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Paul Felder vs. Rafael Dos Anjos Staff Predictions

Paul FelderIn the UFC Vegas 14 main event, we have what should be a fun fight. Paul Felder stepped up on just five days’ notice to face off against former 155lbs champion Rafael Dos Anjos. Who’ll win? Let’s see what the LowKickMMA staff think… Jordan Ellis: I think this will be a really fun and competitive […]

Paul Felder

In the UFC Vegas 14 main event, we have what should be a fun fight. Paul Felder stepped up on just five days’ notice to face off against former 155lbs champion Rafael Dos Anjos. Who’ll win? Let’s see what the LowKickMMA staff think…

Jordan Ellis: I think this will be a really fun and competitive fight but I’m picking ‘RDA’ to win for a few reasons. Firstly, he’s had a full camp to train whereas his opponent has not. The Brazilian has a much more varied game and I can see him winning in a variety of ways. Also, both men are 36 but have very different attitudes towards fighting right now. Felder keeps talking about retirement while Dos Anjos keeps talking about getting another title shot. I think he’ll look good in his first 155lb fight in years and ultimately stop Felder in the fourth or fifth round.

Prediction: Rafael Dos Anjos

Karim Nathan: I’m really looking forward to this one, I think we got a better main event stylistically than the one originally scheduled. Felder always brings it and he never backs down even if he just took it on 5 days notice and we all know RDA is game for whatever fight, just look at the killers he faced. I believe Felder will come out strong and look to the end the fight early and might take the first two rounds but then fatigue will ultimately kick in and RDA will start using his wresting and win the latter rounds. I feel this ends as a 48-47 to RDA

Prediction: Rafael Dos Anjos

Abhinav Kini: Usually, I would pick Paul Felder given the recent performances of Rafael dos Anjos. However, Felder taking this on short notice, it being a 25 min fight and the fact that he isn’t primarily a wrestler makes this very interesting for me. The last time Dos Anjos lost to a predominant striker was Tony Ferguson and that was 4 years ago. I have RDA edging it by decision.

Prediction: Rafael Dos Anjos

Ryan MacCarthy: Both of these fighters absolutely deserve an applause for taking this fight on the short notice they did. This is one of those things where fighters fight and both are showing they’re real fighters. I see Felder getting a finish in the later rounds. The only reason because I think you’re gonna see a really really loose, relaxed, and confident Felder. He’s doing it because he wants to. Rafael Dos Anjos is in a position where he has to. RDA has been preparing for a grappler this whole and now has to fight an elite level striker who happens to be extremely relaxed and loose. A loose and relaxed fighter is a dangerous fighter. Felder by TKO in the 4th round.

Prediction: Paul Felder

A Hero’s Exit or Hero’s Welcome Awaits Paul Felder After UFC Vegas 14

Paul Felder has transformed into an MMA superhero inside the booth and right before our very eyes, but perhaps it was not until this week that this identity has been fully revealed and recognized. We have become so accustomed to fighters on color comme…

Paul Felder has transformed into an MMA superhero inside the booth and right before our very eyes, but perhaps it was not until this week that this identity has been fully revealed and recognized. We have become so accustomed to fighters on color commentary that it seems to just come naturally when these athletes excel […]

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Paul Felder Sees Path To A Title Shot With Win Over Rafael dos Anjos

Paul Felder believes a win over Rafael dos Anjos sets himself up nicely in the stacked lightweight division. Felder took the fight on five days’ notice after saying he was retired, but for “The Irish Dragon” he made it clear he was on…

Paul Felder believes a win over Rafael dos Anjos sets himself up nicely in the stacked lightweight division. Felder took the fight on five days’ notice after saying he was retired, but for “The Irish Dragon” he made it clear he was only interested in big fights, and that is what this is. RDA is […]

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Paul Felder Is ’50-50’ On Retirement After Rafael Dos Anjos Fight

Paul FelderPaul Felder is considering walking away from the sport after his fight with Rafael Dos Anjos at UFC Vegas 14 this coming weekend. ‘The Irish Dragon’ stepped in on five days’ notice to face Dos Anjos after Islam Makhachev was forced out of Saturday’s main event slot due to a staph infection. Speaking to ESPN […]

Paul Felder

Paul Felder is considering walking away from the sport after his fight with Rafael Dos Anjos at UFC Vegas 14 this coming weekend. ‘The Irish Dragon’ stepped in on five days’ notice to face Dos Anjos after Islam Makhachev was forced out of Saturday’s main event slot due to a staph infection.

Speaking to ESPN ahead of his late-notice fight, Felder revealed he is 50-50 about his fighting future after UFC Vegas 14.

“I say 50-50,” Felder responded when asked about his chances of retiring on Saturday night. “I was thinking about that. What a way to just be like, ‘Boom! Mic drop.’

Felder says he is more likely to retire if he beats the former lightweight champ.

“(The odds will) probably do increase (if I win),” he continued. “If I lose, then I might want to have to get back in there for one more. It might eat away at me, just kind of like the Hooker fight that I was ready to move on. And then it’s like, ‘No.’ I still haven’t proven quite what I’m capable of.”

The 35-year-old also notes that a win over Dos Anjos may provide him with another big fight that is too good to turn down.

“I know I’m nearing the end of my career soon, and this, I think, it’s win-win for me,” Felder said. “Because if I go in there and I can finish and beat RDA, a former champ, then it gives me a lot of selling points to be getting these bigger fights which seem to have been eluding me in the top five of the lightweight division here in the UFC. How do you not give me something big after this if I go in there after stepping up?

“If it doesn’t go my way, then I saved the day. I’m going in there to try to win.”

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Paul Felder Discusses Potential Retirement After UFC on ESPN+ 41

There is still a chance that Paul Felder’s short-term future could involve retirement after his UFC on ESPN+41 main event against Rafael dos Anjos. Following his loss to Dan Hooker in February, Paul Felder was seriously contemplating retirement, and th…

There is still a chance that Paul Felder’s short-term future could involve retirement after his UFC on ESPN+41 main event against Rafael dos Anjos. Following his loss to Dan Hooker in February, Paul Felder was seriously contemplating retirement, and there had been no strong rumblings about when or whom Felder would fight next. Then, like […]

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