Takeya Mizugaki vs. George Roop added to UFC Fight Night 76 in Japan

A bantamweight bout has been added to the UFC Fight Night 76 fight card in Japan on September 27 as Takeya Mizugaki will meet George Roop.

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The fight booking was announced by the UFC on Thursday.

UFC Fight Night 76 will come from the Saitama Super Arena on September 27 and will be headlined by a heavyweight bout as Roy Nelson meets Josh Barnett.

Mizugaki (20-9-2) has dropped back to back fights after being on a five fight winning streak. His most recent defeat came in April as he was submitted by Aljamain Sterling. Roop (15-11-1) has gone 3-2 since returning to the bantamweight division and two of those wins have come by decision. This will be his first fight since UFC 175 last year when he was defeated by Rob Font.

The current UFC Fight Night 76: Nelson vs. Barnett fight card is below.

Roy Nelson (20-11) vs. Josh Barnett (33-7)
Gegard Mousasi (37-5-2) vs. Roan Carneiro (20-9)
Kyoji Horiguchi (15-1) vs. TBA
Li Jingliang (10-3) vs. Kiichi Kunimoto (18-6-2, 1NC)
Kid Yamamoto (18-6, 2NC) vs. Matt Hobar (9-3)
Takeya Mizugaki (20-9-2) vs. George Roop (15-11-1)