Leon Edwards and UFC 259 Recap

UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

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4.5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Jim and Matt break down all the action from UFC 259 on today's episode of UFC Unfiltered! First, Leon Edwards joins the show ahead of his main event fight this Saturday at UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs Muhammad. He delves into the struggles of his experience during the pandemic that has lead to four fight cancellations, explains his reasoning for picking Jake Paul over Ben Askren in their upcoming boxing match, and makes his case for being the next title contender with a decisive win over Belal Muhammad this weekend. Then, Jim and Matt give their complete breakdown of everything that happened at UFC 259. After giving props to prelim fighters like Kennedy Nzechukwu and Sean Brady, the guys share what they noticed from the main card, including Islam Makhachev's dominant performance over Drew Dober and Jan Blachowicz's defense of the Light Heavyweight belt against Israel Adesanya. Matt closes the show with an announcement about his career and his thoughts on Aljamain Sterling's controversial win over Petr Yan. Got a minute? Give us a review! Follow the show @UFCUnfiltered on Instagram Follow Jim Norton @JimNorton on Instagram Follow Matt Serra @MattSerraBJJ on Instagram

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0:00.0	Oh, I think the fight was cold just before the buzzer.
0:04.4	Oh, day, easy work.
0:06.9	I'm the best fucking outplay in the WNUK.
0:09.4	And I'm zing to the end of World.
0:11.5	Re-order for a period.
0:15.8	Wow.
0:23.9	Welcome to your C.L. Dope.
0:27.2	Please tell me that fun video.
0:29.8	I've never been happier.
0:32.8	I'll make real fucking bonkets.
0:35.8	I'm with the insurance.
0:38.8	I'm gonna make my out of it.
0:46.0	Welcome to UFC unfiltered.
0:48.5	Matt and I, we like to start sometimes by ourselves and talk.
0:52.2	And other times it works out perfectly
0:53.8	where we can start with a guest.
0:55.5	Now, this our first guest for today.
0:57.6	And our only guest for today is a friend of the show who we talk about all the time
1:01.2	as fighting Balamahamid in the main event this Saturday in Las Vegas.
1:07.4	Let's please, hopefully he can hear us the great Leon Edwards.
1:14.8	Leon, man, are your ears ringing as of lately?
1:17.8	Like me and Jimmy talk about you a lot.
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