Aiemann Zahabi, Reinier de Ridder, UFC 315 recap w/ guest co-host Ben “The Bane” Davis

UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

With UFC 315 in the books, Jim Norton is joined by by guest co-host Ben “The Bane” Davis for an episode of UFC Unfiltered that invites Aiemann Zahabi and Reinier de Ridder on as guest callers. Up first is Zahabi — who calls in just days removed from his impressive unanimous decision win over legend Jose Aldo in Montreal. Aiemann shares how the last-minute weight change affected his mindset, what it meant to perform in front of Canadian fans, and how guidance from GSP has shaped him into the surging fighter he is today riding a six-fight win streak. Jim and Ben dish out some more takeaways from UFC 315 before bringing Reinier de Ridder on for a chat. The Dutch middleweight discusses the role of punishing body work in his statement win over Bo Nickal before explaining why he's confident heading into his next fight — a quick turnaround against Robert Whittaker in July’s main event in Abu Dhabi.

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0:00.0	I was rocked for sure.
0:02.0	I was a bit like disoriented,
0:04.0	but my mindset coach tells me to prepare for these moments.
0:08.0	I just told myself, recover and win the next exchange.
0:12.0	You got me moving forward in the rankings, baby.
0:14.0	I think this was a great performance,
0:16.0	and I expect to fight someone ahead of me.
0:18.0	Thank you guys. I love you.
0:20.0	Amen to Hohann! expect to fight someone ahead of me thank you guys I love you amen to
0:20.9	hi
0:21.6	look at this steps all the way in
0:29.1	hey he's been working on really really tirelessly with the guys down killcliff
0:36.1	amazing kickboxers down there and it paid off for him here tonight.
0:44.9	Welcome to UFC unfiltered.
0:48.1	Please tell me that's on video.
0:51.2	I've never been happier.
0:53.8	I'm named for a fucking podcast
0:55.5	We're dangerous
0:58.4	I'm gonna be we're out of it
1:05.0	All right welcome to UFC unfiltered
1:09.2	Matt is obviously not here Ben Ben the Bain Ben, the Bain Davis. Thank you for joining us, Ben. I appreciate it.
1:15.7	Jim, thank you, man. It's always a pleasure to be back with you. Yeah, thanks for coming on. I just found out yesterday that Matt had a doctor's appointment. So we have Amund's a hobby and Ryan Air DeRitter on today. Did you watch the fight this weekend?
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