Bryce Mitchell contemplates retirement following submission loss to Ilia Topuria

Bryce Mitchell has contemplated retiring from MMA after his recent fight against Ilia Topuria.

Mitchell squared off against Topuria in a featherweight matchup at UFC 282. 'El Matador' largely dominated the fight and ultimately submitted 'Thug Nasty' via arm-triangle choke in the second round.

In a video shared on Twitter, Mitchell was seen being very upset after his loss to the Georgian. At one point, 'Thug Nasty' even thought about giving up MMA after his fifteen-fight winning streak was broken at UFC 282.

The 28-year-old American fighter said:

“I’m just feeling... I guess regret, you know. I just know I could have done better. I’m just in so much pain that I don’t think it’s worth it to keep going. I want to stop with MMA, and I want to take every bit of focus that I spent every day on MMA, I want to put it into something else."

Mitchell added:

"Everything is meant to be and I’m just going to move on with my life... That’s why I’m just saying I should f**king retire after that dude before I go any further and move on with my life."

You can check out Bryce Mitchell's reaction to his loss against Ilia Topuria below:

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Bryce Mitchell reveals the reason behind his loss at UFC 282

Bryce Mitchell posted a video on his Twitter account after his defeat in the featherweight division at UFC 282, saying that he had been ill for a week before the fight and could not perform at his best.

Speaking in the video, the fighter said:

“I had the flu the week before, and I thought I’d just tough it out. I didn’t feel good at all in there. I trained a lot harder and could’ve performed a lot better, but I went in there not up to 100 percent. I thought I would be able to hang in there for all three rounds because that’s what I trained for, I trained for my cardio to be there the whole time. It wasn’t even there one bit of the time.”

Check out the clip below:

After his most recent outing, the fighter now has two losses in his career, but he also has an impressive 15-fight win record - nine of those wins coming from submissions, with eight of those being first-round finishes.