Michelle Waterson-Gomez reflects on retirement, Dan Ige talks skyrocketing stock after UFC 303
UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra
Ultimate Fighting Championship, Zuffa LLC
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Back from a Fourth of July break, Jim and Matt use today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered to chat with a pair of fighters from UFC 303 in Michelle Waterson-Gomez and Dan Ige.
Joining first is Waterson-Gomez, who reflects on how family kept her grounded throughout her 17-year journey as a professional mixed martial artist. Having retired as a jiu-jitsu brown belt, the “Karate Hottie” reiterates her plan to stay in the gym in order to secure a black belt while weighing her post-fighting career options as a broadcaster, actress and coach.
Just over one week removed from replacing Brian Ortega in the UFC 303’s co-main event, Dan Ige joins the show to paint the picture of what went down behind the scenes before stepping up to the plate in legendary fashion against Diego Lopes on the day of the fight. Aware that his stock has still elevated even though he lost, Ige outlines his desire to deliver another all-action scrap in his next fight by calling out Yair Rodriguez ahead of UFC 306 at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
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| 0:00.0 | Riding at the alve cooking, you Mexico, the Karate, Aacke, |
| 0:05.9 | Oki, Michelle Waterston, Sala, |
| 0:11.8 | the man! W |
| 0:15.1 | Michelle, you were one of the real pioneers of women's |
| 0:17.9 | you were one of the real pioneers of women's m. |
| 0:21.2 | m. |
| 0:21.8 | in the you have seen and you've had an amazing career and you should be proud. |
| 0:25.0 | It doesn't matter, eight weeks, six weeks, four weeks, four weeks, four hours. |
| 0:32.0 | It doesn't matter. |
| 0:35.0 | This is what I live for. |
| 0:37.0 | 10. |
| 0:38.0 | 50K. Hey Eagan! Geegan! Welcome! |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome to U.S.C. on filter. |
| 0:50.0 | Please tell me that's on video. |
| 0:53.0 | I've never been happier. |
| 0:56.0 | I'm made for a fucking pocket. |
| 0:59.0 | That's dangerous. |
| 1:02.0 | Listen to me, we're at it! dangerous. Welcome to UFC Unfiltered. I'm going to be joined by Matt Serra shortly. He's having some |
| 1:16.4 | computer issues. We're all kind of having them today. On the show today very |
| 1:20.2 | very shortly we're going to bring him Michelle Wadderson Gomez who has been |
| 1:22.9 | patiently waiting for nine minutes and Dan E. Gaye will be joining us today. I am in a |
| 1:28.0 | hotel in California and Matt is having computer issues so this should be really fun. |
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