In terms of odds, I'm leaning towards DDP. Strickland made it clear he's going there to brawl and will keep pressing forward, which is not a smart tactic for him. Dricus is visibly much bigger and stronger than him so he should be focussing on utilising his cardio advantage. Hopefully his team will talk some sense into him before the fight.
If that is his game plan, then we would have a new champ soon
Dricus is a hard punches that blocks all incoming punches with face. Going in punch exchange with him is a suicide. It is even possible that DDP could survive Pereiras left punch Frankly I can stop being amazed by DDP techniques or better say lack of it He is kind of guy who has pre-loaded all kind of skills, but use them randomly. He wins due to strong chin and his opponents being "who would have done this?" lag all the time. Seriously, who opens a punching combo with low kick? Who blocks one punch (lets say left hook) with both hands in block?