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Bobby Green issues warning to Paul Felder, blasts his UFC commentary: ‘He knows what time it is’

Bobby Green hits out at Paul Felder he knows what time it is UFC commentaryOff the back of his official ‘No Contest’ against Jared Gordon at UFC Vegas 71 last weekend, lightweight veteran, Bobby Green has issued a warning to promotional color-commentator, and former contender, Paul Felder, taking umbrage with his emotional commentary of his former teammate’s knockdown at the hands of Green. Green, a staple of the promotion’s […]

Bobby Green hits out at Paul Felder he knows what time it is UFC commentary

Off the back of his official ‘No Contest’ against Jared Gordon at UFC Vegas 71 last weekend, lightweight veteran, Bobby Green has issued a warning to promotional color-commentator, and former contender, Paul Felder, taking umbrage with his emotional commentary of his former teammate’s knockdown at the hands of Green.

Green, a staple of the promotion’s lightweight division, featured on the main card of UFC Vegas 71 last weekend against New York native, Gordon, fighting to an eventual official ‘No Contest’ after an accidental headbutt saw the latter dropped, before he was finished on the ground with follow-up strikes.

Complaining in emotional fashion regarding the stoppage and ‘No Contest’ ruling amid the accidental clash of heads, Felder was heard on air assuring the broadcast team that he was calm, as former Roufusport teammate, Gordon made his way back to his feet. 

Taking issue with Felder’s incensed response to the stoppage, Bobby Green claimed that himself and the Philadelphia native would speak about things when they meet face to face.

“We’re going to have some words when I see him,” Bobby Green said of Paul Felder during an appearance on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. “I’m gonna wait until we see each other face to ace. When we see each other, he knows what time it is, too. It’s just like, bro, stop with all that emotional bullsh*t.”

Bobby Green hits out at UFC alum, Paul Felder

Replying to Green’s comments, Felder, a former perennial contender at the lightweight limit, claimed he was awaiting their confrontation.

“Look forward to it, king,” Paul Felder tweeted. 

“I understand the criticism,” Paul Felder tweeted. “I got emotional. It was a friend. But it was also a pretty awful clash of heads that almost resulted in a TKO. I respect (Bobby) Green as a fighter. I do apologize for letting my emotions into play, but there is no need for threats. You don’t have to like me.” 

Paul Felder set to replace Joe Rogan for the UFC 283 commentary team

Paul FelderFormer UFC fighter turned commentator, Paul Felder is set to sub in for Joe Rogan as the first UFC PPV of the year approaches.  UFC 283 is set to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The typical PPV commentary team is Joe Rogan, Daniel Cormier, and Jon Anik, however, Rogan has been adamant about […]

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Former UFC fighter turned commentator, Paul Felder is set to sub in for Joe Rogan as the first UFC PPV of the year approaches. 

UFC 283 is set to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The typical PPV commentary team is Joe Rogan, Daniel Cormier, and Jon Anik, however, Rogan has been adamant about no longer covering international events. So, Paul Felder will be booking a flight to Rio this time around to join Jon Anik, who will handle the play-by-play duties, as always, and Daniel Cormier, who will share the color commentary duties with Felder. 

Paul Felder rounds out the UFC 283 broadcast team

Paul Felder has become a fan favorite since retiring from active competition. Felder often shares the color commentary duties for the UFC Fight Night Events and provides some great insight and amazing reactions to what he’s seeing inside the octagon.

Apart from Joe Rogan, the usual suspects will be in Rio for the first UFC PPV of the year. The post-fight show will feature the likes of Gilbert Melendez, Michael Chiesa, and Din Thomas. While Megan Olivi will handle her usual pre and post-fight interviews backstage. 

And of course, with it being the first PPV of the year, Bruce Buffer will be present to introduce all the fighters.

Paul Felder will be the only newer face on the PPV team, however, he is slowly becoming a regular feature on the international PPVs as he also filled in for Joe Rogan on the UFC 280 card. 

Paul Felder will be in the commentary booth at UFC 280 in place of Joe Rogan

dc paul flder jon anik ufc 280Paul Felder, former UFC fighter, will be replacing Joe Rogan in the commentary booth for UFC 280 this weekend. UFC 280 is one of MMA’s biggest events of this year but will be without its long-time voice, Rogan. Rogan made his first appearance as part of the UFC production team in 1997 at UFC 12. […]

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Paul Felder, former UFC fighter, will be replacing Joe Rogan in the commentary booth for UFC 280 this weekend. UFC 280 is one of MMA’s biggest events of this year but will be without its long-time voice, Rogan.

Rogan made his first appearance as part of the UFC production team in 1997 at UFC 12. Fighters such as Mark Coleman, Dan Severn, and Vitor Belfort, among others were competing at this event. Notably, Rogan was such a fan of this growing sport that he refused payment instead he just wanted to work on a project he was highly passionate about. He has been in and out of the UFC booth ever since. Typically Rogan will only do USA cards.

Former top-ranked UFC lightweight Paul Felder will take Rogan’s place at the upcoming UFC 280. Felder made his commentary debut in 2017, on FOX Sports, while he was still an active combatant. The UFC 280 main event will be a battle for the vacant UFC lightweight throne between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev. Felder, in fact, holds a 2017 victory over Brazil’s Oliveira.

For UFC 280, Paul Felder will be joined by the consistent voice of the UFC, Jon Anik, and UFC Hall of Fame fighter Daniel Cormier.

Felder is known for his animated and passionate reactions to fights. See below for a highlight reel of Paul Felder reacting to matches he has called.

Paul Felder retired from combat sports

The Philadelphia-born fighter only announced his retirement from UFC competition in 2021. ‘The Irish Dragon’ went through five wars as his last fights and lost three via close split decision. Despite his top-ten ranking at the time, Felder explains his reason for walking away from active UFC competition. He said:

“That spark that I need to fight, especially the way I fight, it just wasn’t there anymore. If I’m not even itching to get to training and get this stuff and getting fight offers. And the only reason it took this long is because I kind of gave everyone a chance to convince me. The UFC was really patient with me and called me several times. We had a conversation to see where my head was at, and we had this conversation twice recently, and the second one I called Sean (Shelby) and said, ‘I’m retiring this Saturday. I’m done.’”

Your commentary booth for UFC 280 will be Jon Anik, Paul Felder, and Daniel Cormier.

Paul Felder recounts squashing beef with Marvin Vettori: “If Marvin wanted to kick my a**… he probably could”

paul felderFormer UFC lightweight turned commentator, Paul Felder, said he and Marvin Vettori have squashed the beef started by a Twitter feud. When UFC fighters (or commentators) engage in public online back-and-forths, it is likely at some point their paths will eventually meet and that’s exactly what happened when Paul Felder and Marvin Vettori met up […]

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Former UFC lightweight turned commentator, Paul Felder, said he and Marvin Vettori have squashed the beef started by a Twitter feud.

When UFC fighters (or commentators) engage in public online back-and-forths, it is likely at some point their paths will eventually meet and that’s exactly what happened when Paul Felder and Marvin Vettori met up last year.

During an appearance on The MMA Hour, Felder recounted an incident when he and Vettori had to talk out there after a Twitter spat. Vettori had been very critical of Felder’s commentary when calling a fight between his teammate, Nasrat Haqparast and Dan Hooker.

Vettori had initially written: “Had to mute the comment on the fights, can’t stand Felder lol worst to ever do it”, to which Felder had responded: “Am I using too many big words? I’m sorry Marvin.”

The pair continued to engage in a back-and-forth, with Vettori calling Felder a ‘puppet’

“They were like, ‘Guys, OK, before we start, I know there’s been back and forth, we’re going to handle this like adults – you guys feel free to vent both sides of your story,’” Felder said on The MMA Hour. “Marvin gave his reasons on why he felt slighted and whatever, and I gave my reasons on why I didn’t think I did anything that was really against him, and we kind of hashed it out. And ever since, we’ve been… I don’t think he’s going to be my best friend or likes me necessarily, but I feel like there’s no real bad blood there.”

“At this point, if Marvin wanted to kick my ass, let’s be honest, he probably could,” Felder continued. “He’s a top middleweight right now, and I’m a very skinny former fighter who commentates and does triathlons on the side.” (H/T MMAFighting).

Paul Felder talking to Ariel Helwani

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Muhammad Says Felder Would Return If Offered A Fight

Belal Muhammad says fighter-turned-commentator Paul Felder still has the itch to fight and would return for a bout if offered. Ahead of UFC San Diego, Belal Muhammad gave a quick interview with The Schmo. The Schmo’s interrogation led to a questi…

Belal Muhammad says fighter-turned-commentator Paul Felder still has the itch to fight and would return for a bout if offered. Ahead of UFC San Diego, Belal Muhammad gave a quick interview with The Schmo. The Schmo’s interrogation led to a question about Paul Felder, with Muhammad relaying a compelling answer. According to the #5 ranked…

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Paul Felder Believes Beneil Dariush’s Style Possess the Biggest Challenge for Charles Oliveira

Paul FelderCharles Oliveira has had incredible success since being the man at the top of the lightweight division. After defeating Michael Chandler, Dustin Poirier, and Justin Gaethje it’s difficult to assess who will be the next contender to end his notable 11-fight-win-streak. With many being under the impression that Islam Makhachev will be the lightweight contender […]

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Charles Oliveira has had incredible success since being the man at the top of the lightweight division. After defeating Michael Chandler, Dustin Poirier, and Justin Gaethje it’s difficult to assess who will be the next contender to end his notable 11-fight-win-streak.

With many being under the impression that Islam Makhachev will be the lightweight contender to defeat the Brazillian, Paul Felder is banking on Beneil Dariush to be the one to cause Oliveira problems.

The former contender-turned-analyst thinks the aggressive Dagestan wrestling will play into Oliveira’s favor, with the Jiu-jitsu specialist being comfortable on his back.

Darius was scheduled to face Makhachev earlier this year in a bout that would solidify either competitor as the next in line to challenge for lightweight gold. Unfortunately, Dariush was forced to withdraw due to injury.

Makhachev ended up fighting Bobby Green, which saw the Russian win with ease and continues to make his voice heard of earning the next shot at Oliveira. Since then, Oliveira has been stripped of his title after missing weight at UFC 274 prior to his clash with Justin Gaethje.

Paul Felder Talks Lightweight Division

Felder backed up why he felt Dariush would cause more issues to Oliveira than Makhachev.

‘I am retired, so it can’t be me, but dare I say someone like Beneil Dariush is more of a threat to [Charles Oliveira’s] particular style,’ Felder explained on The Fighter vs. The Writer.

“Because — and vice versa, I said the same thing when Khabib [Nurmagomedov] was still around — I always said that I thought Charles would be one of the bigger threats to him because of his style and the way he grapples and accepts bottom position but is so dangerous from there.”

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