A lightweight bout has been announced for UFC Fight Night 59 as Paul Felder will look to remain undefeated when he meets Johnny Case on the preliminary card.
The fight booking was reported by Philly.com on Wednesday and has now been confirmed by the UFC.
UFC Fight Night 59 will come from the TD Garden in Boston on January 18th and will be headlined by a featherweight bout as Conor McGregor meets Dennis Siver.
Felder (9-0) is out of Philadelphia and made his UFC debut in October as he defeated Jason Saggo by split decision. It was his third career victory to come by decision and his other six victories have come by TKO/KO.
Case (19-4) also won his UFC debut earlier this year as he defeated Kazuki Tokudome by technical submission at UFC Fight Night 52. It was his ninth straight victory and seven of those victories have come by stoppage.
The current UFC Fight Night 59: McGregor vs. Siver fight card is below.
Conor McGregor (16-2) vs. Dennis Siver (22-9, 1NC)
Benson Henderson (21-4) vs. Eddie Alvarez (25-4)
Jorge Masvidal (28-8) vs. Norman Parke (20-2-1)
Costas Philippou (13-4, 1NC) vs. Uriah Hall (9-4)
Zhang Lipeng (8-7-1) vs. Chris Wade (8-1)
Matt Van Buren (6-3) vs. Sean O’Connell (15-6)
John Howard (22-10) vs. Lorenz Larkin (14-4, 1NC)
Patrick Holohan (10-1-1) vs. Shane Howell (13-8)
Paul Felder (9-0) vs. Johnny Case (19-4)