UFC Raleigh adds Nik Lentz vs Nad Narimani

Veteran featherweight Nik Lentz is returning to the Octagon at the end of the month. At UFC Raleigh, which is scheduled for January 25th, he’s booked to meet former Cage Warriors champ Nad Narimani.

The UFC announced the 145 lb match-up via twitter on Friday.

Both Lentz and Narimani are coming off of losses. The 35-year-old Lentz will be hoping to bounce back from a TKO loss to Charles Oliveira, which came at UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Lee last May.

The TKO loss to Oliveira was the first time Lentz had been stopped by TKO since he faced Evan Dunham in 2012. That loss went down as a doctor’s stoppage. The only other TKO loss of Lentz’s career was also a doctor’s stoppage, all the way back…