UFC: Paul Felder ‘surprised’ by Conor McGregor call out, but ‘I’m trying to fight the best – he’s it’
- Commentator Felder says McGregor’s ‘fool at the desk’ jibe after UFC 246 return was ‘all in fun’
- ‘If you have Conor McGregor talking about you, that’s not a bad thing,’ adds ‘The Irish Dragon’
UFC lightweight Paul Felder admitted he was taken aback when Conor McGregor pointed a finger his way, after his emphatic knockout of Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 246 in Las Vegas last month.
Felder was part of the commentary team that night, and was forced to quickly revert to fighter mode when “The Notorious” – riding the high of his 40-second demolition job – laid the challenge down to him.
“It was 100 per cent a surprise,” Felder told the Post. “I was sitting there doing my job, doing the colour commentary, and he mouths something towards me, and I wondered if it was about me.
“Then when he said something about the ‘fool at the desk’ I thought, it's got to be me. It's all in fun, and if you have Conor McGregor talking about you, that's not a bad thing.”
Tension ramped up a notch between the two on Friday, when McGregor questioned the legitimacy of Felder – known as “The Irish Dragon” – and his roots.