The Brazilian lightweight, who was originally booked against Chad Laprise at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 85 in Brisbane, Australia, will now take on newcomer Damien Brown, the promotion announced.
Laprise will take on UFC veteran Ross Pearson after Abel Trujillo was forced out of the card with visa issues.
Patrick (12-1) racked up a perfect record from 2008 to 2015, but suffered the first loss of his MMA career against Mairbek Taisumov last June. The X-Gym product finished his opponent in half of his MMA wins, including a first-round TKO over Garret Whiteley in his UFC debut.