Matt-stradamus strikes again w/ PERFECT Abu Dhabi picks! Davey Grant & Andrew Tackett join the show

UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

Ultimate Fighting Championship, Zuffa LLC

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4.5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Jim and Matt kick off the show recapping Saturday’s UFC card in Abu Dhabi, where “Matt-stradamus” Serra stays red hot with another perfect night of picks. They react to Reinier de Ridder’s razor-close win over Robert Whittaker, Petr Yan’s bounce-back performance, and Steven Nguyen’s record-setting knockdown spree before welcoming back Davey Grant to discuss his gritty win over Da’Mon Blackshear and what’s fueling his late-career surge. Finally, inaugural UFC BJJ welterweight champ Andrew Tackett joins ahead of his first title defense this Thursday. The middle Tackett brother reflects on growing up in a grappling-obsessed family and shares why his aggressive style makes him a fan-friendly champion for a UFC BJJ ruleset already designed to deliver action.

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0:00.0	Take it down in the first round and then rounds two and three you just stalked him.
0:05.0	What was your game plan coming in here?
0:07.0	So, I mean, it was to beat up his body and legs, but I feel like what he was good at and better at anyway.
0:12.0	Your winner by unanimous decision, Dangerous!
0:17.0	David Grant! He might have this. That's tight. There's the top. It is over. And he's the new welterweight champion, a first round finish. Andrew Taken. Thank you. Entrotacking.
0:45.8	Welcome to UFC.
0:48.8	Please tell me that's on video.
0:51.9	I've never been happier.
0:54.6	I'm named for a fucking podcast.
0:57.5	That's dangerous.
1:00.0	I'm gonna make, we're out of it.
1:09.2	Welcome to UFC Unfiltered, a UFC and Fanatic's original production.
1:12.3	And we're going to start here. We were just talking off air and i'm like yeah let's get started we'll talk about matt's picks how do and
1:17.4	mac goes how did i do not knowing that he scored three out of three what it's making me
1:26.0	furious i here's what i think is happening what's happening? I think you're literally picking the fights after the fights. I don't know how you're doing it, but you're seeing the fights. It's impossible. It's impossible. And dude, I pick. Damasis. Matchadamus is not good. No, it's, it's horrendous.
1:44.7	But, but you know what?
1:46.7	You've only missed two, Porriere and Wonderboy in the last like, holy shit, since, since May 17th, Matt.
1:54.6	No, let's go back.
1:55.5	Since May 10th, you've only picked four fights wrong.
1:59.8	Somebody takes data.
2:01.3	Somebody sent that to my boss.
2:03.3	No,
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