Bryce Mitchell hopes to fight one of the UFC’s most popular fighters at the White House.
Mitchell (18-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) made his successful bantamweight debut this past July when he outlasted Said Nurmagomedov at UFC on ESPN 9 in Abu Dhabi. The proud American country boy wants to compete at the White House event and would love to fight former UFC champion Sean O’Malley (18-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC).
“The best matchup they could possibly make would be city boy vs. country boy, O’Malley vs. Mitchell,” Mitchell told Helen Yee. “I think that’s the biggest fight, and that’s my biggest potential opponent would be O’Malley. If anybody was me, and they look at the lineup of the division, they oughta take O’Malley as a serious threat. He’s very good. It would be a great matchup, and I see it going that way.”
However, Mitchell is realistic and acknowledges that he may not draw such a high-ranked fighter this soon into his bantamweight tenure.
“I may have to fight backwards in the ranks because at ’35, I don’t have the resume that these guys have,” Mitchell continued. “So, I might fight a No. 20 ranked guy, and I’m perfectly fine with that. I’ll take any fight they give me. I just think where I’ll be in the next two or three years, and I see myself competing very well with the top of the division, the biggest names, and the best fighters at ’35.”
