Champion Rose Namajunas, Giga Chikadze, and Austin Ekeler

UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

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Grappling, Brazilian Jui Jitsu, Combat, Jim Norton, Sambo, Dana White, Stand-up, Bjj, Sports, Fight, Mma, Sports News, Ufc, Zuffa, Striking, Fighting, Judo, Wrestling, News, Combat Sports, Boxing, Matt Serra, Comedy

4.5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

The NEW UFC Strawweight Champion, Rose Namajunas, joins Jim and Matt on today's episode! First, Giga Chikadze joins the show ahead of his co-main event bout against Cub Swanson this Saturday at UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs Prochazka. He discusses how he was able to win four fights in 2020, his father's prediction of Giga one day becoming a champion when he was born, and his upbringing in the country of Georgia. Then, Rose Namajunas joins the show just days after her stunning first-round knockout of Zhang Weili to once again become the UFC Strawweight Champion. She shares what she saw when researching Weili that lead to the head kick knockout, how her mentality towards being a champion has changed since the first time she held the belt, and who she sees as top contenders for her first title defense. Back by popular demand: Jim and Matt make their picks for the main and co-main event of UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs Prochazka, Star NFL running back for the Los Angeles Chargers Austin Ekeler calls in. He shares what he does when training at the UFC Gym and how he watches UFC pay-per-views, discusses the core tenants of his charity, and takes Jim and Matt through his journey to get drafted in the NFL. Austin and the guys also discuss the mindset of athletes competing in team sports vs individual sports, and Austin’s four tenants of success: mental health, physical health, social life and motivation.

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0:00.0	Giga Chicadze with style points tonight.
0:04.3	I want at least next one for Maine or even Maine, you know.
0:07.6	Giga Chicadze!
0:12.4	Oh!
0:15.4	Oh!
0:17.8	I did it again, but God did it, man.
0:23.6	I really just had to have faith in him and this was got me through.
0:27.4	No! No more yearning!
0:57.4	Welcome to USC Unfiltered.
1:04.2	This is our second star because I fucked up the first one.
1:07.6	Matt and I are going to be joined today by Giga Chicadze fighting Cubs Wonson and the
1:12.0	Colmein in the Apex this Saturday night.
1:15.0	And we also have an NFL running back guy from the Chargers, really good player Austin Ecclors
1:20.0	coming on to promote his gridiron gaming group, which is going to help other athletes
1:25.3	build an infrastructure off their streaming platforms.
1:29.3	And we also have good news, Matt, a last minute edition, which I'm very the first couple
1:35.6	of MMA.
1:36.6	That's what I like to call it.
1:37.6	Now, I know you could look at Amanda and Nina and sit at the first couple and there's
1:42.9	probably a couple.
1:44.9	Yeah.
1:45.9	You know, Joe and Megan maybe, but I'm going to have to go with one of our favorite couples.
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