Dricus du Plessis and Sean Strickland run it back in opposite corners. Strickland was UFC middleweight champion when Du Plessis beat him last year. At UFC 312 tonight, Du Plessis defends the title from the man he took it from.
The middleweight rivals headline Saturday’s pay-per-view card in Sydney, Australia. Du Plessis and Strickland defeated Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa, respectively, since their first clash at UFC 297. Whoever leaves Sydney champion has two legitimate title challengers awaiting them: Khamzat Chimaev and Nassourdine Imavov.
Saturday’s co-main event is also a title fight. UFC women’s strawweight champion Zhang Weili makes the third title defense of her second championship reign against Tatiana Suarez. The challenger, a winner of “The Ultimate Fighter,” has repeatedly had her career stalled by injuries. On Saturday, Suarez can erase the “what if” stigma that’s followed her for years.
CBS Sports will be with you the entire way on Saturday bringing you all the results and highlights from the UFC 312 below. The main card begins at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV following preliminary bouts at 8 p.m. ET.
UFC 312 card, results
- Dricus du Plessis (c) -220 vs. Sean Strickland +180, middleweight title
- Tatiana Suarez -135 vs. Zhang Weili (c) +115, women’s strawweight title
- Tallison Teixeira -155 vs. Justin Tafa +130, heavyweights
- Rodolfo Bellato -150 vs. Jimmy Crute +125, light heavyweights
- Jake Matthews -240 vs. Francisco Prado +195, welterweights
- Gabriel Santos -230 vs. Jack Jenkins +190, featherweights
- Viacheslav Borshchev -120 vs. Tom Nolan +100, lightweights
- Wang Cong -355 vs. Bruna Brasil +280, women’s flyweights
- Aleksandre Topuria def. Colby Thicknesse via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Rongzhu def. Kody Steele via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Jonathan Micallef def. Kevin Jousset via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Quillan Salkilld def. Anshul Jubli via first-round knockout (punch)
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