A welterweight fight between Roberto Soldić and Daniel Rodriguez is reportedly being lined up for UFC 336 on January 30, 2027 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The UFC has not announced the bout, and this is a report, not a confirmed fight.
What was reported
According to Bloody Elbow, Rodriguez shared a promotional poster for the fight on his Instagram story on Saturday, October 31. Bloody Elbow said the bout is not official and that Soldić has not commented. Croatian outlet Sportnet.hr wrote on Sunday that negotiations are reportedly under way and that there is no official confirmation yet. Some Balkan and Russian outlets describe the fight as set, but they base that on Rodriguez's post, not on a UFC announcement.
Soldić has said he already has a date for his next fight, but he has not named an opponent, according to Sportnet.hr.
The fighters
Soldić, a former two-weight KSW champion, made his UFC debut at UFC 332 on October 3 and beat Khaos Williams by unanimous decision after surviving two early knockdowns. Our database lists Williams at 16-6 with that fight as his latest result. It would be Soldić's second UFC appearance.
Rodriguez, known as D-Rod, is 20-6 and sits at No. 15 in the UFC welterweight rankings in our data. He lost by first-round TKO to Uroš Medić on August 1 in Belgrade, a fight reported to have lasted about 30 seconds. Before that he beat Kevin Holland by unanimous decision at UFC 318 on July 19, 2025, and Santiago Ponzinibbio by third-round TKO on May 3, 2025. Of his 20 wins, 9 came by knockout or TKO, 4 by submission and 7 by decision.
The card so far
The UFC has confirmed two fights for UFC 336 on its website: Joshua Van defends the flyweight title against Manel Kape in the main event, and Carlos Prates meets Michael Morales for the interim welterweight title, with the winner to face champion Islam Makhachev. Soldić vs. Rodriguez would be a ranked-opponent test for the Croatian in a division where Prates is ranked No. 1 in our data.
What comes next
Until the UFC or the fighters confirm the booking, the matchup should be treated as unconfirmed. Fights shared by one side before an announcement can still change or fall through. We will update this story when the UFC makes it official.
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