{"id":40942,"date":"2026-10-08T04:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T04:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Dricus-du-Plessis-open-to-Roberto-Soldic-trilogy-following-UFC-debut-203122"},"modified":"2026-10-08T04:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T04:14:25","slug":"dricus-du-plessis-open-to-roberto-soldic-trilogy-following-ufc-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/dricus-du-plessis-open-to-roberto-soldic-trilogy-following-ufc-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Dricus du Plessis open to Roberto Soldic trilogy following UFC debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dricus Du
\nPlessis<\/a> is open to fighting Roberto
\nSoldic<\/a> again.<\/p>\n

The former
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> middleweight titleholder
\nrecently discussed a potential trilogy bout against Soldic after
\nthe Croatian made a successful UFC debut at UFC
\n332<\/a> on Oct. 3 in Salt Lake City. The two are 1-1 against each
\nother, having traded finishes in a pair of bouts under the
\nKSW<\/a> banner in 2018.<\/p>\n

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Dricus du Plessis welcomes a potential middleweight trilogy
\nwith Roberto Soldic<\/h2>\n

Soldic lost the KSW welterweight title to du Plessis in April 2018,
\nsuffering a second-round technical knockout defeat. \u201cRobocop\u201d
\nreclaimed the belt nearly six months later, knocking out du Plessis
\nin the third round of their rematch.<\/p>\n

While du Plessis joined the UFC after his stint in KSW, Soldic
\ncompeted in One
\nChampionship<\/a> before signing with the UFC earlier this year. He
\nmade his Octagon debut at welterweight against Kalinn
\nWilliams<\/a>, winning by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

When asked about Soldic during an interview with Fight Forecast, du
\nPlessis welcomed the possibility of renewing their rivalry in a
\nrubber match.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great,\u201d du Plessis said about Soldic joining the UFC.
\n\u201cSoldic, for a long time, has been in many people\u2019s minds the best
\nfighter outside of the UFC. Yeah, he\u2019s at welterweight. It\u2019s 1-1.
\nBeing the best outside of the UFC is not being the best in the UFC.
\nWe have seen that many times. It\u2019s on a different level. You know,
\na super fight [could happen] down the line. If he gets a couple of
\nwins and says, \u2018Okay, let\u2019s do a middleweight fight.\u2019 I think that
\nwould be amazing. I think that fight would be awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStillknocks\u201d has competed exclusively at middleweight in the UFC,
\nmeaning Soldic would have to move up a weight class for a potential
\ntrilogy bout with the South African.<\/p>\n