Former lightweight contender
Paul Felder
will step in for Joe Rogan as part of the broadcast team at
UFC 280
.
Felder will join play-by-play veteran Jon Anik and analyst
Daniel
Cormier on the call for the card at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi
on Saturday.
MMAFighting.com recently confirmed the lineup with UFC
officials.
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Rogan no longer serves as a commentator for the at the Las
Vegas-based promotion’s international pay-per-view events. At UFC
275 in Singapore, for example,
Michael
Bisping stepped in for the popular podcast host.
UFC 280 is headlined by a lightweight championship clash between
Charles
Oliveira and
Islam
Makhachev, while
Aljamain
Sterling will defend his bantamweight crown against
T.J.
Dillashaw in the co-main event. The main card airs on
pay-per-view via ESPN+ at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, while prelims
stream on ESPN and ESPN+ beginning at 10 a.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.