Brian Ortega, Michelle Waterson, and UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs Rodriguez preview

UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

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4.5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

First, Michelle Waterson joins the show ahead of her co-main event bout against Amanda Lemos this Saturday at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs Rodriguez. She opens up about acting in the upcoming Netflix movie Havoc alongside Tom Hardy and Forest Whitaker, shares how she believes Carla Esparza becoming UFC Women’s Strawweight champion impacts the rest of the division, and explains why she took the fight against Lemos after originally being booked to face Amanda Ribas. Then, Jim and Matt make predictions for UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs Rodriguez, including the main event between Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez, and Miesha Tate's return to the UFC Women's Flyweight division against Lauren Murphy. Brian Ortega closes the show ahead of his main event bout against Yair Rodriguez this Saturday in Long Island. He hints at whether or not he's married to UFC Women's Flyweight Tracy Cortez, shares what went through his mind when he nearly submitted Alexander Volkanovski during his last bout for the UFC Featherweight title, and responds to Yair Rodriguez saying he expects a title shot if he defeats Ortega this weekend.

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0:00.0	Oh, no!
0:02.0	That's what I'm saying!
0:04.0	He's a city!
0:06.0	Wow!
0:07.0	This is something I've always envisioned.
0:08.0	I've always seen it, you know, I'm saying it in my dreams
0:10.0	and everything.
0:11.0	And even in my fears, I fear myself getting knocked out.
0:13.0	But that fear makes me kind of deadly in here.
0:15.0	I am T-Shit here, on Taylor!
0:20.0	Oh, there's a spade up in the shell.
0:23.0	This is high level stuff.
0:24.0	This is my philosophy.
0:25.0	This is my philosophy.
0:26.0	It's finest.
0:27.0	Taylor! Taylor! Michelle Warner Star!
0:57.0	Welcome to UFC Unfiltered.
1:04.0	Matt Knight today, he'll be a little scrambling before he'll be joined.
1:08.0	By Michelle Watterson, fighting the Komein event this Saturday.
1:11.0	And of course Brian Ortega, fighting Yair Rodriguez in the main event.
1:15.0	That's a great fight, Ortega Rodriguez.
1:17.0	And it looks like whoever wins that fight, Yair has already said he's been promised a shot
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