Nattens huvudmatch kommer att stå mellan Donald Cerrone (32-10) och Yancy Medeiros (15-4), någon som inte är nöjd med detta är James Vick (12-1) som även han går match på galan. I en intervju med MMAJunkie uttalar sig Vick om situationen, där han nämner att han har utmanat Cerrone att gå match i både lättvikt och weltervikt.
In my mind I should have been the main event on this card. I don’t know why I wasn’t. I offered to fight Cerrone at 155 or 170, either one. I don’t understand why I didn’t get that fight. For me, I think just recently I saw Jake Matthews. I beat this dude four fights ago, five fights ago and he’s on the main card of a pay-per-view. I’ve never even been on the main card of a pay-per-view, and I have double the wins he has in the UFC. I literally have one of the best records in the entire organization, and no one outside of my state even knows who the hell I am because I’m not getting the stuff I feel like I deserve. It’s all good. I’m going to keep winning. I’ve got a decent contract, and I’m going to be asking for more money after this fight. So it’s all good. I’m just going to keep winning.
Trots att han nu inte möter Cerrone väljer Vick att lägga sin fokus på den match han har framför sig. Nämligen mot Francisco Trinaldo (22-5).
I think I’m better everywhere. I think a lot of these guys are shocked at how physically strong I am when we lock up. They think just because I’m tall and skinny they’re just going to be able to go in there and break me over, take me down. … I plan on finishing the guy within two rounds. Obviously I’m not going to take any unnecessary risk. It’s win first, but I think he’s going to have to take some chances to get in on me to not get outpointed. When he does, he’s going to get finished.
Vick berättade även om hur han ser på karriären efter helgens match.
Those dudes (Chiesa and Lee), their turn, their ship has sailed. If they sign to fight, I guess I’ll take it, but I’m not calling them out anymore. I’m thinking world titles. I’m thinking Khabib, Tony Ferguson, McGregor. I’m thinking title shot. I win this fight, I’m 9-1 in the UFC. That’s the same record as McGregor has in the UFC.
Vick mötte senast Joseph Duffy (16-3), som han besegrade via TKO i andra ronden under UFC 217.
