Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson Responds to Joaquin Buckley, Reveals Post-Fight Frustration with Shavkat Rakhmonov

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🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson previews his upcoming fight against Joaquin Buckley at UFC 307 and his comments that he plans to sent "Wonderboy" to Karate Combat plus he explains his frustrations with Shavkat Rakhmonov after their fight this past December and his reaction to questions about whether or not retirement is coming soon for him plus more. Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Fox Media Podcast Network.
0:04.0	He remains one of the top.
0:06.0	He remains one of the top well-to-weight fighters in the world and he returns to
0:16.5	action in Salt Lake City, Utah, UFC 307 against Joaquin Buckley.
0:21.4	It is always my pleasure to speak to Stephen Wonder Boy Thompson.
0:25.6	Stephen, what's going on? How are you?
0:27.8	Doing great man, glad to be on with you, Damon, man.
0:30.4	Training camp's going good.
0:31.9	We're winding down, getting them closer and closer to that time to scrap
0:36.0	in the octagon and feeling good.
0:38.0	Absolutely. So let me ask you on like the timing on this because obviously I know you're a guy who you know you never
0:43.3	shy away from a fight you don't really back down and turn down fights so what did you
0:47.4	think when you got the call for you see three of seven and walking buckly you know I was kind of excited about it.
0:53.8	You know, obviously, I'm always excited about somebody who's going to come in
0:58.3	and really bring it to you, kind of like the Kevin Holland fight, right?
1:01.3	The Viscence-K fight, the Jeff Neel Fight,
1:03.3	these guys, they're known to be strikers.
1:06.0	They got the grappling skills, but predominantly,
1:08.9	they want to knock somebody out.
1:10.0	And that's what makes it interesting for me,
1:12.6	not just for, you know, competitively,
1:16.0	but for the fans, I think it's going to be great.
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