UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

Matt and Jim are joined by a special guest co-host in UFC welterweight Mike Malott on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered!   To begin the show, the guys review the fights that took place over the weekend by unpacking the results from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier card.   Canada’s Mike Malott then takes it back just one week prior by assessing his own performance on the main card...

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim and Matt are joined by 8th-ranked UFC lightweight Arman Tsarukyan and comedian and podcaster Mark Ellis.   As Tsarukyan looks ahead to his upcoming fight in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Cannonier card, the 26-year-old lightweight reflects on how much he’s changed since making his UFC debut against current lightweight champio...

Two days removed from UFC 289, Jim Norton and Matt Serra return for a today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered alongside actor Aleks Paunovic as guest co-host and UFC featherweight Dan Ige as a guest caller.   Matt Serra begins the show shirtless because that’s what Matt does sometimes and we love him for it. As the guys jump immediately into a recap of UFC 289, Aleks tells Jim and Matt all about the VIP...

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, hosts Jim Norton and Matt Serra are joined by former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira ahead of his co-main event fight on Saturday’s UFC 289 pay-per-view card in Canada.   The guys begin the show with some thoughts on what to expect from women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes as she headlines the UFC’s Canadian return with a matc...

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim and Matt are joined by UFC heavyweight Don’Tale Mayes and lightweight Diego Ferreira off the heels of their respective knockout wins.   Mayes hops on the show to discuss what’s next for the heavyweight up-and-comer after knocking out former champion Andrei Arlovski during the prelims of last Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi card.   While...

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim and Matt are joined by actor Benjamin Levy Aguilar and third-ranked UFC flyweight Kai Kara-France ahead of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi card.   Jim and Matt kick off the show with Benjamin Levy Aguilar as the first guest, and the Chicago P.D. star talks to the guys about how his upbringing in Guatemala led him to becoming a Krav Maga...

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, hosts Jim Norton and Matt Serra, are joined by two incredible guests in lightweight Michael Chandler and multi-talented actor and host Mario Lopez.   First up is Lopez, who hosts NBC’s Access Hollywood, Access Daily, and nationally syndicated radio show ON with Mario Lopez; in addition to his role as a producer on “The Golden Boy” documentary premiering at the...

Jim and Matt get a dose of fight talk and comedy with entertaining welterweight knockout artist Joaquin Buckley and comedian and podcasting pioneer Adam Carolla on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered.   Adam Carolla and Jim compare their experiences on stage as comics as the guys break into an intriguing conversation about comedy. A former boxing trainer himself, Carolla gives his perspective on the...

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim and Matt are joined by middleweight Edmen Shahbazyan and women’s strawweight Loopy Godinez ahead of their fights on the main card of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.   Edmen discusses how moving out of his hometown in California to Las Vegas and now training at the Xtreme Couture super gym has enhanced the 25-yea...

Jim and Matt are joined by former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and longtime comedian and actor Gary Owen on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered!   Seeking his second win of 2023, Garbrandt returns to Unfiltered for the first time since almost exactly two years ago in May of 2021. After announcing a fight scheduled in August for UFC 292 in Boston against Mario Bautista, Garbrandt connects wit...

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim and Matt are joined by Johnny Walker and Anthony “Lionheart” Smith in separate interviews as the two light heavyweights approach their co-main event on Saturday afternoon’s UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida card in Charlotte.   Johnny Walker joins the show almost instantly as the 7th-ranked light heavyweight shares how two near-death experiences ear...

Jim Norton takes part in the Serra-Longo Fight Team’s victory Monday as today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered calls upon bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling for nearly 20 minutes alongside Matt Serra and guest co-host Ray Longo.   As the guys dive straight into Sterling’s UFC 288 win over former bantamweight king Henry Cejudo, Aljo discusses the mid-fight adjustments that were necessary to stave o...

After some of the most exciting cards in 2023, we are here with an episode of Din Thomas’ new podcast, Din’s Got Answers!   A little about the show:   Got questions about the UFC? Well, Din Thomas is here to answer them. Din will use his experience as a UFC veteran, analyst, comedian, coach to the biggest names in the sport, co-star of Dana White: Lookin’ for a Fight, host of The Din Diaries, and...

With UFC 288 right around the corner, Matt Serra and Jim Norton are joined by two fighters on Saturday’s card in featherweight Charles Jourdain and Serra-Longo trained lightweight Matt Frevola.   After Matt begins the show with a recap of his trip to England that saw him reunite with former rival Georges St-Pierre, Quebec’s own Charles Jourdain hops on the show and promptly explains how GSP’s succ...

With Matt Serra flying back from London during the taping of today’s UFC Unfiltered episode, welterweight Michael Chiesa steps in alongside Jim Norton as today’s co-host.   After beginning the show with an update on his physical health after a lengthy layoff, Chiesa follows up with his desired plans for what’s next in the cage following the cancellation of his return fight against Li Jingliang due...

Matt and Jim are joined by UFC middleweight Cody Brundage and actor and comedian Tom Arnold on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered!   Just days away from his fight against Rodolfo Vieira on the main card of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon card, Cody Brundage opens up his interview by talking about his journey from wrestling to mixed martial arts. Reliving the day he met his former UFC fig...

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Matt Serra and Jim Norton are joined by ESPN MMA journalist Brett Okamoto for a detailed recap of last Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes event.   With heavyweight Sergei Pavlovich steamrolling Curtis Blaydes for a sixth-straight 1st-round knockout win, the guys discuss where Pavlovich stands in the heavyweight division and what it might take fo...

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Matt and Jim are joined by a pair of enthusiastic guests in lightweight Bobby Green and the one and only Eddie Bravo of 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu.   Matt feeds off Bobby’s infectious energy immediately, gleefully applauding through Green’s heated debate with Jim regarding fighter strategy in what could have been a 10-8 debate round for the lightweight scheduled to...

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim and Matt are joined by two guest callers in SiriusXM radio host Jimmy Smith and welterweight contender Belal Muhammad.   Jim and Matt kick off the show with a conversation with former MMA fighter turned fight analyst and host Jimmy Smith, who chats with the guys about what it’s like hosting three-hour episodes of his “Unlocking the Cage” show every weekday...

Joining Jim Norton on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered is the one and only Din Thomas, who fills in for Matt Serra on a show that features two guest callers in comedian Big Jay Oakerson and fast-rising featherweight sensation Arnold Allen.   Oakerson discusses his brand new Dog Belly comedy special that just released on YouTube and tells Din about his taste in music  before reflecting on his appe...

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim and Matt unpack the exciting action from Saturday’s UFC 287 card in Miami alongside bantamweight Rob Font and welterweight Kevin Holland as guest callers, who each discuss the details of their knockout victories.   Fresh off a devastating 1st-round knockout victory over 12th-ranked bantamweight Adrian Yanez, Rob Font discusses his journey back to the win c...

With just three days until UFC makes its long awaited return to Miami, Jim and Matt unpack everything from the exciting UFC 287 card in today’s episode with bantamweight Christian Rodriguez and country music star Brantley Gilbert as guest callers.   After beginning the show by reflecting on the untimely loss of Matt Serra’s dear friend, the guys are soon thereafter joined by Dana White’s Contender...

It’s UFC 287 fight week! On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim and Matt are joined by welterweight Gilbert Burns and middleweight Chris Curtis five days before both guys make the walk to the cage this Saturday in Miami.   As the guys take a brief look up and down Saturday’s card, Matt dishes his thoughts on where welterweight Jorge Masvidal stands at this point in his career ahead of his high-...

Jim and Matt are joined by rising bantamweight Jonathan Martinez and actor Jeremy Piven on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered!   Jeremy Piven kicks off the show by sharing a story about the time he tried a takedown on Rashad Evans.   He then loops the guys in on all the details surrounding his starring role in the inspiring new film called Sweetwater that’s set to hit theaters on April 14th before...

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim and Matt have the pleasure of recording the show with former middleweight champion Chris Weidman!   Weidman explains how his solo radio show on SiriusXM’s Fight Nation has fulfilled him as he nears the tail end of his recovery from the gruesome right leg injury he suffered in April of 2021 against Uriah Hall.   As Weidman reflects on the comforting injury...