UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

Jim Norton and Matt Serra get ready for UFC 332 with a pair of main-card fighters: returning middleweight Ateba Gautier and first-time guest Natalia Silva.

First, Gautier joins the show ahead of his matchup with Roman Kopylov and reveals a few unexpected layers outside the cage. If you heard a middleweight knockout artist say he was a My Little Pony fan, a physics lover and a geology major, which one would you not believe? In Gautie...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra recap UFC Fight Night: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos while welcoming two fighters fresh off wins at UFC 331 in Los Angeles.

First, 14th-ranked light heavyweight Alonzo Menifield makes his UFC Unfiltered debut following his split decision win over Iwo Baraniewski. Menifield talks about fighting through a gruesome broken thumb, digging deep through adversity, working with Pat Barry, and how his football background e...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra get ready for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas with a pair of bantamweights competing on the main card.

First, Brady Hiestand returns to UFC Unfiltered ahead of his matchup with Rinya Nakamura. The former TUF finalist talks about the long road back from injury, becoming a firefighter during his time away from the Octagon, and the parallels he sees between firefighting and professional figh...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra recap a loaded UFC 331 card while welcoming two first-time guests to UFC Unfiltered.

First, unbeaten UFC middleweight Damian Pinas joins the show ahead of his upcoming UFC 332 fight against Andrey Pulyaev. Representing both his native Suriname and his adopted home of Aruba, “The Baba Yaga” reflects on how watching Mike Tyson helped spark his late entry into combat sports before assessing what he...

With Matt Serra off for the day, Jim Norton welcomes guest co-host Michael Chiesa to help preview Saturday’s UFC 331 card in Los Angeles.

First, fan-favorite heavyweight Tai Tuivasa joins the show ahead of his prelim matchup against Robelis Despaigne. Tuivasa talks about preparing for a 6-foot-7 striker with massive reach, how he handles long travel and time-zone changes as an Australian fighter, and what it will take to snap ...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra recap Noche UFC while catching up with two fighters fresh off wins in the past two weeks.

First, Ignacio Bahamondes joins the show after a successful move up to welterweight against Muslim Salikhov. Bahamondes talks about snapping his two-fight skid, how his size and activity translated at 170 pounds, and what his presence in the division could do for an already stacked weight class.

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Jim Norton and Matt Serra get ready for Saturday’s Noche UFC card with a pair of fighters competing in featured spots in Glendale, Arizona.

First, unbeaten featherweight Tommy McMillen makes his UFC Unfiltered debut ahead of his main-card matchup against Marwan Rahiki. “Tommy Gun” talks about the trash talk surrounding his fight, his wild Montana upbringing, fighting since childhood, the role his father played in h...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra are joined by a pair of featherweight veterans before making picks for Saturday’s UFC Paris card.

First, Giga Chikadze returns to UFC Unfiltered ahead of his UFC 331 matchup against Joanderson Brito in Los Angeles. The Georgian veteran discusses getting back to full health after pulling out of his previously scheduled fight against Vinicius Oliveira, opening up a new gym in Huntington Beach, and the u...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra are joined by two fighters preparing for next weekend’s Noche UFC card in Glendale, Arizona.

First, 15th-ranked featherweight Jose Miguel Delgado joins the show after finding out he’ll be stepping in for Yair Rodriguez to face Jean Silva in the Noche UFC main event. Having fully embraced his role as the underdog in this short-notice opportunity, the 28-year-old Arizona native out of MMA Lab iden...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra are joined by two UFC Sacramento winners fresh off statement performances before looking ahead to this Saturday’s UFC Shanghai card.

First, 7th-ranked middleweight Gregory Rodrigues joins the show after collecting his fourth straight win in last Saturday’s main event with a unanimous decision over hometown favorite Anthony Hernandez. Humbly aware of his reputation as a devastating striker, &ldqu...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra recap UFC Sacramento while catching up with two lightweights on opposite ends of their careers: short-notice UFC newcomer Stan Dorsainvil and recently retired legend Edson Barboza, one of the most electric strikers in UFC history.

First, undefeated lightweight Stan Dorsainvil joins the show after rallying to beat Gauge Young in his short-notice UFC debut. Dorsainvil talks about taking the fight on short not...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra look ahead to UFC Sacramento with two ranked fighters competing on Saturday’s main card.

First, 6th-ranked middleweight Anthony Hernandez joins ahead of his hometown-adjacent main event against Gregory “RoboCop” Rodrigues. Fighting near his native Dunnigan, California, Hernandez talks about this Saturday’s homecoming, moving camp to Las Vegas to train with Sean Strickland after their...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra recap UFC 330 while catching up with two fighters fresh off statement wins in Philadelphia.

First, Charles Johnson joins the show after submitting late-replacement opponent Eduardo Chapolin with a third-round Scottish Twister. Johnson discusses the chaos of his opponent change, bouncing back from his own rare submission loss against Asu Almabayev, and what he’s looking to do next.

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Jim Norton and Matt Serra get a good look at this weekend’s UFC 330 card with a pair of guests competing on Saturday’s main card.

First, 5th-ranked women’s strawweight Gillian Robertson joins ahead of her title fight against champion Mackenzie Dern. Riding a five-fight winning streak into a battle between jiu-jitsu black belts, Robertson explains the source of her extreme confidence going into her first five-round ...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra are joined by women’s bantamweight Alex Apodaca and women’s flyweight Juliana Miller.

Eager to show what a full fight camp looks like, Apodaca looks two weeks ahead to her Dana White’s Contender Series main event matchup against Bella Mir. The 32-year-old Texas native discusses how casual kickboxing classes as a college student turned into Muay Thai dreams and eventually MMA, and what it&r...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra invite a pair of fighters with big UFC dreams in middleweight Joe Kropschot and bantamweight Jessie Rosas.

Joining first is LFA middleweight champion Joe Kropschot, who joins ahead of his fight on next Tuesday’s DWCS Season 10 premiere against unbeaten Jon Kunemann. Mentored by Gilbert Melendez, Kropschot discusses how a three-fight losing streak helped him turn the corner as an MMA pro now on the cus...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra kick off today’s episode with takeaways from a record-setting UFC Belgrade card that delivered 12 finishes — including a UFC-record 10 in the first round.

First, heavyweight Steven Asplund joins ahead of his UFC Fight Night matchup with Guilherme Pat. Asplund discusses the message behind his recent Instagram post about fighting for “every little fat kid that doesn’t feel confident,&r...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra look ahead to Saturday’s UFC Belgrade card while catching up with two fighters coming off statement finishes in Abu Dhabi.

First, 10th-ranked heavyweight Valter Walker joins the show after tying Demian Maia’s UFC record with his fifth straight submission victory. Fresh off a first-round calf slicer win over Thomas Petersen, Walker discusses his historic leg-lock streak, the heavyweight names hov...

Jim Norton and Matt Serra kick off today’s episode with a full-fledged recap of Saturday’s UFC Abu Dhabi card, breaking things down from Magomed Ankalaev’s main event win over late-replacement opponent Bogdan Guskov all the way down to the opening fights of the night.

After assessing Ankalaev’s bounce-back performance and Ramazan Temirov’s statement knockout of Steve Erceg in the co-main event, the guys...