Behind every successful man is a woman, as the old saying goes. And this is especially true for UFC fighters. In a sport as dangerous and unpredictable as mixed martial arts, where one can go from being on the summit to hitting rock-bottom in one night (as, say Kamaru Usman or Israel Adesanya did recently), it is important to have a good support structure around to ensure one can deal with such setbacks.
Conversely, a lack of such a supporting structure, or a bad support structure can prove to be disastrous for someone in a profession as uncertain and dangerous as mixed martial arts. On the other hand, they also say that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell seems to have experienced the fury of a scorned woman just last year. While the American is involved in a loving relationship with his wife Erin Mitchell, he also has an ex-girlfriend, whose conduct in the past has him worried for his life and safety and that of his wife and animals. But first, let us discuss who his wife is.
How did Bryce Mitchell and his wife Erin Mitchell meet? The Tucker Carlson connection
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Bryce Mitchell’s wife is named Erin Handlow. The two reportedly started dating in August 2022, after his now-wife DM’d him after his first appearance on the Tucker Carlson show. The two soon clicked over their hatred for the government. “I go onto your show, I get millions of views, the most exposure I’ve ever had in my life, and this really good looking woman from Pennsylvania message me on the internet and she says, ‘Hey’, I said, ‘Hey’, we start talking and we bonded over our hatred of the government. And now, that woman is my wife,” he told Carlson in a later interview.
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Mitchell even made their relationship official by announcing to the world that he was dating a sweet, beautiful woman in an Instagram post in August 2022. Interestingly, the UFC fighter did not go public with any of his relationships, and Handlow was the first woman he had dated that he announced to the world, showing just how much he loved her. The duo soon got married. However, there are no concrete details about the exact date of their wedding. Handlow also has a dog named Lou, with whom her partner gets along beautifully.
What is Erin Mitchell’s profession?
Erin Handlow has been working for the past ten years in various roles for various companies. Right now, she is a marketing specialist at the construction company Commercial Built Construction. Her first job was at an electrical transformer company called Acutran in 2012.
Later, she started working for the petroleum company called Superior Petroleum Company, where she worked as a sales associate. Then, she worked at the real estate developer Five Mile Development Group as a property manager. After a short stint there, she moved to the food and beer distribution company called Hillcrest Distributing. She moved to her current company, Commercial Built Construction, in 2017.
Do Bryce and Erin Mitchell have kids together?
Yes, the duo have a beautiful baby boy together. Bryce Mitchell announced the birth of his son ‘Tucker’ in March 2024. Following his birth, the UFC star took to social media to share the happy news, writing an emotional letter for his son and claiming that his son was proof of God’s existence to him. But why? Well, that is because Mitchell never desired to have children and wrote, “God put it on my heart to have a wife and a kid. I never wanted a kid as an atheist because as an atheist I saw no value for life other than my own.” The couple named their son ‘Tucker’ after Tucker Carlson, due to the celebrity’s major role in getting them together.
Bryce Mitchell’s troubles with ex-girlfriend
Last year, Bryce Mitchell made a troubling revelation on social media. In a social media post, the American revealed that his ex-girlfriend, Kish Jones, allegedly vandalized his home, which left him scared for the safety of his wife. The UFC fighter said that his tattoo artist ex visited his home and destroyed his beloved fruit trees that he had been working on for a long time. He was afraid for the safety of his own and his animals’ life. As a result, he called out to his community of Searcy to help ensure the safety of his wife and animals.
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Bryce Mitchell says his ex-girlfriend has destroyed his fruit trees while he is in Vegas for DWCS and that he fears she could do much worse pic.twitter.com/0Hr0NAc2Hn
— MMA Mania (@mmamania) September 12, 2023
“So I’m outta town for my fight and my coward ex-girlfriend came by my house and vandalized my house yesterday,” Mitchell said in a video. “She destroyed all of my fruit trees. Now, my ex-girlfriend runs a tattoo shop on Booth Street, and for the love of god, if you’re not evil. If you’re not a coward, don’t give her your business. The tattoo shop on Booth Street. The woman that runs that came by my place and destroyed all my fruit trees,” the featherweight said. He further revealed that he had been working on those trees for years and she came and killed them all.
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Mitchell then made the stunning claim that she threatened to kill him, his dogs and all his animals. Another twist in the tale came when the journalist Amy Kaplan shared a video showing the featherweight breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s house in an attempt to get his dog from her. “I have obtained an old video of a heated exchange between Bryce Mitchell and his ex-girlfriend Kish Jones in which Bryce shatters the glass in her door in an attempt to get his dog. As you might know, Bryce took to Instagram this week to say he was fearful for his life,” Kaplan tweeted.
Clearly, Mitchell’s personal life was in flux, and the American was in a bad spot. However, now it seems like it was all in the past as he has now deleted the videos that he uploaded about his girlfriend. So for now, his only focus would be his fight against Kron Gracie at UFC 310. What do you think? Will he be able to win the fight? Let us know in the comments.