In a stunning reversal that’s shaking up the MAGA faithful, UFC bantamweight Bryce “Thug Nasty” Mitchell — once one of Donald Trump’s most vocal supporters in the fight world — has publicly turned on the former president, calling him a fraud, a deceiver, and even suggesting that Trump may be the “beast” described in Revelation 13:3.
Mitchell, who just last year attended Trump’s second inauguration in Washington, D.C., posting smiling photos and flag-waving videos to Instagram, now says he’s done with the Trump movement altogether. The Arkansas-born fighter, known as much for his country swagger as his jiu-jitsu, didn’t hold back.
“I do not like the guy at all,” Mitchell wrote in a fiery social media post. “The first thing for me was he didn’t release the Epstein files. They’re even acting like they didn’t exist. And, of course, they’re sending Israel and Ukraine all of our tax dollars just like the numb-nuts before him did. Putting America last, and now he’s blaming the beef farmers for the price of beef.”
Mitchell admitted he’d been “fooled” by Trump’s populist rhetoric.
“Hey, I’m not biased, man. He talked a good game, he tricked me. I was fooled. I admit it.”
From MAGA Mascot to Apostate
For years, Bryce Mitchell was something of a MAGA mascot in the UFC — proudly waving the flag, quoting the Bible, and calling out “deep state” corruption in interviews. He was one of the few fighters to attend Trump’s second inauguration and even appeared in right-wing media praising the former president’s “fight for freedom.”
But now, his tone has shifted to disgust — and even apocalyptic warning.
In his latest statement, Mitchell cited Revelation 13:3, which describes a figure who suffers a fatal wound, miraculously recovers, and is then worshiped by the masses as unstoppable.
“Now, let me tell you how bad I think this is,” Mitchell said. “This is really this bad, guys. I want y’all, if you’re a Christian, I want you to get into Revelation 13:3, and I want you to read that verse — yeah, about the Antichrist, about the one who was fatally wounded in the head; then he was miraculously healed and the whole world marveled at him and said, ‘No man can make war with him.’ Yeah, I do think that Donald Trump is that beast of Revelation 13:3.”
Mitchell appeared to reference the assassination attempt on Trump earlier this year, framing the event as part of his religious reasoning for turning away from the former president.
A Fighter’s Faith and Fallout
Mitchell, 31, has built a career as one of the UFC’s most outspoken personalities — and one of its most unpredictable. After moving down from featherweight, he made his bantamweight debut at UFC Abu Dhabi, defeating Said Nurmagomedov by unanimous decision. He isn’t expected back in the Octagon until early 2026, but he’s clearly keeping busy on social media.
The fighter’s pivot has shocked fans who long saw him as one of Trump’s loudest defenders in sports. In his latest posts, Mitchell still shares old photos from the 2025 inauguration — including one with Conor McGregor, captioned in his signature drawl:
“i had the experience of a lifetime celebratin the inaguration.”
But the nostalgia seems to come with bitterness now. For Mitchell, that “experience of a lifetime” has curdled into a spiritual wake-up call.
From “America First” to “America Fooled”
Mitchell’s critique of Trump centers on broken promises — particularly on foreign spending, transparency, and agriculture policy. He slammed Trump for continuing “the same globalist habits” he once campaigned against, accusing him of “blaming farmers for inflation” instead of protecting them.
It’s a remarkable turnaround for someone who once framed Trump as a kind of political savior. Now, he sees him as a false prophet — or worse, a Biblical beast.
If that sounds extreme, Mitchell doesn’t seem to care. For a man who’s fought tooth and nail inside the cage, he appears ready to take on a different kind of battle outside it — one against the movement he once called his own.
And as with everything Bryce “Thug Nasty” Mitchell does, he’s not pulling any punches.
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