Controversial featherweight contender, Bryce Mitchell is ready for his return to motion at UFC 314 in April, taking over the surging, Jean Silva in a high-stakes pairing from Miami, Florida on the Kaseya Middle.
Mitchell, who at the moment holds the quantity 13 rank within the division, places his place throughout the top-15 rankings on the road as he takes on the surging Silva, most not too long ago stopping the returning, Kron Gracie with a brutal floor strikes knockout at UFC 310 on the finish of final yr.
Bryce Mitchell books UFC 314 return towards Jean Silva
That includes simply final weekend at UFC Combat Night time Seattle, Silva stopped Melsik Baghdasaryan with a thunderous first spherical KO win of his personal, stretching his unbeaten run within the Octagon to a formidable 5 straight fights.
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Returning to winning-ways together with his knockout of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu star, Gracie in December of final yr, Mithcell had been sidelined since discovering himself on the receiving finish of a thunderous opening spherical knockout loss to former interim title chaser, Josh Emmett the yr prior in ‘Sin Metropolis.
Boasting a formidable 15-2 skilled file, Preventing Nerds prospect, Silva is a product of Dana White’s Contender Collection, and has to this point landed a formidable 4 consecutive victories since his Octagon landing-proper.
In his debut, Silva stopped Westin Wilson, earlier than racking up a trio of victories by way of strikes towards Charles Jourdain, perennial contender, Drew Dober, and the above-mentioned, Baghdasaryan.
UFC 314 takes place on April 12. from the Kaseya Middle in Miami, Florida — with a vacant featherweight title battle between former champion, Alexander Volkanovski, and the surging, Diego Lopes set to take predominant occasion honors in ‘The Sunshine State.
