Edson Barboza’s team has come back empty-handed on an appeal of a close decision loss to Paul Felder.
Barboza’s manager Alex Davis on Monday told MMA Fighting the UFC has decided not to overturn the result at UFC 242. Davis hopes to book a rubber match between the lightweights, who’ve split a pair of bouts.
“Paul Felder is down to doing it,” Davis said. “I’ll talk to (UFC matchmaker) Sean Shelby this week. Edson wants the Felder fight, but we don’t know if that’s going to happen.”
Davis appealed the result one day after the Sept.