Jean Silva improves to 5-0, submits Bryce Mitchell at UFC 314
Jean Silva is a star in the making, finishes Bryce Mitchell at UFC 314
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to us tonight, April 12, 2025, for UFC 314, going down live from the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.
Headlining the event is a vacant featherweight title bout between no. 1 ranked former champion Alexander Volkanovski (26-4) and no. 3 ranked Diego Lopes (26-6).
Co-headlining the event is a lightweight contest between former no. 7 ranked multi-time Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler (23-9) and no. 12 ranked former Cage Warriors featherweight champion Paddy Pimblett (22-3).
Our second UFC 314 bout going down on the main card tonight came in the featherweight division between no. 13 ranked Bryce Mitchell (17-2) and Jean Silva (15-2).
Mitchell had done quite well for himself inside the octagon to date, going 8-2 through 10 bouts with wins over Tyler Diamond (MD), Bobby Moffett (UD), Matt Sayles (twister), Charles Rosa (UD), Andre Fili (UD), and Edson Barboza (UD), before he’d lose for the first time to eventual champion Ilia Topuria (arm-triangle choke).
Since then, Mitchell had gone 2-1, defeating Dan Ige (UD), losing to Josh Emmett (KO), and then defeating Kron Gracie (KO) in his latest appearance.
Silva on the other hand came into tonight’s fight with a world of hype around him, going 4-0 across four previous octagon bouts with wins over Westin Wilson (TKO), Charles Jourdain (KO), Drew Dober (TKO) in a brief lightweight stint, and then Melsik Baghdasaryan (TKO) in his featherweight return, Baghdasaryan of which is a kickboxing world champion.
Continue reading to see how this featherweight contest went down:
Official Result: Jean Silva def. Bryce Mitchell via submission (ninja choke) at 3:52 of round two
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Mitchell fought an intelligent opening round, landing a number of solid calf kicks at distance, also pawing his left cross out there as well as some side kicks to the body and legs of the Brazilian.
Silva did land a good right hand and also partially landed a spinning wheel kick, Mitchell of which secured a takedown immediately following but was locked into a very tight guillotine choke.
Mitchell was eventually able to escape the choke attempt and Silva returned to his feet just before the buzzer sounded.
Silva really began to take the fight over in round two, landing his vicious round kick to the body at will and letting his hands go on combinations as the round went on. Mitchell tried desperately for the takedown on a number of occasions but was denied every time.
On the last takedown attempt Silva wrapped up a guillotine choke and secured the stoppage win late in the second.
Jean Silva improves to 5-0 in the UFC with impressive win over Bryce Mitchell at UFC 314.
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