Jenel Lausa signs to fight Eric Shelton at UFC Fight Night 121 in Australia

A flyweight bout between Jenel Lausa and Eric Shelton is the latest addition to November’s UFC Fight Night 121 lineup in Australia.

Lausa (7-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) announced the matchup with Shelton (10-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) via Instagram:

Thank you, Lord! ??? UFC Fight Night 121 in Sydney on November 19, 2017! ???? Jenel "The Demolition Man" Lausa vs Eric "Showtime" Shelton! ???? Salamat sa aking asawa @hannalausa , sa mga training teams ko @tigercity_xcon , @ultimatefitnessmetrowalk & @subsportph @coach_ashkan @erwin.tagle.mma @jsp_boxing @tex_xcon , to team PVG @jtalamayan , sir Ashley & sir Yosh, & to team W1N @jessedivinagracia @chantastic21 @coachrisg30 @payopee ! ??

A post shared by Jenel Lausa (@ddemolitionman) on Oct 1, 2017 at 4:39pm PDT

UFC Fight Night 121 takes place Nov. 18 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. The event airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass, though the bout order hasn’t been finalized.

Lausa makes his third UFC appearance after debuting roughly one year prior to UFC Fight Night 121. The 29-year-old Filipino fighter won his initial bout with the promotion and picked up a unanimous-decision win over Zhikui Yao at UFC Fight Night 101. His sophomore appearance wasn’t as smooth, though, and “The Demolition Man” dropped a unanimous decision to undefeated Magomed Bibulatov at UFC Fight Night 110 in April.

Shelton, meanwhile, is still in search of his first UFC win. After an appearance on Season 24 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” Shelton has come up just short of victory on two occasions. The 26-year-old lost a split decision to Alexandre Pantoja at UFC on FOX 24 in January before losing another split decision to Jarred Brooks at UFC 214 in July.

The latest UFC Fight Night 121 card includes:

• Mark Hunt vs. Marcin Tybura
• Joanne Calderwood vs. Bec Rawlings
• Belal Muhammad vs. TBA
• Jeremy Kennedy vs. Alex Volkanovski
• Rashad Coulter vs. Tai Tuivasa
• Ryan Benoit vs. Ashkan Mokhtarian
• Alex Chambers vs. Nadia Kassem
• Daniel Kelly vs. Elias Theodorou
• Jenel Lausa vs. Eric Shelton

For more on UFC Fight Night 121, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.