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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
A welterweight bout between Daniel "Ninja" Roberts and T.J. Waldburger is on its way to the preliminary card of UFC Fight Night 25 "Battle on the Bayou."
The UFC announced the matchup on Friday morning.
Roberts will attempt to halt a two fight losing skid in the Octagon that snapped a three fight winning streak. After a knockout loss in his UFC debut, Roberts went on to defeat Forrest Petz by decision before submitting Mike Guymon and Greg Soto in back to back fights. However, decision losses to Claude Patrick and Rich Attonito in 2011 have him in desperate need of a win.
Waldburger made his UFC debut last September after posting a 12-5 record in various organizations around Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, and picked up a decision win over David Mitchell to kick off his UFC career. Waldburger was then stopped by strikes in his second fight, losing in the first round to Johny Hendricks at UFC Fight Night 24 in March.
UFC Fight Night 25 takes place from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La. on September 17, airing live on Spike TV and headlined by a welterweight bout between Jake Shields and Jake Ellenberger.
Penick's Analysis: Roberts had put together a string of really impressive performances, but against both Patrick and Attonito he was handled fairly easily en route to losing one-sided decisions. He'll need a big turnaround performance to avoid a third straight loss, which would put him at risk of losing his spot on the roster. As for Waldburger, the loss to Hendricks snapped a four fight win streak, so a second straight loss will likely still allow him to stay in the UFC, but he'll absolutely be out to get back into the win column on the undercard of this event.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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