Austin Bashi talks first UFC win, Jimmy Drago on overcoming obstacles ahead of DWCS shot

UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

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4.5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered delivers a powerful mix of rising talent and personal triumph as Jim and Matt welcome UFC featherweight prospect Austin Bashi and DWCS hopeful Jimmy Drago. First up is Bashi, fresh off his first UFC victory — a slick first-round submission over John Yannis. He reflects on bouncing back from his debut loss, chasing a dream he’s had since childhood, and what it was like mimicking Alexander Volkanovski in Diego Lopes’ camp. Between guests, Jim and Matt break down highlights from UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park — including standout performances from Tatsuro Taira, Chris Duncan, Esteban Ribovics, and more. Then, Jimmy Drago joins ahead of his Dana White’s Contender Series debut on August 12th. The Yonkers native shares his incredible story — from losing his father, a 9/11 first responder, to battling addiction and surviving eight overdoses. With sobriety, discipline, and grit, Drago turned a goal of just winning one pro fight into a legitimate UFC dream — and he’s one win away from making it real when he faces Ty Miller on the first DWCS card of 2025.

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0:00.0	That was great work. Nicely executed from Austin Bash. We knew exactly what he was going to try and do.
0:06.0	By submission due to a rear-deck and choke, Austin Bashi.
0:17.0	Welcome to UFC unfiltered. Please tell me that's on video. I've never been happier. I'll name for a fucking podcast. That's dangerous. I'm gonna be. We're out of it.
0:47.5	Welcome to UFC Unfiltered, a UFC Unfiltered, a UFC and Fanatics original production.
0:54.6	We're going to talk about the fights map, but we have two kind of newcomers to the UFC, which is really exciting.
1:00.3	Jimmy Drago is fighting on the Contender Series, Dana Weitz Contender Series, on, I think it's on Tuesday night.
1:01.8	And Bashy is, Austin Bashy just won his second UFC fight.
1:07.0	He had dropped the first one, but he won this one by a first round, Rear Naked Choke.
1:10.9	I think Jimmy Drago is fighting on Tuesday.
1:12.7	If I got that wrong, can you come through and just tell me?
1:15.4	Yeah, Tuesday.
1:16.1	Okay.
1:16.7	Let's get a video.
1:21.9	Hey, Austin's here.
1:23.6	Hey, what's up, Matt?
1:25.3	Austin, nice to see you, man.
1:26.6	Nice to see you, nice to see you, too.
1:28.1	This is your first time on here.
1:29.8	Yeah, first time on.
1:30.9	Oh, man. Nice to meet you, kid. Nice to meet you. Pretty good, good, good. You're in Cloud 9 right now. Yep. I want to ask you too, Austin. They said that you have been fighting since you were like eight years old and you've actually never held like a traditional job.
1:28.6	It has always been fighting and this is what what you've kind
1:48.4	of wanted to do your whole life. Yeah, I started training at eight and this has been the only
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