Taps out to Jean Silva Mitchell lost to Jean Silva via submission (ninja choke) at 3:52 of Round 2 at UFC 314 on Saturday in Miami. Impact Mitchell has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately, but he had a chance to silent his critics here. It didn't happen, and now his future appears to be firmly up in the air. To Bryce's credit, he knew his only chance of winning was to ground Silva and he fired off 14 takedown attempts as a result. The issue was that he landed only one and even then he found himself having to fight off a very deep guillotine choke. Mitchell eventually appeared to tire before getting submitted late in Round 2. His personal views aside, Bryce has legitimate talent. The problem is he competes in arguably the deepest division in the sport and has alternated wins and losses in his past six bouts. That's not going to get the job done.
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