Maybe, or maybe he gets chinned again.
He’s never really had to deal with a guy like Soldic at UFC middleweight, no one in his division has any real stopping power to threaten him with which is why he can get away with his sloppy style.
Soldic is kinda like a middleweight Ilia Topuria, you really can’t afford to make a mistake with him, and that Dricus style of lunging in might work against pillow fisted guys like Strickland but against a heavy hitter its just asking for trouble.
Due to their career trajectory, that will never be answeed since Soldic's career did not have the meteoric rise as it did for Dricus. He still fights in ONE after spending most of his career in KSW, but I doubt he will ever been good enough for UFC to offer him a contract. He is still only 30 so who knows? Dricus evolved and became the world champion of the top league. It was not like Dricus could not stand with Soldic. Dricus had finished Soldic in the 1st fight, but lost in the 2nd one. That does not mean he does not have a great chin since he has never been knocked out other than in this fight. Rubber match never happened, but I am sure if he ever became good enough to be in the UFC, Dricus has evolved far more into the champion he has become even during his UFC career, let alone before that.
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go for it.