UFC returns to Australia for a loaded pay-per-view occasion headlined by a middleweight championship rematch.
Emanating from Qudos Financial institution Enviornment in Sydney, UFC 312 will characteristic not one however two world title tilts. In the principle occasion of the night, 185-pound titleholder Dricus Du Plessis places his belt on the road towards the identical man he took it from just a little greater than a yr in the past, Sean Strickland.
Will probably be Du Plessis’ second time defending the middleweight strap after securing a fourth-round submission victory over Israel Adesanya in August.
Within the co-main occasion, Chinese language celebrity Zhang Weili returns to place her strawweight strap up for grabs towards undefeated Covina, California native Tatiana Suarez.
In all, 13 bouts are scheduled for UFC 312, however earlier than all 26 fighters can step contained in the Octagon, they’ll should step on the size and make weight for his or her respective fights. Official UFC 312 weigh-in outcomes:
UFC 312 Weigh-in Outcomes
Major Card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
- Dricus du Plessis (185lbs) vs. Sean Strickland (185lbs) – UFC middleweight championship
- Zhang Weili (115lbs) vs. Tatiana Suarez (114.5lbs) – UFC strawweight championship
- Justin Tafa (266lbs) vs. Talisson Teixeira (263lbs)
- Jimmy Crute (206lbs) vs. Rodolfo Bellato (205lbs)
- Jake Matthews (170.5lbs) vs. Francisco Prado (170.5lbs)
Prelims (ESPN2/ESPN+/Disney+ at 8 p.m. ET)
- Jack Jenkins (146lbs) vs. Gabriel Santos (145.5lbs)
- Tom Nolan (155.5lbs) vs. Viacheslav Borshchev (156lbs)
- Wang Cong (125lbs) vs. Bruna Brasil (125.5lbs)
- Aleksandre Topuria (135.5lbs) vs. Colby Thicknesse (135.5lbs)
Prelims (ESPN+/Disney+ at 6 p.m. ET)
- Jonathan Micallef (170lbs) vs. Kevin Jousset (171lbs)
- Kody Steele (156lbs) vs. Rong Zhu (156lbs)
- Quillan Salkilld (156lbs) vs. Anshul Jubli (155.5lbs)
On the prime of the printed, Jon Anik revealed that the beforehand scheduled flyweight bout between Hyun Sung Parka and Nyamjargal Tumendemberel is formally off after Tumendemberel couldn’t make weight.
Watch the official weigh-ins beneath:
