Joe Pyfer on his upbringing & what’s next, coach Plinio Cruz talks Procházka-Pereira w/ guest co-host Phoenix Carnevale

UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

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🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

With Jim Norton out for the day, friend of the show Phoenix Carnevale steps on up as a guest co-host for Monday’s episode of UFC Unfiltered alongside Matt Serra for chats with coach Plinio Cruz and rising UFC middleweight Joe Pyfer. Matt and Phoenix waste no time by bringing coach Plinio Cruz on to the show to listen on as the former Brazilian heavyweight fighter discusses the brotherly dynamic he and former UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira both have as coaches for former UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira. Seeking to help Pereira become a two-division champion in a second sport, Cruz walks through the elements that make Alex’s upcoming light heavyweight title fight against Jiří Procházka a special matchup to sit atop the UFC 295 card at Madison Square Garden — the very same building where Pereira won both his UFC debut and middleweight title. Then, Pennsylvania’s own Joe Pyfer joins the show to talk about how his rough upbringing shaped him into the fighter and man he is today before dropping a couple of names of top-15 middleweights he’d be interested in fighting to crack into the division’s rankings.

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0:00.0	But his story just heartbreaking grows my mind and he's here to be an inspiration to young folk
0:06.3	For I just knew I was better than this man everywhere I said that
0:09.7	Joe, Bobby's back, home, home
0:14.8	You are saying baby
0:21.8	Welcome to your CO2
0:25.0	Please tell me that's my video
0:28.0	I've never been happier
0:30.0	I'll make you a fucking bomb kid
0:34.0	I'm gonna make my out of it
0:44.0	Welcome to UFC unfiltered. Hey guys
0:47.0	Phoenix, come to Valley. How are you? First of all, how are you?
0:50.0	I'm good. I'm so happy to be with you, Matt.
0:53.0	Oh hoes, we're gonna catch up today
0:55.0	And coach Plenio Cruz, how are you, my friend?
1:00.0	I'm good. How are you guys doing, man?
1:02.0	And I know I seem so unprofessional. Let's tell everybody behind the scenes.
1:06.0	I literally just jumped on board. Everybody was here with me. I feel like I'm late.
1:11.0	I am late by two minutes, right?
1:13.0	You're not letting us America.
1:15.0	I'm sorry, coach. Coach, we didn't get to appreciate this.
1:18.0	I was coming from my school.
1:20.0	I was teaching good people to become dangerous. Isn't that worth it?
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