Roberto Soldic remained a little surprised by the way Hamzat Chimaev “easily” won Dricusu du Plessis on the UFC 319 last weekend.
Recall, Soldic fought against du plessis twice 2018. in KSW. “Robocop” then lost their first duel with a technical knock in another round, before the six months later revealed that defeat knocking the DDP in the third round.
Soldic was The last man who won Du Plessis before the South African lost the title last Saturday from the Chimaev. Chechenac was dominated by all five rounds and enrolled in a very convincing unanimous judicial decision, which he became a new category king, thanks to his superior grappling skills.
On Monday, Soldic gave Exclusive interview For Bloody Elbow, Fight Site reports. The Croatian Borac shared his thoughts about the heavy defeat of his old rival on UFC 319.
Soldic criticized Du Plessis’s team as he commented as “bad” was his defense against demolition against the Chimaev:
I don’t know what they were doing in Dricus’ camp on wrestling. It was so easy to crash. Could not defend any demolition. Only in the fifth round there were good “Scramble”.
I really don’t know what Dricus worked in camp. His wrestling was bad. I know that the chimaev is very strong, but in the fifth round he made some scramble’s.
Soldic believes Du Plessis will return after he was interrupted by a series of 11 victories in a row.
Dricus will surely return. He is a tough, very tough guy. He was already in this situation against me and I’m sure he’ll be back.
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