Last year Bryce Mitchell suffered a devastating knockout. In his first fight since then, this time he was the one who provided the climax.

In a featherweight bout against Kron Gracie at UFC 310, Mitchell (17-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) landed two brutal elbow strikes to earn a knockout stoppage at 0:37 of the third round. The fight was the second fight on the main card at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The wrestlers exchanged a few punches at the beginning, which unsurprisingly led to the fight going to the ground. Mitchell took control at the top, landing a few short punches and elbow strikes while Gracie (5-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) did her best to pin him down.

Boo birds chirped as the position didn’t change for the rest of the round.

Mitchell landed a few clean punches early in the second round, but the fight returned to the mat when Gracie took the guard. After a few moments on the ground, Mitchell stood up and motioned for Gracie to get back up. Gracie quickly got back on her guard and put Mitchell in danger with armbar and triangle attempts.

Gracie secured a clean armbar in the final seconds, but Mitchell escaped and fired ground and punches until the horn sounded.

In the final round, Gracie was on guard early, but this time Mitchell closed the show by landing hellish elbows and scoring the knockout.

HEAVY elbow from Bryce Mitchell 💥 #UFC310 pic.twitter.com/Z5xXO1SLFp

– ESPN MMA (@espnmma) December 8, 2024

Mitchell, 30, is recovering from a scary knockout against Josh Emmett at UFC 296. “Thug Nasty” has imposed his own concussion protocol to recover and it appears the time outside the cage has done him some good.

Gracie, 36, has now lost three in a row. His only UFC win came against Alex Caceres in February 2019, but he has since lost to Cub Swanson, Charles Jourdain and now Mitchell.

Current UFC 310 results include:

• Bryce Mitchell defeated. Kron Gracie via knockout (elbow) – Round 3, 0:39
• Dooho Choi defeated. Nate Landwehr via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 3:21
• Dominick Reyes defeated. Anthony Smith via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 4:46
• Vicente Luque defeated. Themba Gorimbo via technical submission (D’Arce Choke) – Round 1, 0:52
• Movsar Evloev defeated. Aljamain Sterling by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Bryan Battle defeated. Randy Brown via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Eryk Anders defeated. Chris Weidman via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 4:51
• Joshua Van defeated. Cody Durden by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-26, 30-27)
• Michael Chiesa defeated. Max Griffin via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 1:56
• Chase Hooper defeated. Clay Guida via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 3:41
• Kennedy Nzechukwu defeated. Lukasz Brzeski via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:51

For more information on the card, check out MMA Junkie’s UFC 310 event hub.