Mere words on your screen do not do this man justice. You must hear him for yourself.
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"This fight **** is so minuscule in life," UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell said last week. "You have people out there being oppressed by governments. We (the U.S.) fall into that category, believe it or not. If you want me to get real political, you know, the Federal Reserve is a corrupt institution. There, I went out and said it."
"These people control our dollar, brother. And we didn't vote for them. Think about it. You know, you've got 13 board members voting on the value of the dollar. Did we vote for that? No. It's corrupted."
"So, for me to actually be able to talk about something greater than fighting is more purposeful than anything I could talk about related to fighting."
The second clip, where Mitchell paraphrases a quote from "some wise dude back in the day," is my personal favorite.
There was some wise dude way back in the day it was either Socrates, or Plato, or Hippocrates, or somebody, but he said if you don't partake in your government, you will be ruled by people who are stupider than you.
That's what he said. Now it was give or take a couple of words. It was paraphrased, but if we the people do not choose and are not active in conversations about what's going on in our government, well, then these idiots are going to control everything we do, and we won't have a say in it.
Hearing this UFC Chad pronounce those greek philosophers' names (with that absolutely BEAUTIFUL accent of his) is something that brings me indescribable joy.
(For the record, it was Plato.)
In case you can't get enough of hearing this dude absolutely PROPHESY over us, then here's the press conference in its entirety.
Let me tell ya' ... things got spicy in that press conference.
"I'm not going nowhere to fight any war for any of these politicians," Mitchell said when asked about the Russia-Ukraine situation. "If the war comes to Arkansas, I will dig my boot in the ground, and I will die for everything I love. And I will not retreat."
"I don't know what's going on, to be honest, brother. I really don't. There's so much stuff and I don't think nobody knows what's going on fully. There's been so much political corruption in that area. You've got Biden & his son making a **** ton of money off of—and using our tax dollars to bribe their [Ukrainian] people. That's treasonous, in my opinion."
Mitchell also talked about why he talks about political issues:
I want to talk about things that I think are political, and I want to do it in a respectful manner, not to make other people think that I think they're stupid. I want to share my beliefs and hear other people's beliefs. And maybe their beliefs can sway mine a little bit, maybe not. Maybe I can out-debate them."
A lot of people say, ‘shut up and fight.' You know what, if you don't want to hear that ****, turn off the TV and watch the fight. You don't gotta watch my interviews. Turn them off then. Instead of telling me to shut up, why don't you just stop listening? Because there's a lot of people that agree with what I'm saying about some of my political views, and I'm happy to talk about them and debate about them.
In case you're wondering about the actual sports part of this story, Mitchell won his fight Saturday night. In a post-fight interview (with Joe Rogan, by the way), Mitchell pledged to donate half of his prize money ($45,000) to Arkansas children with medical conditions:
For 10 years y'all had my back I haven't done a **** thing for y'all, and I'm about to show you I'm not just good at hurting people. I can help people," Mitchell said.
Half of my fight purse, $45,000, is going to Arkansas children with medical conditions who have no hope. We will be their hope! In the name of God these children will be healed.
Later that night, UFC President Dana White responded at a press conference to Mitchell's pledge.
"The kid (Mitchell), he's making 45 and 45 tonight, he's going to give 45 to the [charity], and I respect that," White said. "I said we'll do it. We'll take care of it."
If none of this makes you a Bryce Mitchell fan, then I don't know what will.
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