What’s next for Jamahal Hill, boxer Anthony Sims Jr. talks what UFC gets right

UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra

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🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim Norton and Matt Serra are joined by a boxer-turned-promoter in Anthony Sims Jr. With no UFC card from over the weekend, Jim and Matt begin the show by catching up with each other and unpacking what to make of Jamahal Hill’s decision to quickly turnaround from his knockout loss at UFC 300 with a fight scheduled for International Fight Week on this June’s UFC 303 card against Khalil Rountree Jr. When super middleweight boxer Anthony Sims Jr. calls in the show, the 29-year-old former titleholder begins by sharing how his background in karate and humble beginnings as a kickboxer gave him appreciation for the degree of difficulty in MMA. After discussing the status of his own boxing career, the Indianapolis 29-year-old former titleholder shares the inspiring thought process behind his decision to establish his own promotional company for local midwestern boxers in need of fights, with Sims Jr. explaining that he hopes to see a day where boxing fans can respect fighters coming off a loss the way UFC fans do.

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0:00.0	Welcome to UFC on Filthor!
0:05.0	You're still there.
0:08.0	Please tell me that's on video.
0:11.0	I've never been happier.
0:13.0	I'm made for a fucking podcast.
0:16.0	That's dangerous.
0:18.0	That's dangerous.
0:20.0	Listen to me, we're at it! We're at it! wondering when our first guest is coming. We have Terrence McKinney making his
0:34.8	fourth appearance on the show which is nice and Anthony Sims Jr making his first
0:39.3	appearance he is a boxer who did kickbox at one point, but he has a tremendously long boxing record
0:46.1	He started I heard with kickboxing he did yeah you know
0:50.5	Yeah, you know that a kick I want to know if he was wrestling with Jiu-Jitsu.
0:55.0	Because he's now, he's a boxer, but now he's starting his own promotion,
1:00.0	so he's putting on the promoter's hat.
1:02.0	I don't do that. So he's putting on the promote his hat.
1:04.0	I won't do that. No, that was Matt, Matt actually maimed.
1:07.0	If you want to know what, like what does it look like when someone puts a hat on?
1:10.0	Matt has it perfect.
1:11.0	I mean, he picked the hat up and he pulled it down heartily on each side.
1:16.0	I did, I'd like to do that. And, uh, so yeah, he's trying promoting. He's doing promoting, and now I wonder if he ever ever be interested
1:25.8	he's a young kid. He's not 30. I understand. Yeah pushing 30 I'm
1:32.4	pushing 50. Well you look young though, you act young.
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