{"id":40386,"date":"2026-09-09T05:40:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T05:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/I-fear-no-man-Kalinn-Williams-ready-to-test-Roberto-Soldics-hype-202726"},"modified":"2026-09-09T05:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T05:40:46","slug":"i-fear-no-man-kalinn-williams-ready-to-test-roberto-soldics-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/i-fear-no-man-kalinn-williams-ready-to-test-roberto-soldics-hype\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I fear no man\u2019: Kalinn Williams ready to test Roberto Soldic\u2019s hype"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/i-fear-no-man-kalinn-williams-ready-to-test-roberto-soldics-hype.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Kalinn-Williams-198129\">Kalinn<br \/>\nWilliams<\/a> is well aware of his upcoming opponent&#8217;s skills and<br \/>\naccomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>Williams (16-5) will welcome former two-division <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Konfrontacja-Sztuk-Walki-668\"><br \/>\nKSW<\/a> champion <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Roberto-Soldic-180781\">Roberto<br \/>\nSoldic<\/a> (21-4) to the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> when the pair meet on Oct. 3 at<br \/>\nDelta Center in Salt Lake City. For Williams, the matchup came<br \/>\ntogether quickly, but he had no hesitation about accepting it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Kalinn Williams explains why Roberto Soldic\u2019s reputation made<br \/>\nthe UFC 332 fight more appealing<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent interview with MMA Junkie, Williams discussed how the<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-332-Silva-vs-Wang-114123\">UFC<br \/>\n332<\/a> matchup materialized just days prior to the announcement.<br \/>\nHe acknowledged the hype surrounding Soldic and sees the fight as<br \/>\nan opportunity to add a big name to his record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA couple days ago, pretty much,\u201d Williams said. \u201cFighters fight,<br \/>\nman. So, it\u2019s one of them things that, it just happened, man, and I<br \/>\njust took advantage of the opportunity. I know he\u2019s dangerous. I<br \/>\nknow what he\u2019s capable of. I checked him out and that\u2019s why I took<br \/>\nthe fight. He got all this hype around him, man. He\u2019s dangerous. I<br \/>\nmean, come on, a resume speaks for itself. I go get a guy like that<br \/>\nunder my belt, now what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Williams emphasized that he isn&#8217;t intimidated by Soldic\u2019s<br \/>\nreputation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI fear no man,\u201d Williams added. \u201cWe all bleed the same, we all<br \/>\nbreathe the same and we\u2019re just going to find out who wants it<br \/>\nmore. When all that hype, all them names, all the expectation, all<br \/>\nthat disappears, it\u2019s just me and you. I know what I\u2019m coming to<br \/>\ndo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams is coming off a first-round TKO victory over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Nikolay-Veretennikov-186789\">Nikolay<br \/>\nVeretennikov<\/a> in May. Meanwhile, Soldic went to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/One-Championship-3877\">One<br \/>\nChampionship<\/a> after leaving KSW, fighting in the Asia-based<br \/>\npromotion three times before signing with the UFC.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ujKbobncF50?si=vAaQkhHJja61VtXy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalinn Williams is well aware of his upcoming opponent&#8217;s skills and accomplishments. Williams (16-5) will welcome former two-division KSW champion Roberto Soldic (21-4) to the Ultimate Fighting Championship when the pair meet on Oct. 3 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. For Williams, the matchup came together quickly, but he had no hesitation about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}