Paul Felder calls himself “stupid” for stepping on the scale during UFC 230 weigh-ins and revealing his out-of-camp weight in front of media and on a stream with fans watching.

Felder (15-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC), who served a commentator for UFC 230 earlier this month, attended the event’s official weigh-ins. During a break in fighters stepping on the scale, Felder jokingly decided to see his current weight. Many were surprised to hear the answer (via Twitter):

Just four days after Felder stepped on the scale, he was booked for a lightweight fight against James Vick (13-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) at UFC 233, which takes place Jan. 26 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. He has less than three months to make it down to the 156-pound limit, and in a state such as California, which has a highly-meticulous commission, that could be cause for concern.

Felder, No. 14 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA lightweight rankings, said that reality came across his mind when the date and location were offered, but he said he’s not fretting too hard about it.

“That was the first thing we addressed before I signed the contract,” Felder told MMAjunkie Radio. “I was talking to (Sean) Shelby and Jeff Novitzky and everybody just making sure the fight was going to take place if they give us a hard time. But one thing that made us all confident is at least my opponent is doing the same thing, if not worse. Coming into this, it’s not like I’m matched up with somebody who is going to be 25 pounds heavier than me in the cage on fight night. James Vick probably cuts even more weight than I have to.”

Although sitting 37.6 pounds over his contracted weight for UFC 233 seems extreme, Felder said it’s somewhat of a misrepresentation. Considering he’s spent most of the time between his most recent fight against Mike Perry at UFC 226 in July nursing a broken arm, as well as traveling for UFC commentary gigs, he said his weight was slightly inflated.

With that said, Felder has never missed weight in his career and said he doesn’t expect to have problems for the first time for UFC 233.

“Obviously I’m going to try to be on top of my weight; I’m already on a diet,” Felder said. “When I stepped on that scale in New York, it was a joke, and I still had my sweatpants on and I was out eating the night before. I’m probably down five or six pounds lighter than what it said on that scale. It was the weekend, I was traveling. That’s not a true description of what I weigh.”

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