Felder vs. Miller

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Awesome booking. Let's see what Felder's made of.

Thinking this might be too much, too soon for the undefeated Felder. But hey, we'll see. Huge step up from Danny Castillo,.

Geez...a win over Danny Castillo puts you in the deep end of the pool 

Felder looked really good but damn Jim Miller and all that experience might be a little much at thus point.

Spin to win

Sink or swim time for Felder.  

Felder is god.....

This isn't even going to be close. Felder is going to run through him. MUCH better striker, Miller's not going to be able to get him down to where he may have an advantage (I have no idea what Felder's grappling is like and Miller's is top notch, but we could be surprised with Felder's grappling if it gets there, hence 'may') and Felder's HUGE in comparison.

I see a second round TKO at the latest.

Jim Miller has some underrated striking. Not saying he's a world beater, or even better than Felder there. But he can put hands on you. And his defense is quite good for the most part. Only guys that have really bested him on the feet lately are Cerrone and Diaz, so Felder is gonna need to be on-point if he wants to knock out Jim Miller. Also; as good as Felder did look against Castillo.. it was Danny Castillo. I do think Jim Miller will have much more answers for him on the feet.

Same Danny Castillo that had Barboza on ***** street and all but finished and didn't fair too badly striking with Tony Ferguson (both pretty accomplished strikers - though, I concede, aren't exactly known for their amazing defense, so there's that).

Also, it's not what he did to Castillo that gives me confidence, it's how tight he was in doing so. His movement, vary of strikes, fluidity, feel for the fight, etc ... a guy at his size with those attributes that can also make a very solid wrestler look like me on a bad day when going for TDs (and making him pay for each one of them), I think will do the same to Miller. Not because he did it to Castillo, but because that specific skillset I believe will be a nightmare for Miller to handle.

As for Miller's striking ... though not bad, I believe is too basic for a guy on Felder's level. He's going to see every punch coming and have the perfect counter for it, imo.

But as I said, I can totally understand why this may seem far fetched to most, it's a bit of "educated guesswork" on my behalf. I guess after the fight we'll see of more "educated" or more "guess" ;)

Think they might be pushing him pass his potential right now with Jim Miller, but I hope I'm wrong.

I'm fine with the step up. I don't think highly of Castillo, but he's a gatekeeper to the top 15 and Felder ran through him. Miller is a gatekeeper to the top 10. 

Big step up for Felder. Got Miller in this one