Bryce Mitchell talks Nearly Retiring from MMA, James Krause Ban, Eddie Bravo Training & Next Fight
Bryce Mitchell (15-1) discusses his featherweight fight against Jonathan Pearce (14-4) at UFC 288 on May 6.
Timestamps below. 0:00 – Intro 0:19 – Training with Eddie Bravo in California 1:15 – Did you two talk politics? 3:16 – Importance of farming in society 6:12 – This being Arkansas vs. Tennessee 6:28 – Loss to Ilia Topuria 8:03 – Did James Krause not being in your corner have an impact? 9:25 – Were you serious about retiring after that loss? 10:25 – Matchup against Pearce 10:41 – Training camp 11:25 – How you doing health wise? 12:06 – Any cross training? 12:46 – Adding new strength and conditioning 12:58 – Prediction 13:16 – How active do you want to be this year? 13:34 – Islam Makhachev defeating Alexander Volkanovski 14:19 – Will Volkanovski defeat Yair Rodriguez? 14:58 – Thoughts on “Power Slap” league? Would you try it? 15:25 – Downtime outside of fighting 16:18 – Rebuilding houses in your future after fighting? 17:05 – Staying away from technology 17:56 – Sponsors & Social media