Alexandre Pantoja, Hamdy Abdelwahab, Gerald McCoy, and UFC 277 recap

UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

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🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Jim and Matt speak with Alexandre Pantoja, Hamdy Abdelwahab, and Gerald McCoy, and recap UFC 277, on today's episode of UFC Unfiltered!Jim and Matt start the show by discussing their favorite performances from UFC 277, including Amanda Nunes' decision victory over Julianna Peña and Sergei Pavlovich's TKO win over Derrick Lewis. Then, Alexandre Pantoja calls in after his submission victory against Alex Perez on Saturday. He shares how confident he felt in the locker room before his quick win against Perez, offers his thoughts on the interim flyweight title fight between Brandon Moreno and Kai Kara-France, and looks back on his wins against both Moreno and Kara-France while he was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter. Next, NFL defensive tackle (and Amanda Nunes superfan) Gerald McCoy joins the show. After he sounds off on Nunes' doubters after her win against Peña at UFC 277, he shares what it was like to meet Dana White at the event, and geeks out with Matt about their favorite superhero movies and television shows. After that, Hamdy Abdelwahab makes his UFC Unfiltered debut days after making his official UFC debut against Don'Tale Mayes on Saturday night. He explains why he accepted the fight with less than two weeks' notice, opens up about being the first Egyptian to fight in the UFC, and details how he transitioned from wrestling to mixed martial arts.

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0:00.0	them
0:24.4	I want to say I'm here. This is my place. I'm not gonna leave this cage till I'm a hot till I'm champion
0:54.4	I'm going to be ready.
1:06.8	Welcome to UFC unfiltered Matt Sarah, Old Man Jim Norton and my shitty glasses.
1:11.8	Hamdi Abdel Wahab will be here at heavyweight, tremendous win on Saturday night.
1:17.6	And of course, Alexander Pantosha, both thinking the first appearances.
1:21.3	And we also have Gerald McCoy defensive tackle returning. He was here. I don't remember when he was on, but it was a while ago.
1:29.5	I'm a big UFC fan. What buddy?
1:31.7	He's a I think he's a comic book fan. I don't remember. I know you always bond with comic book fans. I honestly don't remember Matt.
1:37.7	I do. And you think it's so mean in childish. What you know I get it.
1:41.7	You know what's really not sick in childish is what the boy.
1:45.5	You know, it's not just the boys on Amazon Prime Jimmy.
1:47.5	Everyone tells me it's good. It's pretty good. It's pretty fucking good.
1:52.7	Well, I guess we what do you think, Mash?
1:55.1	We start by congratulating the champ champ.
1:58.5	The lioness. Yeah.
2:00.7	I mean, listen, maybe when you're kicking ass for that long,
2:05.5	yeah, you need to just get the best way to get recharged, just take a little bit of a beat.
2:10.1	And then you come back in. You're like, you know what?
2:12.7	I need to get motivated.
2:14.3	So she got motivated. I guess. And then you go. What do you think?
2:18.3	I mean, it was a shut out, Jimmy.
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