Michael Aswell Jr., Bas Rutten, UFC Rio reactions
UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra
Ultimate Fighting Championship, Zuffa LLC
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Jim Norton and Matt Serra return for a stacked Monday edition of UFC Unfiltered with two guests and plenty to unpack after UFC Rio.
First, Houston’s own Michael Aswell Jr. joins the show fresh off his first UFC win — a first-round knockout in Rio — to talk about what it felt like silencing the Brazilian crowd, cutting down from 210 pounds in high school football to 145 today, and how his friendship with fellow featherweight teammate Joshua Van keeps him motivated as “The Texas Kid” builds his name in the UFC.
Then, the one and only Bas Rutten stops by to reflect on his experience as an actor portraying himself in The Smashing Machine, whether Alex Pereira vs. Jon Jones should happen next at heavyweight, and more!
Plus, Jim and Matt unpack their UFC Rio picks from Wednesday’s episode — including Charles Oliveira’s submission win over Mateusz Gamrot in the main event!
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| 0:00.0 | Let's go, baby. Four-house fight club in this thing. |
| 0:02.5 | Houston, Texas stand-up. Let's go. |
| 0:05.1 | Your winner by TKO, the Texas kid, Michael as well, Jr. |
| 0:18.5 | Welcome to UFC unfilters. Please tell me that's on video. I've never been happier. I'll name for a fucking podcast. It's dangerous. Listen to me. We're out of it. |
| 0:47.1 | Welcome to UFC Unfiltered, a UFC Unfiltered, a UFC and Fanatics original production. |
| 0:52.4 | Now, I'm noticing, because my mic is set up, not that I'm ever eye candy, but I'm looking at how my fat head is right up against the, I'm going to try to fix this. No. No, Matt, I don't like you close. I know, but I'm too close. It's too weird. It looks, I should be back a little bit, but then my mic is off too much. I just, I can't get situated here. Oh, Jimmy, I just got back from the airport, bro. |
| 1:11.3 | I got up at, I had to get a flight at 5 a.m. from Wisconsin. |
| 1:17.9 | Wisconsin. |
| 1:18.9 | And you made it down of time? |
| 1:21.1 | Yeah, man. |
| 1:22.0 | I got into JFK at a, dude, I'm on two hours sleep, but it's always fun when I'm like this. |
| 1:28.6 | I relate. |
| 1:29.8 | I was in Toronto last night working. |
| 1:32.2 | And the guys I was with because they were storms, they were flying home private, |
| 1:35.8 | but I knew it was going to be such a bumpy flight that I decided to drive. |
| 1:39.2 | I'm so stupid. |
| 1:40.9 | I spent nine hours in the car going through customs. A driver took me through to customs |
| 1:45.8 | to get a rental car in Buffalo, and then my driver got stopped at customs. So I'm waiting. It was a |
| 1:51.9 | nightmare last night. When did you get home? I got home like seven in the morning. So I got a |
| 1:58.2 | couple hours sleep. I'm so stupid. So we're both on two hours |
| 2:01.4 | sleep. I slept on the plane. That's it. I know, but I could have been home last night at 12. All right. Let's bring it. Now, Michael Aswell, Jr. I'm so stupid, Matt. I'm so stupid. We have Bass Routen returning to the show who's always so great. And Michael Aswell, junior let's bring him and it's his first time great featherweight win over uh over um lucas almeda in |
| 2:21.0 | brazil Great. And Michael Aswell, Jr. Let's bring him in. It's his first time. Great featherweight win over Lucas Alameda in Brazil. |
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