent card in spite of his antisemitic remarks, plenty of takes appeared.
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— Jordain
(@McDainMMA) February 27, 2025
Jean has always been the most tolerable “fighting nerd”. I respect him for being open to fighting a grappler early in his UFC career unlike those other 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 bad he’ll finally admit the earth isn’t flat https://t.co/IlRaUogv09
— Juggernaut
(@JuggernautJDN) February 27, 2025
Normalize being absurdly active
Can't wait to see the kid back in there in 6 weeks https://t.co/CfC9pjVIx2— DankMMA
(@DankalaevMMA) February 27, 2025
