Will Brooks vs. Nik Lentz targeted for UFC Fight Night 121

The UFC is targeting a do-over for Will Brooks and Nik Lentz at UFC Fight Night 121.

A Brooks team member today told MMAjunkie the two will be rebooked for next month’s UFC return to Australia. UFC officials have not yet made a formal announcement of the booking.

Earlier today, Brooks (18-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) tweeted he will fight at the event, which takes place Nov. 19 (but airs Nov. 18 in the U.S. due to the time difference) at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. The card will air on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

The fight marks a rebooking for the veteran lightweights, who were scheduled to meet earlier this month at UFC 216 before Lentz (27-8-2 MMA, 11-5-1 UFC) wasn’t medically cleared to fight and was scratched from the card.

Nik Lentz

Lentz later released a statement saying his body wasn’t responding to insulin and he was having “diabetic like” issues that left him unable to cut weight.

On Twitter, Brooks indicated he received compensation for the canceled bout despite a statement from UFC 216’s official regulator, Nevada State Athletic Commission, that said he wasn’t paid.

Now, the former Bellator lightweight champ will work on reversing a career slide. He’s dropped his past two octagon bouts, losing via stoppage to Alex Oliveira and Charles Oliveira after a promotional debut win over Ross Pearson.

Lentz is 2-1 since returning to the lightweight division from featherweight. In February, he suffered a decision loss to Islam Makhachev.

The latest UFC Fight Night 121 card now includes:

• Fabricio Werdum vs. Marcin Tybura
• Joanne Calderwood vs. Bec Rawlings
• Tim Means vs. Belal Muhammad
• Daniel Kelly vs. Elias Theodorou
• Humberto Bandenay vs. Alex Volkanovski
• Ryan Benoit vs. Ashkan Mokhtarian
• Jenel Lausa vs. Eric Shelton
• Alex Chambers vs. Nadia Kassem
• Rashad Coulter vs. Tai Tuivasa
• Jake Matthews vs. Bojan Velickovic
• Will Brooks vs. Nik LentzFor more on UFC Fight Night 121, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.