THE UFC resumes pay-per-view action this weekend with a stacked card Down Under.
Mixed martial arts top promotion returns to Australia early on Sunday morning for UFC 312.
GETTYA middleweight title rematch between Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland headlines UFC 312 in Sydney[/caption]
APThe pair fought for the 185lbs title in Canada last January[/caption]
GETTYSouth African Du Plessis edged a five-round war via split decision[/caption]
Topping the bill of the Sydney show is a middleweight title rematch between defending champion Dricus Du Plessis and former titleholder Sean Strickland.
The pair threw down for the 185lbs strap last January in a Canadian clash, which Du Plessis edged via split decision.
Women’s strawweight gold will also be on the line in the co-main event of the evening.
Dominant champion Weili Zhang will look to make her defence four defence of the 115lbs belt against Tatiana Suarez.
UFC 312 is jam-packed with entertaining fights, the details of which you can find below.
When is UFC 312?
UFC 312: Du Plessis vs Strickland 2 will take place early on Sunday, February 9.
The early prelims will start at 11pm GMT on Saturday, February 8, while the televised prelims will get going from 1am the following morning.
GETTYWeili Zhang defends her strawweight title against Tatiana Suarez in the co-main event[/caption]
The stacked main card will commence at 3am, with the main event on course to begin at 5am.
The Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney’s Olympic Park will host the second UFC pay-per-view of 2025.
UFC 312 stream and TV channel
UFC 312 will be shown live on TNT Sports in the UK.
You can live stream all the action from the Discovery+ app, which is available for download onto your mobile or tablet device.
UFC 312 fight card
Main card
Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland 2 (middleweight title fight)
Zhang Weili vs Tatiana Suarez (women’s strawweight title) fight
Justin Tafa vs Tallison Teixeira (heavyweight bout)
Jimmy Crute vs Rodolfo Bellato (light-heavyweight bout)
Jake Matthews vs Francisco Prado (welterweight bout)
GETTYDricus Du Plessis made his first title defence against Israel Adesanya last August[/caption]
Prelims
Jack Jenkins vs Gabriel Santos (featherweight bout)
Tom Nolan vs Viacheslav Borshchev (lightweight bout)
Wang Cong vs Bruna Brasil (women’s flyweight bout)
Colby Thicknesse vs Aleksandre Topuria (bantamweight bout)
Fight Pass Prelims
Rongzhu vs Kody Steele (lightweight bout)
Jonathan Micallef vs Kevin Jousset (welterweight bout)
Quillan Salkilld vs Anshul Jubli (lightweight bout)
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