I don't understand why people keep saying this. Have you rewatched it? I don't see the exhaustion most are referencing. He won all the key points of the round and seemed to be coasting, but was still explosive as hell to the very end.
Barboza accepted, then Paul said "maybe in the future, but not now".Wait, Paul puts it on the table and out there and then takes it away..?
No I'm saying Paul needs to fight top 5 guys now if he's ever going to. He's the older of the two.
Ive been pretty hard on Felder, I think he's just kind of retarded to be honest.
Poor Felder. He has to go through another fight of those switch kicks, and the anxiety of possibly taking a spinning heel to the head again.:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/64679325/030_Edson_Barboza_and_Paul_Felder.0.0.1437798694.0.jpg)
“As for my fight and what seems to have turned into a controversial decision amongst fans, it was a war, a close fight between 2 skilled people that wanted to finish each other. I have nothing but respect for Edson. We both go out and put on fights to entertain the fans.
"With that said, I will say this. I walked him down the entire fight. I threw at him the entire fight. I never stalled the entire fight. If he landed, I landed the entire fight. When he took me down, he took the damage -- the entire fight.
"I never gassed or slowed my pace the entire fight. I got cut due to a head butt. Edson got cut due to strikes. Both of us put our bodies through so much during that fight that whoever came out with the loss would understandably be upset.
"If we need to run it back I would be happy to, but this trilogy needs to be 5 rounds because someone was about to break and that someone was not me. If the fans and Edson need a clear ending to this then it’s main event or bust.”
He was def getting tired in the 3rd. I don’t think a 5 round fight with Paul is a good idea for Edson right now
