After seven years being almost exclusively under the Zuffa banner with the UFC and WEC, veteran fighter George Roop has a new fighting home.

Roop (15-12-1), who went 5-8 in 13 UFC fights and 1-2 for the WEC, has signed an exclusive multi-fight deal with South Korea’s ROAD FC. The promotion recently announced the news, saying Roop is expected to make his debut with the company on May 14 at ROAD FC 31.

Roop’s first opponent is not yet known, but he at least knows where he’ll be fighting. ROAD FC 31 is set for Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea’s capital city. The event will be available via online pay-per-view at Epicentre.tv.

Roop was released by the UFC this past fall after back-to-back losses to Rob Font and Takeya Mizugaki. He lost a decision to Mizugaki in Japan this past September, and before that he was knocked out by Font at UFC 175 in July 2014.

Roop was in his second stint with the UFC. In his first go-’round with the company, he reached the lightweight semifinals of Season 8 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” but was eliminated by eventual runner-up Phillipe Nover. He went 1-2 in his first stint as a lightweight, but was let go after a loss to George Sotiropolous.

He dropped to featherweight and got a win for Rage in the Cage in his native Tucson, Ariz., before signing with the WEC to fight at bantamweight. He dropped a decision to Eddie Wineland, then moved back to featherweight where he had back-to-back bonus-winning fights. A split draw with Leonard Garcia won “Fight of the Night” at WEC 47, and he followed that up with a stunning head kick KO of “The Korean Zombie,” Chan Sung Jung, at WEC 51 to win “Knockout of the Night.”

Roop headed back to the UFC after the merger with the WEC and had a rough 1-3 run with TKO losses to Mark Hominick and Cub Swanson and a split-call loss to Hatsu Hioki sandwiched around a TKO win over Josh Grispi in June 2011. In 2013, he moved back to bantamweight and won back-to-back fights over Reuben Duran and former WEC champ Brian Bowles at UFC 158 and UFC 160, respectively.

His most recent victory came in April 2014 with a unanimous decision over Dustin Kimura at the TUF: Nations Finale in Quebec City, Canada. That win had given him three victories in his past four fights before the losses to Font and Mizugaki.

After his release from the UFC, Roop tweeted in February: “I’ll retire when I suck! & I dnt plan on sucking anytime soon!!!!”