Dricus du Plessis will make his second UFC middleweight title defence when taking on Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC 312.
Strickland dropped the belt to Du Plessis via split decision at UFC 297 but earned a rematch with a win over Paulo Costa via the same method at UFC 302.
Meanwhile Zhang Weili defends her UFC women's strawweight title against Tatiana Suarez.
UFC 312: Du Plessis v Strickland will take place on Saturday 9th February 2025.
The early prelims will get underway at 23:00 GMT with the prelims starting at 01:00 GMT and the main card starting at 03:00. Du Plessis v Strickland is expected to start around 05:00 GMT.
UFC 312: Du Plessis v Strickland will take place at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.
UFC 312 will see Dricus du Plessis defend his UFC middleweight title as well as Zhang Weili defend her UFC women's strawweight title.
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Since moving to the UFC, Dricus du Plessis has been a perfect 8-0, capturing the UFC middleweight title and defending against Israel Adesanya. His last defeat came in October 2018 to Roberto Soldic.
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Something of a UFC journeyman, Sean Strickland had lost five of his 17 fights in the Octagon, to Santiago Ponzinibbio, Kamaru Usman, Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, Alex Pereira and Jared Cannonnier, but back-to-back wins saw him get a title shot against Israel Adesanya.
Grabbing it with both hands, Strickland won by unanimous decision to win the title before losing to Dricus du Plessis. A win last time out to Paulo Costa sees Strickland get a rematch at UFC 312.
Fight | Weight class |
Main card | |
Dricus du Plessis (c) v Sean Strickland | Middleweight |
Zhang Weili (c) v Tatiana Suarez | Women's atrawweight |
Justin Tafa v Tallison Teixeira | Heavyweight |
Jimmy Crute v Rodolfo Bellato | Light heavyweight |
Jonathan Micallef v Kevin Jousset | Welterweight |
Jack Jenkins v Gabriel Santos | Featherweight |
Cody Haddon v Aleksandre Topuria | Bantamweight |
Quillan Salkilld v Anshul Jubli | Lightweight |
Tom Nolan v Viacheslav Borshchev | Lightweight |
Wang Cong v Bruna Brasil | Women's flyweight |
Terrance McKinney v Damir Hadžović | Lightweight |
Farès Ziam v Mike Davis | Lightweight |
Jasmine Jasudavicius v Mayra Bueno Silva | Women's flyweight |
Bogdan Grad v Lucas Alexander | Featherweight |
Hamdy Abdelwahab v Jamal Pogues | Heavyweight |