If an unfortunate situation were to force Kevin Lee or Michael Chiesa out of their June 25 bout, James Vick will be on standby.
Vick is coming off a first-round TKO victory over Marco Polo Reyes at UFC 211 this past Saturday night (May 13). With the victory, Vick is now 7-1 in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). “The Texecutioner” is now eyeing bigger opportunities.
One such opportunity would be as a fill-in for the UFC Fight Night 112 main event (via MMAJunkie.com):
“I said I want the winner of Kevin Lee and Michael Chiesa. And assuming I feel healthy – I do feel healthy right now, you never know maybe after a couple of days, maybe I feel something coming up – (but) I feel healthy, and I’m going to keep my weight down, and if one of them get injured, I’ll jump in there, step in and fight one of them in a heartbeat. Next week, next month.”
Vick went on to say that if all plans come to fruition with Lee vs. Chiesa, then he will take a break from fighting until the fall.
“If for some reason Kevin Lee or Chiesa don’t get injured or anything like that – I mean, I’m not wishing injury on anyone – but if they do get injured or something, I’ll gladly step in. If not, I’ll go ahead and chill for the summer and fight in the fall.”
