Daniel “Ninja” Roberts to Face TJ Waldburger at “Battle on the Bayou”

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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.

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