UFC athlete Bryce Mitchell has sparked widespread outrage with controversial remarks made in the course of the debut episode of his podcast wherein he praised Hitler. The 30-year-old additionally denied the Holocaust and made inflammatory feedback about Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities. His statements have drawn condemnation from throughout the MMA world, together with UFC President Dana White and former UFC Mild Heavyweight Champion Jan Blachowicz.
Jan Blachowicz Outraged by Bryce Mitchell
In a current press convention, UFC president Dana White labeled Bryce Mitchell’s feedback as “beyond disgusting” and emphasised the historic atrocities dedicated by Hitler, together with the deaths of six million Jews in the course of the Holocaust. Nonetheless, presently, there was no disciplinary motion introduced by the group.
On his podcast, Bryce Mitchell stated of Hitler:
“I honestly think that Hitler was a good guy. Based upon my own research, not my public education indoctrination. I really do think, before Hitler got on meth, he was a guy I’d go fishing with. He fought for his country, he wanted to purify it by kicking the greedy Jews out that were destroying his country”
In response, the Polish MMA fighter Jan Blachowicz responded and stated:
“Hey Bryce Mitchell, since you might be so good at analysis I invite you to take a bit academic tour. We’ll begin in Warsaw, which was practically razed to the bottom in 1945. You will note many memorial plaques commemorating the general public executions of civilians.
“We’ll take a strolling tour of the ex-Ghetto space. By the best way, we’ll go to Palmiry the place the Nazis executed 1700 folks together with Olympic champion Janusz Kusociński. Then we’ll go to Auschwitz, the place a million folks had been murdered.
“You can reflect on each prisoner separately. I will also share a personal story, because Waclaw – my grandfather’s brother – was in this camp. Jan Bednarek, in turn, is my grandmother’s brother, who died in the Buchenwald camp. My grandfather was held in a German prisoner of war camp. I invite you to Poland to see all this with your own eyes. We’ll see if you’ll still consider “you know who” an excellent man.”
The vast majority of Nazi extermination camps throughout World Battle II had been situated in German-occupied Poland. These camps had been particularly designed for mass homicide as a part of the Nazis’ “Final Solution” to exterminate Jews and different focused teams. The six main extermination camps, Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec, Chelmno, and Majdanek, had been all established inside occupied Polish territory.
Jan Blachowicz’s response reveals the deep wounds brought on by Nazi atrocities. It reveals the significance of confronting Holocaust denial and misinformation unfold by folks like Bryce Mitchell.
Hey Bryce Mitchell, since you might be so good at analysis I invite you to take a bit academic tour. We’ll begin in Warsaw, which was practically razed to the bottom in 1945. You will note many memorial plaques commemorating the general public executions of civilians. 1/4
— Jan Blachowicz (@JanBlachowicz) January 31, 2025
