Daniel “Ninja” Roberts announced his next opponent via Twitter last night. The UFC welterweight will be squaring off against Greg Soto at the recently announced UFC 125, which takes place Jan. 1 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The Cesar Gracie-trained Roberts will be seeking his third consecutive UFC win since suffering a knockout loss to John Howard in his promotional debut at UFC on Versus 1. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu blue belt, Roberts most recently submitted Mike Guymon at UFC 121.
An instructor at Pellegrino MMA in New Jersey, Greg Soto is coming off of his first UFC victory, a unanimous decision over Nick Osipczak at UFC 118.
Main Card
UFC Lightweight Championship
Frankie Edgar (c) vs. Gray Maynard
UFC Featherweight Championship
Jose Aldo (c) vs. Josh Grispi
Takanori Gomi vs. Clay Guida
Nate Diaz vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann
Preliminary Card
Thiago Silva vs. Brandon Vera
Antonio McKee vs. Jacob Volkmann
Cole Miller vs. Matt Wiman*
Daniel Roberts vs. Greg Soto*
Phil Baroni vs. Brad Tavares*
* – Not officially announced
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