UFC fighter says Adolf Hitler was a ‘good guy’ in shameful rant

UFC combatant Bryce Mitchell has been slammed for saying Adolf Hitler was a ‘good guy’ successful a shameful rant.

Mitchell, who fights successful the featherweight part of the UFC, made the shocking comments connected the archetypal occurrence of his caller podcast, which has been uploaded to YouTube.

The 30-year-old said: ‘I honestly deliberation Hitler was a bully guy, based upon my ain research, not my nationalist acquisition and indoctrination.

‘He fought for his country, helium wanted to purify it by kicking the greedy Jews retired who were destroying his state and turning them each into gays.’

Mitchell went connected to marque much antisemitic, homophobic and transphobic comments.

The MMA assemblage soon picked up connected his shameful outburst, with galore calling for him to beryllium removed from the sport.

Popular MMA sports broadcaster Ariel Helwani posted connected X: ‘Each and each time MMA finds a mode to scope a caller low. A caller mode of embarrassing itself and those who are fans of it.

‘But ya know, it’s Free Speech, brother. Nothing volition beryllium done, and I don’t adjacent attraction if thing is done. Say what you want.

‘It conscionable continues to baffle maine astatine however unbelievably anserine – not to notation bigoted – immoderate of the radical successful the athletics oregon associated with the athletics tin be.’

Under Hitler’s leadership, the Nazi authorities was liable for the genocide of an estimated six cardinal Jews and millions of different victims helium and his authorities deemed socially undesirable.

Hitler was besides liable for the deliberate sidesplitting of an estimated 19.3 cardinal civilians and prisoners of warfare during World War Two, the deadliest struggle successful history.

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