On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim Norton and Matt Serra are joined by a boxer-turned-promoter in Anthony Sims Jr.   With no UFC card from over the weekend, Jim and Matt begin the show by catching up with each other and unpacking what to make of Jamahal Hill’s decision to quickly turnaround from his knockout loss at UFC 300 with a fight scheduled for International Fight Week on this June’s UFC 303 card against Khalil Rountree Jr.   When super middleweight boxer Anthony Sims Jr. calls in the show, the 29-year-old former titleholder begins by sharing how his background in karate ..read more

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim Norton and Matt Serra are joined by a pair of victorious lightweights from Saturday’s UFC 300 card in Arman Tsarukyan and Renato Moicano.   Joining the show first is Arman Tsarukyan, who reflects on his victory at UFC 300 over Charles Oliveira and how his confidence on the ground against "Do Bronx" stemmed from how much Arman and his team practiced escapes in bad positions.   Now entrenched as the UFC’s newly-ranked #1 lightweight contender, Tsarukyan shares why he’s opting for rest instead of quickly turning around for a second shot at beati ..read more

There’s no shortage of topics to talk about on today's episode of UFC Unfiltered — a show that sees guest co-host Sayif Saud join Jim Norton and Matt Serra for a recap of Saturday's landmark UFC 300 card.   The first half of the show sees Jim and Matt work their way up the card alongside Sayif, beginning with Aljamain Sterling’s successful featherweight debut before venturing into an insightful chat about some of the trends they saw from several of Saturday’s fighters that had to work through various mounted positions.   After working their way from the early prelims on up to the pre ..read more

In honor of Saturday’s absolutely-stacked UFC 300 card being just three days away, today’s UFC Unfiltered episode is stacked in its own right with a pair of former light heavyweight champions calling in by the names of Jamahal Hill and Jiří Procházka.   Jim Norton and Matt Serra waste no time by bringing on Jamahal Hill at the very beginning of the show. Eager to show the world how well he has recovered from his ruptured Achilles tendon, Hill confidently explains why he thinks he has what it takes to dethrone Alex Pereira and reclaim his spot on the 205-pound throne in Saturday’s main eve ..read more

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim Norton and Matt Serra are joined by UFC featherweight Damon Jackson and lightweight Jim Miller.   The show begins with Jim and Matt talking to Damon, who shares his thoughts on the lone 30-27 scorecard that went against him in his majority decision victory over the weekend  against Alexander Hernandez in the co-main event slot.   Jealous of Damon’s revitalized hair, Matt is surprised when he finds out that one of his Serra-Longo fighters went to the same doctor as Jackson for the hair transplant.   Shortly after, Jim Miller hops on ..read more

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim  Norton and Matt Serra welcome Michael “Venom” Page into the UFC for the exciting welterweight’s first-ever appearance on the podcast!   Finally back home in London after spending nearly a month in Miami after his big win at UFC 299 over Kevin Holland, “MVP” reflects on the family nature of his martial arts background — which stems from having two parents as Lau Gar Kung Fu practitioners and FOUR siblings with kickboxing championships to their names.   Set to turn 37 years old in less than a week, Page assesses the state of the UFC’s wel ..read more

With just a few days until the UFC makes its return to Atlantic City for an exciting night of action, Jim Norton and Matt Serra use today’s show to predict some fights from the card and speak to welterweight Joaquin Buckley and comedian Preacher Lawson.   With plenty of time until the first interview of the episode, Jim gives an update on the status of his white belt — and Matt hilariously accuses his co-host of “sandbagging” after hearing about Norton’s hesitance to a replacement piece of tape for the stripe on his belt that got ruined by the washing machine.   The guys then take a ..read more

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim Norton and Matt Serra invite Phoenix Carnevale on as a guest co-host for a show that features a pair of winners from over the weekend in bantamweight Payton Talbott and featherweight Youssef Zalal.   The show begins with the three co-hosts issuing their takeaways from Rose Namajunas’ unanimous decision victory over Amanda Ribas in Saturday’s women’s flyweight main event at the UFC APEX.   Shortly thereafter, the guys are joined by Payton Talbott for a chat that sees the unbeaten bantamweight prospect discuss how he gets into a calm “flow” sta ..read more

Matt Serra and Jim Norton reunite for a Wednesday episode of UFC Unfiltered that sees the two chop it up with 8th-ranked UFC women’s flyweight Amanda Ribas and country musician Michael Ray ahead of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas card at the APEX in Las Vegas.   Matt begins the show with his best attempt at humbly bragging about dominating Jim in the head-to-head fight predictions battle between the two co-hosts.  Shortly after, the guys invite Amanda Ribas onto the show to hear the Brazilian veteran’s thoughts on what it means to finally be headlining a UFC card. Ahe ..read more

With Jim Norton out for the day, it’s a Serra-Longo type of day on UFC Unfiltered as the great Ray Longo saves the day as guest co-host for an episode featuring lightweight Mike Davis and comedian Mike Glazer.   Longo shares his perspective of this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura as someone who was in Las Vegas for the duration of the card. While recapping the card, Matt explains what he thinks he could see being the next course of action for Tai Tuivasa now that the Australian heavyweight has been stopped four straight times.   Shortly thereafter, Mike Davis hops ..read more