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Fight talk with the doors left open.
UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra mixes fighter interviews, guest co-host banter, and immediate reads on UFC cards. It moves fast, wanders into odd personal detours, then snaps back to pressure, losses, body shots, judging, and fight picks.
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UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra sounds closest to a fight table where the card is always close by and nobody is trying to make the room too neat. It runs on interviews, quick reactions, picks, and the kind of side roads that happen when fight people are allowed to talk like people. Recent episodes move through Aaron Pico, Kevin Holland, Cub Swanson, Paulo Costa, Ethyn Ewing, Gilbert Burns, Renato Moicano, Jiří Procházka, Lerryan Douglas, Dominick Reyes, Ignacio Bahamondes, Shanelle Dyer, Mike Malott, Shem Rock, and Eryk Anders. The MMA talk is immediate. A main-event narrative gets challenged. A body-shot finish gets appreciated. A point deduction becomes a judging argument. A violent matchup gets treated less like a statistic and more like a problem of temperament, timing, and damage. That is where the show is strongest: it keeps asking what a moment felt like before it became a result. Fighters are not reduced to records. They talk about wins, losses, confidence, pressure, family, travel, retirement, training rooms, and the strange chores and hobbies that exist around a brutal profession. The banter can be crude, loose, and goofy, but it also creates room for unguarded detail. One stretch can move from a grappling explanation into morning classes and old friendships. Another can drift from a fighter's property plans into recovery rooms, courts, tracks, and the fantasy of building a personal fight compound. Guest co-hosts change the rhythm without changing the basic feel. Michael Chiesa brings the substitute-seat energy. Phoenix Carnevale pulls the show toward mats, classes, and technique. Din Thomas opens doors into judging debates, film work, and fight observations. The result is not a tidy MMA news briefing. It is a recurring hangout with UFC access, real fight curiosity, and enough chaos to keep the conversation from feeling rehearsed.
Made for: For UFC fans who want fighter interviews, card reactions, and picks delivered with casual banter instead of clean studio distance. It especially suits listeners who care about the psychology and lived grind behind fight results.
What sets it apart: The show pairs UFC access with a loose, conversational rhythm that lets technical analysis, personal stories, travel fatigue, and jokes share the same space. It feels closer to overhearing fighters and fight people talk after watching tape than reading a formal preview.
UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra is the must-listen podcast for fight fans. Edgy veteran comedian Jim Norton and former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra push the boundaries in the UFC's first audio series. “Unfiltered” delivers everything, including pre- and post-fight analysis, industry stories, observations, opinions and interviews with UFC sources, fighters and celebrity fans.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · August 2026
UFC Unfiltered pairs active UFC fighters, interviewed in fight week or right after their bout, with the hosts' own weekly card picks.
UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra sits in the interview-and-picks lane of the MMA beat, built around a single UFC card at a time rather than a season-long storyline.
You want UFC picks with enough loose fight-show chaos to include colonoscopy scheduling.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A UFC Unfiltered episode that opens on the Murphy-Evloyev scoring debate before shifting into Dean Thomas's film talk and movie recommendations.
UFC Unfiltered opens by zeroing in on the Murphy-Evloyev result and the point deduction, with the hosts working through the scoring confusion and even running the numbers as they go.
A late-night fight show that earns its looseness through self-talk, pressure, and a real test for Sean O'Malley.
UFC Unfiltered settles into a stretch built around Aiemann Zahabi and Youssef Zalal, where late-night fatigue gives way to fight talk with real shape.
A loose fight-week hangout where Emmett's main event talk shares room with Asplen's looping shots and heavyweight volume.
Josh Emmett gives this UFC Unfiltered episode a clear center as the hosts treat his upcoming fight like a worthy main event. The surrounding fight talk keeps the pace up, moving through Steven Asplen's shift from straight shots to looping shots, the volume he can bring at…
Matt Serra leans into a risky UFC 324 pick as Jim Norton keeps the fight-week banter loose.
UFC Unfiltered returns to UFC 324 with Matt Serra treating the card as a reason to trust a few instincts and take a couple of bigger swings. His picks run through Modestus Bokoskis over Krylov, Teba Godier over Andrei Polaev, Umar, Patty, and the sharper call of Arnold Allen by…
Chiesa gives UFC Unfiltered a lived-in angle, strongest when fight talk moves from pressure to the corner and the backyard.
With Michael Chiesa filling Matt Serra's co-host seat, UFC Unfiltered gets a slightly different charge. The best parts stay close to what Chiesa knows firsthand: water loading, the pull to get back in the gym after a fight, and the uneasy way a coach's fear can slip into late…
This UFC-focused episode features Chris Weidman analyzing Merab Dvalishvili's title run and the Gaethje-Paddy matchup, plus coach John Wood previewing the Merab-Yan rematch.
UFC Unfiltered features guest co-host Michael Chiesa alongside Jim Norton, discussing retirement emotions with fighters like Chiesa and Cub Swanson.
Jim Norton and Matt Serra preview UFC 324, making picks for fights like Derek Lewis vs.
Michael Chiesa discusses his UFC Seattle return and previews UFC BJJ 5 in a casual podcast conversation.
This episode discusses UFC 327's main event, debating whether Jiri Prochazka showed mercy in his title loss to Alex Pereira, and features interviews with fighters Aaron Pico and Kevin Holland about their recent wins.
This UFC-focused podcast episode features guest co-host Michael Chiesa discussing fighters like Cub Swanson and Paulo Costa, along with picks for UFC 327, in a lively and entertaining format.
This episode of UFC Unfiltered features reactions to Ethan Ewing's TKO victory and his confident post-fight interview, discussing his fighting style and determination to be the best in the 135-pound division.
This UFC Unfiltered episode features Renato Moicano and guest co-host Phoenix Carnevale discussing fighting techniques and training experiences.
This UFC-focused podcast episode features co-hosts discussing recent fights and upcoming interviews with fighters Jiří Procházka and Lerryan Douglas.
UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra centers on Dominick Reyes, Ignacio Bahamondes, and UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs.
The show opens in Hong Kong at 2 a.m., with the host worn out and the producers still fussing over a coffee cup.
Shem Rock tells Jim Norton and Matt Serra, "I'm the only virgin in the UFC," and explains that his pre-fight rule is about discipline, not religion.
Jim Norton sounds tired.
Jimmy and Matt open with Steven Asplen's heavyweight TKO and Josh Emmett's UFC main-event spot.
This UFC Unfiltered episode features an interview with Montel Jackson discussing his upcoming high-stakes co-main event fight against former champion Davidson Figueiredo in Brazil.
Cory Sandhagen discusses his upcoming UFC title fight against Merab, reflecting on his career maturity and confidence compared to his previous title shot.
This UFC podcast episode discusses Brendan Allen's short-notice fight against RDR, Manel Kape's upcoming bout with Royval, and recaps UFC Perth.