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Today on Won't Back Down Radio, Chris Weidman is joined by UFC WW Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson fresh off his UFC Orlando main event win over Kevin Holland to discuss the fight, any injuries he sustained and how active he wants to be in 2023, PLUS, UFC FW Billy Quarantillo joins the show ahead of his UFC 282 fight with Alexander Hernandez.

Was the missed fight between Conor McGregor and Rafael dos Anjos, the biggest missed fight in UFC History? Jimmy Smith debates it on today's podcast (0:33), plus, Jimmy and his staff of producers review an article about 7 signs your significant other is "micro cheating" on you, and see what we agree with and what they think is toxic advice (12:14).

Jimmy Smith speaks to Bellator Bantamweight, Danny Sabatello, to discuss his upcoming Bellator Bantamweight Grand Prix semi-finals matchup with Raufeon Stots at Bellator 289 (0:30), and catchup with newly crowned PFL featherweight champion, Brendan Loughnane to discuss his win against Bubba Jenkins at the PFL World Championships (17:18).

Din Thomas and Anthony Smith are joined by PFL FW Aspen Ladd to discuss her promotional debut and win over Julia Budd and what life is like in the PFL. Also, Anthony discusses his March 11th main event with Jamahal Hill.

A pair of newly crowned PFL champions join the podcast today to talk about their wins in the 2022 PFL World Championship, as Andreas Hale and Din Thomas catch up with lightweight winner, Olivier Aubin-Mercier, on MMA Today (0:27), and Jimmy Smith speaks to the new light-heavyweight king, Rob Wilkinson, on Unlocking the Cage (17:27).

Chris Weidman is joined by UFC Welterweight Contender, Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson, ahead of his UFC Orlando main event to discuss his matchup with Kevin Holland, the current state of the welterweight division and what special guest will be walking him out on Saturday night.

Din Thomas and Anthony Smith are joined by UFC Heavyweight Contender Curtis Blaydes to discuss the Jon Jones return rumors, how a fight between him and Jon would look and his place in the title mix, PLUS, the guys discuss MMA media and how Anthony keeps getting trapped in clickbait headlines.

It’s a jam packed lineup today on the podcast as Jimmy Smith talks to PFL & Former WWE announcer, Lilian Garcia, about the PFL world championships coming up on November 25th (0:34), speaks to rising star and UFC strawweight, Vanessa Demopoulos, about her future after her win at UFC Vegas 65 (0:21), and catches up with American Kickboxing Academy head coach, Javier Mendez, to discuss AKA’s recent run of success with Islam Makhachev and Usman Nurmagomedov (37:38).

Chris Weidman is joined by UFC Light Heavyweight Anthony Smith to discuss his injury recovery, his next fight & the latest with the betting controversy surrounding James Krause, PLUS, Maverick MMA Featherweight Champion Dennis Buzukja joins Chris to discuss his weekend title win, recovering from COVID and his path to the UFC.

RJ Clifford and Din Thomas catch up with UFC bantamweight, Chris Gutierrez, to talk about his win at UFC 281 , playing spoiler to Frankie Edgar's retirement fight, and what's next for him in the division on MMA Today (0:30). Plus, Jimmy Smith speaks to Bellator MMA color analyst, Big John McCarthy, to preview Bellator 288 and talk about the stoppage in the main event of UFC 288 on Unlocking the Cage (14:49).