Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis, UFC 297 ceremonial weigh-ins Credit score: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press
The UFC returns to Sydney, Australia on Saturday for UFC 312, a card that, for a uncommon event, is just not headlined by any of the area’s huge names.
Alexander Volkanovski is not featherweight champ. Israel Adesanya is coming off a 3rd consecutive loss. Dan Hooker is booked right into a high-octagon affair with Justin Gaethje subsequent month. No, UFC 312 options Australia’s up-and-coming expertise in supporting roles, whereas South African middleweight champ Dricus Du Plessis headlines in a rematch in opposition to the all the time controversial Sean Strickland – in the identical venue that noticed him shock Adesanya to win 185lb gold in 2023.
Within the co-main occasion, Weili Zhang takes on Tatiana Suarez, with Zhang’s strawweight title on the road. After years plague by harm, Suarez lastly will get her title shot, after profitable The Final Fighter 23 event practically a decade in the past.
Weigh-ins for UFC 312 go down on Friday; outcomes will be discovered beneath.
UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 Weigh-In Outcomes
Predominant card
Middleweight: Dricus du Plessis (c) vs. Sean Strickland – for the UFC middleweight championshipWomen’s Strawweight: Zhang Weili (c) vs. Tatiana Suarez – for the UFC ladies’s strawweight championshipHeavyweight: Justin Tafa vs. Tallison TeixeiraLight Heavyweight: Jimmy Crute vs. Rodolfo BellatoWelterweight: Jake Matthews vs. Francisco Prado
Preliminary card
Featherweight: Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel SantosLightweight: Tom Nolan vs. Viacheslav BorshchevWomen’s Flyweight: Wang Cong vs. Bruna BrasilBantamweight: Colby Thicknesse vs. Aleksandre Topuria
Early Preliminary card
Welterweight: Jonathan Micallef vs. Kevin JoussetLightweight: Rong Zhu vs. Kody SteeleLightweight: Quillan Salkilld vs. Anshul JubliFlyweight: Park Hyun-sung vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
