{"id":345455,"date":"2020-03-26T06:33:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T13:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=345455"},"modified":"2020-03-26T06:34:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T13:34:58","slug":"bryce-mitchell-coronavirus-goverment-made-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/bryce-mitchell-coronavirus-goverment-made-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell believes the government created COVID-19 to create &#8220;chaos\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC Fighter Bryce Mitchell has joined the conspiracy camp after he called the novel coronavirus a government-borne illness.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has spelled disaster for many industries including sports. Most live sporting events have been cancelled or postponed to prevent mass contagion. Dana White has cancelled three UFC fight cards and many future shows will likely be broadcast from a closed arena.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC featherweight believes that COVID-19 will spell disaster for the economy:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the economy shuts down, I\u2019m just going to tell you, it\u2019s not going to be pretty. Because the economy is what keeps this whole thing working,\u201d Mitchell said to <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/03\/ufc-bryce-mitchell-touts-coronavirus-conspiracy\">MMA Junkie<\/a>. \u201cThis society we got, the exchange of money back-and-forth between two parties, when that stops, when people can no longer exchange goods and services, and every man is left to fend for themselves, I think the (expletive) will get really ugly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if the economy don\u2019t pick back up, if the people don\u2019t start buying and selling more things and everything gets back to normal, it\u2019s going to be a (expletive) show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some fighters have expressed their own theory over the virus pandemic. Earlier this week, Tito Ortiz claimed that COVID-19 is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tito-ortiz-shares-conspiracy-theory-about-the-coronavirus-outbreak\/\">man-made<\/a>. Mitchell also believes the Coronavirus is man-made. In fact, he accused the government of creating an intentional national crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy thing is the government,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cThe government shouldn\u2019t be able to tell any business, you know \u2013 I understand the national emergency, national crisis and stuff, but I just don\u2019t think that these numbers indicate a crisis to me. I mean, I really don\u2019t think that they do. I know it\u2019s killed a bunch of old people in nursing homes and maybe some really young people, but those types of people can be isolated. Young people, old people, they can be isolated pretty easily, while everybody else continues doing what they do, and I just think it\u2019s the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI blame the government,&#8221; Mitchell added. &#8220;I really do. It\u2019s usually who I blame for everything. I think the coronavirus was made by the government. I think the good government made the damn virus. I think that they infected the people on purpose to cause some type of chaos. There\u2019s some people making good money and stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell went on to accuse the government of using the coronavirus as a reason to restrict gun use:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think our government is going to try and take our guns,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cThat\u2019s what I think is going to happen, and it\u2019s sad, but that\u2019s what I see happening. I\u2019ve seen them pushing some gun control thing right now and trying to get our guns or at least seeing if they can. I\u2019m seeing how it goes. I don\u2019t know; the whole thing is crazy to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wouldn\u2019t surprise me if a (expletive) show went down. 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