A lightweight division attraction has been added to UFC Fight Night Boise according to MMA Today as #11 James Vick is facing #14 Paul Felder.
Vick (13-1-0) is going to be entering the bout on the strength of a four fight winning streak, having defeated Abel Trujillo, Marco Polo Reyes, Joe Duffy and Francisco Trinaldo. Vick has suffered just a single defeat as a professional MMA fighter and that came to Beneil Dariush at UFC 199. Vick also competed on the UFC Ultimate Fighter 15, making it to the semi-finals before losing to Michael Chiesa.
Felder (15-3-0) enters the contest while riding a three fight winning streak, last defeating Charles Oliveira by second round TKO at UFC 218. Felder has suffered a total of three defeats as a professional MMA fighter, but he has yet to finished by way of submission. Felder has also seen six of his professional MMA bouts go the distance, but the fighters hasn’t gone to the judges scorecards in almost two years.
UFC Fight Night Boise takes place on Saturday, July 14 from the Century Link Arena in Boise, Idaho with Junior Dos Santos and Blagoy Ivanov headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, with a post-show podcast to follow.
