Paul Felder’s plans for the rest of 2017 are pretty straightforward.
Last night (Feb. 19), Felder took on Alessandro Ricci in the main card opener of UFC Fight Night 105 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Felder rebounded from his loss to Francisco Trinaldo with a first-round TKO over Ricci.
The finish earned “The Irish Dragon” a “Performance of the Night” bonus. Felder is now 3-1 in his last four outings. He’s stopped two of his opponents in that span. Felder now has eight knockouts in his professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career.
With a win in his first bout of 2017, Felder couldn’t have asked for a better way to start the year. After the fight, the lightweight told MMAJunkie.com that he’s looking to keep putting on exciting performances:
“Whether it’s ranked, unranked, it doesn’t matter. What the UFC wants is guys that go out there, finish fights, throw down, and puts butts in those seats. That’s my plan for 2017. I want people to go, ‘(Expletive), you know what, that Felder guy is fighting, I want to turn on and watch it.’ And that’s something I learned from my boy ‘Cowboy’ (Cerrone), man. You put butts in those seats, the UFC is going to keep you around.”
