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Paul Felder is one of my favourite fighters and has been since the Danny Castillo fight. The way he fought that night was simply beautiful compared to what he's been doing lately. In the Castillo fight, he fought very intelligently, he picked his shots and his defense looked great. His head movement was just beautiful to watch and his footwork was on point unlike his last few fights.
It seems he's been trying to force the knockout in his last few fights. He's just been walking straight forward, throwing bombs and eating way more shots than he should because he isn't moving his head nearly as well as he did in previous fights. He really wants to get another spinning backfist KO, as he clearly spammed it in the Barboza fight and quite a few times against Pearson if I remember correctly.
He had a hell of a hard time against Cruickshank, a guy he should've wasted in my opinion, but again he didn't fight intelligently like he did once before and was trying to force the knockout. Felder hasn't shown what he's truly capable of since the Castillo fight, he's truly so much better than what we've been seeing as of late and with the right gameplan(s), I think he could be a solid top 10. He's got great striking if he really fights intelligently and doesn't just walk forward like a bat out of hell, and he's one of the toughest motherfuckers around and that toughness can make you a threat to almost anybody since they can't really hurt you.
It will be a damn shame if he loses to Burkman and ends up getting cut or something. Felder/Burkman could be FOTN of the night for sure in my opinion but if Felder comes in and fights the same way that he did in his last few fights, then it's really going to suck because he's truly so much better than that.
Paul Felder is the man and I truly believe he can be a force in this division, he just needs to come in with the correct gameplan instead of just moving forward, throwing bombs, not using his excellent head movement that he once showed as well as footwork and ability to mix it up so well, picking shots intelligently and such.
I really, really hope he wins this weekend because I would HATE to see him get cut. UFC needs fun fighters like Paul Felder. He's 32 years old, so he needs to start fighting more intelligently like he did in the Castillo fight before it's too late. He's so much fucking better than what we've been seeing lately.
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It seems he's been trying to force the knockout in his last few fights. He's just been walking straight forward, throwing bombs and eating way more shots than he should because he isn't moving his head nearly as well as he did in previous fights. He really wants to get another spinning backfist KO, as he clearly spammed it in the Barboza fight and quite a few times against Pearson if I remember correctly.
He had a hell of a hard time against Cruickshank, a guy he should've wasted in my opinion, but again he didn't fight intelligently like he did once before and was trying to force the knockout. Felder hasn't shown what he's truly capable of since the Castillo fight, he's truly so much better than what we've been seeing as of late and with the right gameplan(s), I think he could be a solid top 10. He's got great striking if he really fights intelligently and doesn't just walk forward like a bat out of hell, and he's one of the toughest motherfuckers around and that toughness can make you a threat to almost anybody since they can't really hurt you.
It will be a damn shame if he loses to Burkman and ends up getting cut or something. Felder/Burkman could be FOTN of the night for sure in my opinion but if Felder comes in and fights the same way that he did in his last few fights, then it's really going to suck because he's truly so much better than that.
Paul Felder is the man and I truly believe he can be a force in this division, he just needs to come in with the correct gameplan instead of just moving forward, throwing bombs, not using his excellent head movement that he once showed as well as footwork and ability to mix it up so well, picking shots intelligently and such.
I really, really hope he wins this weekend because I would HATE to see him get cut. UFC needs fun fighters like Paul Felder. He's 32 years old, so he needs to start fighting more intelligently like he did in the Castillo fight before it's too late. He's so much fucking better than what we've been seeing lately.
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