It’s not so much that he likes sitting on the fence or that he’s afraid to make it known who he believes is going to win or lose any particular contest. Rather, the veteran lightweight, who faces Edson Barboza in Saturday’s UFC 242 co-main event, has learned through painful experience that expecting the unexpected is one of the aspects he loves most about mixed martial arts.
“There’s just far too many variables and ways to win in this sport,” Felder explained when speaking to MMA Fighting. “That’s why when my friends ask me and I’m a fighter and I’ve been fighting for a very long time and I’m an analyst for the UFC and they ask me ‘who do you got, what do you think?