UFC's Derrick Lewis will fight in Auckland next month against Kiwi Mark Hunt.

UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis is coming to New Zealand, but his knowledge about our country is, well, negligible.

Lewis, an American who is seeking his seventh win on the trot, will fight Kiwi MMA fighter Mark Hunt at Spark Arena in Auckland on June 11.

He's admitted to Fox Sports: UFC that: "I did not know anything about New Zealand, at first."

In fact he's only just found out it will be winter time when he fights Hunt.

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"I thought it was going to be like hot... now I've got to pack extra brah, to keep myself warm.

"I don't think I'm going to like it very much," he told Fox Sports: UFC.

Asked what he planned to do in New Zealand, Lewis said: "Throw a boomerang."

Fair dinkum, that's what Aussies do.

Kiwi UFC fighter Dan 'Hangman' Hooker has posted on Instagram that Lewis, the world number 6, is "looking forward to coming to NZ to throw a BOOMERANG???."

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Derrick Lewis is looking forward to coming to NZ to throw a BOOMERANG??? #dafaq #😂😂😂 A post shared by Dan "Hangman" Hooker (@danhangman) on May 11, 2017 at 7:42pm PDT

Hunt will make his first fighting appearance in New Zealand in 15 years. The 43-year-old has sounded confident of beating the 32-year-old US star since the fight was announced in March.

Lewis beat his last opponent, Travis Browne, in February.

Hunt has been through a court battle with the UFC taking legal action against his employer after his controversial no-contest with drug cheat Brock Lesnar in July 2016.

The South Auckland-born, Sydney-based fighter will also be looking for his first win in three bouts after being knocked out by Alistair Overeem in Las Vegas in March and the controversial no-contest against Brock Lesnar at UFC 200 last July.