WASHINGTON – Paul Felder will enter the octagon against Dan Hooker at UFC on ESPN+ 26 with some bad intentions. Just days after their lightweight headliner was booked for February, Felder (17-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) traveled to New Zealand for media obligations and a faceoff with Hooker (19-8 MMA, 9-4 UFC). There was serious intensity between the two during the staredown, and it left “The Irish Dragon” all kinds of fired up. Felder said there was nothing fabricated about the heat with Hooker, and he thinks it’s because the stakes of the matchup are so high.
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