Felice Herrig versus Paige VanZant tussle added to UFC on FOX 15 in Newark

A women’s strawweight affair between Paige VanZant (4-1) and Felice Herrig (10-5) has been added to UFC on FOX 15 in Newark, New Jersey.

Both women were successful in their respective UFC debuts in 2014. Herrig, who is 10 years VanZant’s elder, dispatched of her TUF 20 housemate, Lisa Ellis, with an armbar in the 2nd round of their contest. VanZant was able to score a Fight of the Night bonus for her TKO victory over Kailin Curran just a couple of weeks prior.

UFC on FOX 15 goes down on April 18th and will be headlined by middleweights Lyoto Machida (22-5) and Luke Rockhold (13-2). A lightweight tilt between Jim Miller (24-5) and UFC 182 standout Paul Felder (10-0) was also added to the card just moments ago.