Jim and Matt kick off the show with a conversation with former MMA fighter turned fight analyst and host Jimmy Smith, who chats with the guys about what it’s like hosting three-hour episodes of his ‘Unlocking the Cage,’ show every weekday on SiriusXM channel 156. Smith wraps up his insightful interview with an idea of what steps former featherweight champion Max Holloway can take to fight his way back to a fourth title shot against rival and current titleholder Alexander Volkanovski.
Jim and Matt run through the rest of last Saturday’s UFC Kansas City fight card with analysis on an exciting night before fourth-ranked welterweight Belal Muhammad eventually hops on the call.
Firmly believing that he deserves a title shot as soon as possible, Belal discusses his current eight-fight win streak and teases the possibility of a big-time co-main event against a notable welterweight contender on short notice at UFC 288.
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Belal whats his name?
Belal Mohamed is the Best
Jimmy rocks!
Alright Jimmy!🎉
Not a hair between them 😂 the testosterone’s massive in that studio
Go on Jimmy ya good thing 👊👊👊
Good to see jimmy back
"Path to the title" where he makes excuses to not make weight and dodge the real contenders. Okay bozo
Beneil remember the name mohamed
Hell yeah love some Jimmy
Matt kinda looks like Volk right now😂
belal should push gilbert fight, that certain;y will be #1 contender
The fact jimmy was let go in the first place was ridiculous but idk the story. He’s amazing though
Belal could have a streak of 50 wins, he's still not a title contender, he should just leave UFC, no one wants him here, nobody respects him, he aint selling shit, and all of this becuz of his character and personality, has nothing to do with being boring (only) but he's as much of a jerk as Colby is, but Belal is more like the incel type, like the kid who was bullied and now he wants to bully too but he's just cringy, uninteresting and crying n btching all the fkn time 😂😂😂
Clown Belal🤡 wants no.1 contender match at catchweight 🤣🤣. Belal "Remember the Excuse" Mohammad
I love how belal tried to copy Khabib in pointing no at himself and pointing yes at God 😂
But I fully agree that it was god
John Jones has one of my favorite Bible verses tattooed on his chest.
All things are possible through Christ, who strengthens me.
If belal and Colby have a street fight, the fight goes to a decision.
Belal Muhammad being in the UFC so long n he still doesnt get how things work.
How can he not realize why hes forced to fight so many ppl?
Sure Belal is at 8 wins but hes still boring, he only just started learning to be more entertaining 1 fight ago so after the next fight he will be for the title if lucky.
UFC does this to all boring fighters with low popularity.
UFC builds up alot of boring fighters the same exact way, Look at Khabib, Kamaru, Leon Edwards, Beneil Dariush, Charles Olivera, Yoel Romero, now Belal Muhammed.
History repeats itself often in UFC n they use that strategy to make championship fights more entertaining by makin boring fighters go on dominant streaks first and popular fighters get short roads too the title. They hope boring fighters either become popular through fighting differently or popular cuz they got such high winning streaks.
Most started fighting more entertaining once they became champions mostly because of the opponents fight style or press buildup or the hype of being champion
Also before anyone mentions it, yes some also have to fight more because of a stacked division n title rematches n stuff
Yo matt why are you hating on Connor and Colby Stand up for your own people instead of standing with the enemy
yes, more Jimmy Smith
He’s trying this new character thing out … it’s cringe …. Edwards was beating the shit outta him , he’s lucky he got eye poked
He will always be a prelim bum
Belal is the most boring fighter in MMA.
The no.1 rule in being a top contender is always be ready to fight, always be in training ready to take any opportunity. Unfortunately today it seems Belal has decided to take the opposite strategy and fight in october, take no damage, and then "sit on the couch" (his words, not mine) until april
Matt Serra looks so much like Joe Rogan here lol, especially on the start when he's looking down, at first I thought it's actually Joe Rogan. 😅
big up
3 Joe Rogan
The people love James "The Worm" Norton
BELAL “WHATS HIS NAME AGAIN” MUHAMMAD
Boring fighter, no one likes BeLOL
Jimmy Smith is the closest commentator to Joe Rogan imo