Curtis Blaydes, Don Madge, Robbie Fox, UFC 242 Preview
UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra
Ultimate Fighting Championship, Zuffa LLC
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2019
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Jim is joined by Robbie Fox of Barstool Sports today, who's subbing in for Matt while he is in Abu Dhabi filming Dana White: Lookin' FWD to a Fight.
Speaking of Abu Dhabi, could Dustin Poirier really unseat Khabib Nurmagomedov in the Lightweight championship this Saturday? The guys look at the upcoming fights, including Felder vs. Barboza and the rest of the impressive UFC 242 card.
Plus, analysis of UFC Shenzhen and Zhang Weili's amazing win over the defending strawweight champ Jessica Andrade.
First, they're joined by Don Madge, the South African Lightweight fighter who had a strong UFC debut last October. He talks about training with Cyborg, the MMA scene in South Africa, and a very unusual pre-fight ritual.
Then, #4 Heavyweight Curtis Blaydes calls in to talk about his huge fight with #9 Heavyweight Shamil Abdurakhimov this Saturday. Plus, he gives a callout to someone he wants to fight next, should everything go well at UFC 242.
Finally, Jim and Robbie make some predictions for Saturday.
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| 0:00.0 | What's going on? |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Nex and I'm for the belt. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm Nex's my tone. |
| 0:15.0 | It's my tone. |
| 0:16.0 | It's the average I want to get. |
| 0:19.0 | Say hello to South African MMA. |
| 0:21.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for the Magic Man, Don Maggi. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome to UFC unfiltered. |
| 0:32.0 | Robbie Fox is my guest host or is it Barstool Robbie? |
| 0:35.0 | No Robbie Fox. |
| 0:36.0 | Okay, cool. |
| 0:37.0 | Thanks for coming. |
| 0:38.0 | Matt is in Abu Dhabi. |
| 0:40.0 | He's got someone fighting over there so he's been gone. |
| 0:43.0 | He's been gone for a long time. |
| 0:44.0 | Normally the guys go three or four days. |
| 0:46.0 | But I think Matt flew in on Sunday. |
| 0:48.0 | I don't know if he wanted to just work out there |
| 0:50.0 | or if he just wanted to get there early and hang. |
| 0:52.0 | Well, I think they're looking forward to a fight with Dana White. |
| 0:55.0 | Oh, you're right. |
| 0:56.0 | Look at her fight. |
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