The Schmo talks Jon Jones’ return, matchmaking big fights at lightweight and welterweight

UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

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🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Matt and Jim are joined by The Schmo as a special guest co-host. The group chats about their favorite fights coming up on the UFC’s 2023 calendar, and then the Schmo plays matchmaker for the UFC’s biggest stars. As the topic shifts to the UFC’s heavyweight division, Matt explains why he feels very strongly about Jon Jones’ ability to dominate Ciryl Gane in his heavyweight debut at UFC 285. The guys talk through the welterweight title picture and discuss how so much hinges on whether Khamzat Chimaev decides to go up to middleweight or stay at 170 pounds. Finally, they wrap up the show by looking ahead to Saturday’s UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac card.

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0:00.0	Welcome to UFC Unfiltered. Please tell me that's on video. I've never been happier.
0:13.3	How many world fucking five kids?
0:16.1	I'm a dangerous. I'm gonna make my outta.
0:21.5	Well, hello everybody. Welcome to UFC Unfiltered. My name is Jim Norton. My co-host Matt Sera
0:33.8	and I today will be joined by the Shmo spending the entire morning with us.
0:38.8	Oh, let's get the Shmo in here. Let's bring in the Shmo and we'll chat with him about all matters.
0:46.8	UFC. We got the Shmo in here. Let's party.
0:49.6	Let's party. Hey, Shmo. Hey guys. Hi, buddy. First of all, hey, listen, what are you using into this?
0:56.1	Mo, Shmo, how you been? The Shmo can't complain. It pleased to be joining you guys
1:00.9	on this Monday morning. We have a weekend off from the UFC. We're back in action.
1:05.1	Bless to be joined by you guys again. Happy new year. YouTube, buddy. Isn't it weird like when
1:10.5	there is a weekend without a card now? Like we got so spoiled in like the pandemic. Like,
1:15.9	we're literally doing something every week and then all of a sudden you'll have a week without a card.
1:19.6	You're like, what the fuck? What are they? What are they not doing anything? Yeah. We got way too
1:23.9	spoiled by not having by having fights every single weekend. It's very weird, but you know,
1:29.1	the Shmo got to reset. We saw some local talent over in Southern California for an up next
1:33.6	fighting promotion. So we still got our mixed martial arts vix in this weekend. Plus we had LFA.
1:38.8	There was some good stuff. Yeah. So there's always other things to do. So you go to a lot of different.
1:44.0	You just like going to MMA events. Like going to a lot of combat sports events MMA boxing.
1:50.9	You name it just like seeing some action. I can't watch the like I watched football and again,
1:58.5	I get so enraged when I watch football, but I was watching the end of the the Bengals Chiefs game
2:03.4	yesterday. And there was that crazy penalty and that's the thing about like fighting that's so good
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