A lightweight fight between Sage Northcutt and Claudio Puelles has been added to UFC 214 on July 29 in Anaheim, California.
UFC officials announced the bout Wednesday evening. It will mark Northcutt's first performance of 2017 and take place inside Honda Center.
Northcutt (8-2), of Katy, Texas, had an up-and-down year in 2016. After a 2-0 start in the UFC in 2015, he opened last year with a submission loss to Bryan Barberena.
The 21-year-old prospect bounced back with a decision win over Enrique Marin at UFC 200 in Las Vegas, before closing out the year with a submission loss to Mickey Gall in December. Both losses were at welterweight.
Puelles (7-2) is a 21-year-old prospect out of Molina, Peru. He made his official UFC debut in November, losing via TKO to Martin Bravo. That is his only appearance thus far inside the Octagon.
A light heavyweight title fight between Daniel Cormier (19-1) and Jon Jones (22-1) is scheduled to headline UFC 214.
