The UFC Octagon returns to Australia this Saturday for UFC 312. The card is headlined by a pair of title fights, including Dricus du Plessis defending the middleweight championship in a rematch with former champion Sean Strickland.
Du Plessis won their first fight, taking a narrow split decision at UFC 297 to capture the championship. He followed up that victory by defeating Israel Adesanya by submission at UFC 304. Strickland bounced back from the defeat by taking a split decision win over Paulo Costa to position himself for a chance to regain the belt.
The co-main event features Zhang Weili defending the women’s strawweight title against top contender Tatiana Suarez. The American won “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 23 in her UFC debut and has won all seven of her UFC bouts. Weili is on her second run as champion and is one of the best strawweights in UFC history.
While there’s not a ton of meaningful fights to divisional rankings on the undercard, there are plenty of interesting names to the Oceanic region in action. Jake Matthews looks to get back on track when he takes on Francisco Prado to open the PPV. Matthews has alternated wins and losses in his last seven appearances. Then, another favored son is…
