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Back from a week-long vacation, Jim Norton reunites with his good friend Matt Serra for a fun episode of UFC Unfiltered featuring women’s flyweight contender Erin Blanchfield! An excited Matt Serra starts off the show by bringing Jim up to speed on all the things the comedian missed while out of town. The conversation then shifts to a recap of UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac, where Matt and Jim start at the top of the card with their takeaways from Ciryl Gane’s TKO win over Serghei Spivac in front of his hometown fans in Paris. Jim and Matt then explore whether the outcome of Saturday’s co-main event would’ve differed if Rose Namajunas hadn’t injured her finger against Manon Fiorot in the first round of their women’s flyweight co-main event. That same conversation about the women’s 125-pound division continues when the guys are joined by second-ranked women’s flyweight Erin Blanchfield, who breaks down Fiorot’s performance against Namajunas before ultimately stating her own case to fight the winner of this month’s highly anticipated rematch between women’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso and former long-reigning champion Valentina Shevchenko.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

4 Sep 202345min

With Jim Norton out for the day, friend of the show Phoenix Carnevale reprises her role as a guest co-host alongside Matt Serra for an episode of UFC Unfiltered that features two guest callers in bantamweight Caolán Loughran and actor Louis Mandylor. Set to make his UFC debut on this Saturday's card in Paris, Loughran explains how a last minute switch of opponent hasn't changed his all-business mindset going into a fight in hostile territory against French veteran Taylor Lapilus. The unbeaten Irish bantamweight then goes on to explain why he believes he'll be the next UFC champion to come out of the Cage Warriors promotion. Shortly thereafter, Matt and Phoenix are joined by actor and director Louis Mandylor; a former professional boxer in his own right. The Australian actor surprises the two co-hosts with his vast UFC knowledge and ultimately weighs in on Saturday's card with his opinion on how French heavyweight Ciryl Gane can overcome his grappling deficiencies against a Sambo specialist like Serghei Spivac in the main event. Fresh off the mid-August release of his action film '3 Days In Malay', Louis wraps up his interview by sharing how serving as director of the film featuring Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson sparked two newfound friendships with the retired UFC fighters. Finally, Matt and Phoenix wrap up the show by looking at some of the fights on Saturday's card! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

31 Aug 20231h 1min

What happens when a comedic duo like Matt Serra and Din Thomas are left in charge of an episode featuring not one, but TWO outspoken guest fighters in Bryce Mitchell and Al Iaquinta? Well, some might say it’d give you one of the WILDEST episodes in UFC Unfiltered history — and for what it’s worth, we’d definitely agree! With Jim Norton out for the day, Din Thomas serves as co-pilot for a Monday episode that begins with featherweight contender Bryce Mitchell talking about his place in the division before morphing into Bryce’s full-fledged investigation into whether the song “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” can be supported by science. When Mitchell leaves, the guys are then joined by Serra-Longo’s own Al Iaquinta, who opens up on what’s keeping him busy while away from the cage before answering a few of Din’s questions about if there are any veteran opponents out there who could lure him back into the Octagon. Finally, the guys pay their respects to the great career of UFC featherweight Chan Sung Jung and how the legendary martial artist lived up to his “The Korean Zombie” nickname in the final fight of his career despite losing to Max Holloway in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night event in Singapore.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

29 Aug 202345min

UFC women’s strawweight contender Tatiana Suarez joins Jim Norton and Matt Serra on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered! Excited with the progress he’s making in jiu-jitsu classes, Jim begins the show by slyly changing his Zoom nickname to “Kimura Daddy” as a play-on to Matt’s “Kimura Savage” nickname. By the time Matt notices, it hilariously triggers Matt into a rant about why a jiu-jitsu newbie like Jim is off base for calling himself that even as a joke. The guys then take a look at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card in Singapore, where they talk about Max Holloway’s featherweight main event against The Korean Zombie as well as fights from the undercard. When Tatiana Suarez hops on the show, the unbeaten women’s strawweight lists her takeaways from Zhang Weili’s dominant title defense over Amanda Lemos at UFC 292 and how she thinks she’d matchup against the 115-pound champion in a title fight if given the opportunity to fight her. However, with the possibility that Weili’s next title defense could take place against fellow Chinese countrywoman Yan Xiaonan, Suarez then goes through a list of other women’s strawweights that she wouldn’t mind fighting to continue the momentum she’s built in 2023 since returning from nearly a four-year hiatus earlier this year.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

24 Aug 202356min

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Ray Longo joins Matt and Jim to recap Saturday’s UFC 292 card. To kick off the show, Matt and Ray give their cage-side perspective of what went wrong for Serra-Longo trained bantamweight Aljamain Sterling in his loss to newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley in the main event out in Boston. With chatter heating up about O’Malley’s first title defense being a rematch against sixth-ranked bantamweight Marlon “Chito” Vera, Matt and Jim state why Merab Dvalishvili could get the next title shot in the UFC’s stacked bantamweight division. Proud of Chris Weidman’s performance despite his unanimous decision loss to Brad Tavares, Matt and Ray then shift towards a chat on welterweight Ian Machado Garry’s win over Neil Magny and the 25-year-old Irishman’s decision to call out Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. After yet another dominant performance from women’s strawweight champion Zhang Weili in Saturday’s co-main event against Amanda Lemos, Jim wraps up the show by asking the two coaching partners about their thoughts on a hypothetical title fight between the Chinese champion and unbeaten contender Tatiana Suarez.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

22 Aug 202350min

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim Norton and Matt Serra welcome back middleweight Chris Weidman and welterweight Neil Magny ahead of their fights on Saturday’s UFC 292 card in Boston! Joining first is Weidman, who opens up about his long journey back from his gruesome leg injury before finally telling the guys his thoughts on how he matches up in Saturday’s fight against Brad Tavares. While he may have relocated to South Carolina, Weidman explains why he’s a Long Islander at heart and dishes his thoughts on Serra-Longo teammate Aljamain Sterling’s bantamweight title defense against Sean O’Malley in Saturday’s main event. While waiting for Neil Magny to hop on the call, Jim and Matt take a deeper dive into Saturday’s card, issuing their respective thoughts on matchups from the early prelims all the way up to the two title fights atop the pay-per-view card. When Neil arrives, he shares why he believes training in altitude combined with his reach and experience, give him confidence that he’ll be the one to give rising Irish welterweight Ian Machado Garry his first ever loss in a fight that Magny accepted on short notice in place of Geoff Neal. Finally, the guys plug Saturday’s fights and wrap up the show by plugging the UFC’s Matchmaker Sweepstakes, which you can still enter before Saturday’s card kicks off by going to ufc.com/matchmaker and inputting your dream fight card for a chance to win two tickets to UFC 295 in Madison Square Garden alongside a chance to meet Dana White and the matchmakers.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

17 Aug 202358min

With UFC 292 fight week upon us, Jim Norton and Matt Serra are joined by middleweight Andre Petroski and UFC play-by-play commentator Jon Anik on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered! Looking to continue his four-fight win streak with a win this Saturday over Gerald Meerschaert at UFC 292, Andre Petroski lets the guys in on his mindset going into this fight and the status of his recovery from his torn rotator cuff. While the Pennsylvania native has his eyes set on Saturday’s fight, he explains why he wants Bo Nickal next in the event he’s victorious over Meerschaert. When Jon Anik hops on the call, Jim and Matt take it back to this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Dos Anjos fight card. The guys each give their thoughts on ways to fix judging in MMA following featherweight veteran Cub Swanson’s questionable co-main event victory over Hakeem Dawodu. Excited to call Saturday’s fights in his hometown of Boston, Anik dissects the top of the UFC 292 fight card while further explaining why he believes current champion Aljamain Sterling is the UFC’s greatest bantamweight of all-time.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

15 Aug 20231h 5min

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim Norton and Matt Serra are joined by Brazilian welterweights Rafael Dos Anjos and Vicente Luque ahead of their main event on Saturday’s fight card. The guys waste no time as they almost instantly bring Vicente Luque on the show to allow the 31-year-old to discuss the adjustments he’s made since suffering his first KO loss of his career and the respect he feels going into a five-round fight against an experienced legend like Rafael Dos Anjos. After talking MMA, Matt gets Vicente to wrap up the show by going into detail about two of his favorite hobbies, cars and making homemade bread. Finally, Jim and Matt are accompanied by Rafael Dos Anjos. While reflecting on his improbable recovery from a broken jaw in 2010, the former lightweight champion explains how he’s able to still fight in the UFC 13 years later at both 155 and 170 pounds.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

10 Aug 202356min