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Michael Chiesa is a UFC welterweight contender.  His recent main event win over Neil Magny has made him the 6th-ranked contender as he mounts a run for a UFC championship.  Chiesa has been a mainstay on the UFC roster and a popular fighter with fans after he won season 15 of The Ultimate Fighter.  In this episode, Fitz and Chiesa take a detailed look at his UFC career.

For Chiesa's previous appearance on the show listen to it here:  https://fitznation.buzzsprout.com/286419/1583092-12-michael-chiesa

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Heidi Androl is a UFC reporter, interviewing fighters, coaches and UFC president Dana White on UFC broadcasts.  While she has enjoyed a successful career in broadcasting there's a lot more to the story of how she became a sports reporter!  Originally from rural Michigan, Heidi found her way to California, lived on a boat, sold helicopter parts for big money, was a contestant on The Apprentice and then found her way to sports reporting.

Look for Heidi on UFC broadcasts on ESPN and ESPN+! 

Aspiring broadcasters can also look for her helpful course on https://heidiandrol.com

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Gilbert Burns is a UFC welterweight contender who will headline UFC in February.  "Durinho" was in the lightweight division of the UFC for a handful of years, but has given himself a title shot after moving up to welterweight and reeling off four straight wins.  A decorated jiu jitsu blackbelt, the former world BJJ champion talks about his humble beginnings outside of Rio de Janeiro, chasing greatness in the world of Brazilian jiu jitsu, and turning his focus to being a UFC champion.

Look for Gilbert as he tries to realize that UFC championship when he takes on Kamaru Usman on February 13th!

Gilbert's YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoc1WnhIaUigd9mrvImo80w

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Kevin Holland is a UFC middleweight contender coming off a big year in 2020.  "Trailblazer" went 5-0 from May to December, putting himself in the top 10 and setting him up for his first UFC main event vs. Derek Brunson.  Always a trash-talker, Holland discusses his upbringing and unique relationship with his parents, finding martial arts and why he needed it, and becoming the fighter and person he is today.

Look for Kevin headlining UFC Fight Night on March 20th!

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Calvin Kattar is a top-10 featherweight contender in the UFC and fights Max Holloway in the main event on January 16th on Fight Island, Abu Dhabi to help the UFC kick off 2021!  After two big wins in 2020, Kattar is positioned for a run at the title in '21.

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As promised, here are the 2020 Fitzy Awards.

A couple years ago at the end of 2018, I reflected on my new job of traveling the globe and calling fights.  As the MMA world started giving out their year-end superlatives, I thought about my unique experience in relation to calling the fights and also experiencing many different places and cultures I would otherwise not get to experience.

I jotted down my "best of" from the fights I called to the things I ate and places I stayed.

For the last two years, I put out the results on my social media channels, but this year, I thought a podcast dedicated to it might be a fun way to recap the year.

Happy New Year and looking forward to making more great memories in 2021!

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Adam Hunter is a stand-up comedian who is well known by UFC fans.  He also was a decorated prep school wrestler and then wrestled very briefly in college.  After his college experience and wrestling career didn't go according to plan, he found comedy and here he is all these years later still making it happen.

Follow Adam below and look for his comedy special on UFC Fight Pass and a lot more fun projects he's working on for 2021!

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Anthony Smith is a UFC Light Heavyweight contender who fought for a world title vs. Jon Jones in 2019.  "Lionheart" is as tough as they come, and is now up to 50 pro fights!  After being a middleweight for the first part of his UFC career, he has blossomed after moving up to 205-pounds.  It started with 1st round knockouts of Rashad Evans and Shogun Rua.  He also notched submission wins over Volkan Oezdemir and Alexander Gustaffson.

We go back to his roots in Nebraska and why he loves the simple life, growing up and being lost after dropping out of high school, and the fateful trip to a Subway when he saw a flyer for a fight in Omaha.

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Brandon Moreno is ready to challenge for the UFC Flyweight title!  He has earned his stripes as a contender in the UFC after fun fights and some great wins since he appeared on The Ultimate Fighter.

Proudly representing Mexico, he looks to be the first Mexican born, raised and trained in Mexico to win a UFC title.

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Paul Felder is a top 10 contender in the UFC lightweight division who also works as part of our UFC broadcast team as an analyst.  Felder's career really started to take off in 2017.  He notched three wins that year, all by TKO, earning a Performance of the Night bonus in two of them.  That's also the year he started commentating on Dana White's Contender Series, and later that year for UFC broadcasts.

Felder is a good buddy of mine as we started working for the UFC in a broadcast role at the same time.  We were paired together for that first season of DWCS and our first full UFC broadcast was together in December of 2017 at UFC Fresno.  In this episode, Fitz talks to Felder about his up and down 2020, which saw him fight in his first two UFC main events and also contemplate retirement.  But heading into 2021, he's more ready than ever to keep thrilling fans in big fights.

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