Middleweight strikers Gregory Rodrigues and Chidi Njokuani will meet inside the octagon at the UFC’s upcoming Fight Night card on Sept. 17, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting.
The event will feature Cory Sandhagen vs. Song Yadong in a five-round bantamweight headliner. The UFC has yet to officially announce the location for the show.
Rodrigues (12-4), a former LFA champion, stopped Julian Marquez inside the opening round this past Saturday at UFC Austin. “Robocop” looks to improve to 4-1 under the company’s banner. This February, his only defeat came in a split decision to Armen Petrosyan.
Njokuani (22-7, 1 NC), who was previously a contender in Bellator, is 3-0 inside the octagon with a trio of knockouts. After finishing Mario Sousa at Dana White s Contender series , he stopped Marc-Andre Barriault (in less than five minutes) and Dusko Toodorovic (in under five).
Mike Heck contributed to the report.
