Paul Felder

LightweightComplete Fighter
9 - 6

15 UFC Fights | 60% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (56%)

Height
5' 11"
Reach
70"
Weight
155 lbs.
Age
42
Orthodox

Paul Felder UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Paul Felder is 9-6 in the UFC across 15 fights, with 4 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 4 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 17-6, 8-0 of it outside the UFC. Felder competes at lightweight as an orthodox complete fighter, standing 5'11" with a 70" reach at 42 years old. The last bout was a loss to Rafael Dos Anjos by decision in Nov 2020.

Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 65th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (3.7 sig. strikes/min).

Paul Felder's UFC win rate is 60% (9 of 15 fights), and 56% of those wins came by finish. Felder averages 0.3 takedowns per fight at 29% accuracy and stops 65% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
17-6
UFC Record
9-6
Height
5'11"
Reach
70"
Age
42
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
L vs Rafael Dos Anjos · Decision · Nov 2020

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Paul Felder's Last 5 Fights

Felder is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Rafael Dos Anjos · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos · Nov 2020
  2. Loss vs Dan Hooker · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker · Feb 2020
  3. Win vs Edson Barboza · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier · Sep 2019
  4. Win vs James Vick · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez · Feb 2019
  5. Loss vs Mike Perry · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier · Jul 2018

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.7
Accuracy
45%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.20

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.4
1.0x avg
Strike Differential
+0.3
Opp. Accuracy Against
51%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.3
Takedown Accuracy
29%
Takedown Defense
65%
Control Time / Fight
1:42
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.2

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
13% KO
0% Sub
R2
13% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
7% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Paul Felder vs Average

Paul Felder lands 17.1 strikes in R1 but 17.6 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Paul Felder's UFC Fight History

15 UFC fights on record (9-6), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LRafael Dos AnjosDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos2020-11-14
LDan HookerDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker2020-02-22
WEdson BarbozaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier2019-09-07
WJames VickDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez2019-02-17
LMike PerryDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier2018-07-07
WCharles OliveiraKO/TKOR2 · 4:06UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 22017-12-02
WStevie RayKO/TKOR1 · 3:57UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio2017-07-16
WAlex RicciKO/TKOR1 · 4:44UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne2017-02-19
LFrancisco TrinaldoKO/TKOR3 · 2:25UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg2016-09-24
WJoshua BurkmanDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt2016-05-29
WDaron CruickshankSubmissionR3 · 3:56UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs Cruz2016-01-17
LRoss PearsonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 22015-09-05
LEdson BarbozaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II2015-07-25
WDanny CastilloKO/TKOR2 · 2:09UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier2015-01-03
WJason SaggoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Saffiedine2014-10-04

How Felder Ranks at Lightweight

Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.7 sig. strikes/min
65th percentile
Striking accuracy45%
54th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.4/min
48th percentile
Takedowns0.3/fight
18th percentile
Takedown defense65%
53rd percentile
Knockdown power0.20/fight
56th percentile

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