American Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Bryce Mitchell entered the fight against compatriot Dan Ige with a Bible.
The co-main event of UFC Vegas 79 lasted over three rounds and ended with Mitchell winning via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28). For Mitchell, it was the 16th win of his career with only one loss. Ige lost his seventh of 24 fights.
In March, Bryce Mitchell said the outcome of the fight between Russian Islam Makhachev and Australian Alexander Volkanovski was rigged.
On February 12, Makhachev defeated Volkanovski by unanimous decision after five rounds at UFC 284 in Perth, Australia.
“The outcome of this fight was fake. It seems to me that the richest people in the Middle East were paying the judges.
I know Volkanovski won by decision, but the result was rigged. I’m not stupid and no one can tell me the fight isn’t rigged. I don’t believe it,” Mitchell was quoted as saying by BJ Penn, referencing his performance on the Fanatics View YouTube channel.
Former UFC fighter Chimaev denied Of Swedish citizenship.