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From the Qudos Bank Arena in New South Wales, Australia, UFC 312 brings a pair of highly-anticipated title fights to continue its February schedule with a resounding bang. Seeking to defend his strap for a second time, middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis prepares for an exciting rematch with Sean Strickland after taking the belt from the American in 2024 in the UFC 312 main event. Also making the defense of her championship, strawweight queen Weili Zhang takes on her toughest challenge to date when she meets undefeated phenom Tatiana Suarez.
UFC 312 Main Event
Returning from a hard fought contest with former titleholder Israel Adesanya last summer, Du Plessis heads “Down Under” to settle one of the most entertaining rivalries in the promotion today. Having bested Paulo Costa in a dominant five-round decision at UFC 302 and solidified his number one contender status, Strickland now has the chance to become a two-time 185-lb champion if he beats the South African at UFC 312.
UFC 312 Co-Main Event
Since regaining her 115-lb throne from Carla Esparza in 2022, Zhang has appeared unstoppable with two subsequent title retentions over Amanda Lemos and Yan Xiaonan. Proving to be an unsolvable puzzle in women’s MMA, the unbeaten Suarez finds herself in the biggest fight of her life as she contends for her first UFC championship.
Here’s How To Watch UFC 312
Online Streaming: You can catch the entire card on ESPN+, but you will need to subscribe in order to do so. Right now, the company is offering a monthly or yearly subscription of $11.99 and $119.99 respectively. For those who want to get more bang out of their buck, there is also the monthly Disney Bundle Deal, which offers ESPN+, Hulu, and Disney+ for $16.99 with included commercials, or $26.99 for no commercials at all.
Start Time and Date: The Early Preliminaries will begin at 6pm ET, followed by the Preliminaries at 8pm ET, then the main card at 10pm ET on Feb. 8.
Bout Order For UFC 312
UFC 312 Main Card:
Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland (Middleweight Championship Main Event)
Weili Zhang vs. Tatiana Suarez (Women’s Strawweight Championship)
Justin Tafa vs. Tallison Teixeira (Heavyweight)
Jimmy Crute vs. Rodolfo Bellato (Light Heavyweight)
Jake Matthews vs. Francisco Prado (Welterweight)
Preliminaries:
Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel Santos (Featherweight)
Tom Nolan vs. Viacheslav Borshchev (Lightweight)
Wang Cong vs. Bruna Brasil (Women’s Flyweight)
Colby Thicknesse vs. Aleksandre Topuria (Bantamweight)
Early Preliminaries:
Zhu Rong vs. Kody Steele (Lightweight)
Jonathan Micallef vs. Kevin Jousse (Welterweight)
Quillan Salkilld vs. Anshul Jubli (Lightweight)
