Daniel “Ninja” Roberts, training partner of Strikeforce Lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez and Jake Shields, has now been added to the UFC Fight Night: “Battle on the Bayou” card to face TJ Waldburger.
Roberts is 13-3, but has suffered back-to-back losses to Claude Patrick and Rich Attonito.
Waldburger is coming off of a TKO loss to Johny Hendricks at UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis.
The main event of the September 17th fight card features a welterweight encounter between Jake Shields and Jake Ellenberger.