Bobby Green vs. Jorge Masvidal added to UFC 178

Following victories this past Saturday night at UFC on FOX 12, Bobby Green and Jorge Masvidal will meet each other at September’s UFC 178 in Las Vegas.

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The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Tuesday.

UFC 178 will come from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on September 27th and will be headlined by Jon Jones defending the UFC light heavyweight title against Daniel Cormier.

Green (23-5) is currently on an eight fight winning streak and four of those wins have come in the UFC. He defeated Josh Thomson by split decision in the opening bout of the UFC on FOX 12 main card on Saturday and his last two wins have come by decision.

Masvidal (27-8) has won back to back fights by unanimous decision and has won five of his last six. This past Saturday night, he defeated Daron Cruickshank on the preliminary card after being dropped by a punch in the first round.

The current UFC 178: Jones vs. Cormier fight card is below.

Jon Jones (20-1) vs. Daniel Cormier (15-0)
Tim Kennedy (18-4) vs. Yoel Romero (8-1)
Dominick Cruz (19-1) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (20-7-2)
Cat Zingano (8-0) vs. Amanda Nunes (9-3)
Brian Ebersole (50-16, 1NC) vs. John Howard (22-9)
Patrick Cote (20-8) vs. Stephen Thompson (9-1)
Conor McGregor (15-2) vs. Dustin Poirier (16-3)
Bobby Green (23-5) vs. Jorge Masvidal (27-8)