The second pay-per-view rematch on the 2025 UFC schedule takes place on Saturday, February 8. That fight card, UFC 312, is headlined by a middleweight title fight between current champ Dricus du Plessis and the man he took the title champ Sean Strickland.
Event: UFC 312: “Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2”
Date: Sat., Feb. 8, 2025 (Feb. 9 local time)
Location: Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Start times: ESPN+ PPV, ESPN2, Disney+, ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET Prelims | 10 p.m. ET Main Card)
UFC 312 Main Event: Du Plessis Vs. Strickland 2
In the main event, Du Plessis has a 22-2 record at UFC 312. He is undefeated in his previous 10 fights and has an 8-0 record in the UFC, with six finishes and four Fight-of-the-Night bonus awards. He joined the UFC in October 2020.
Strickland, who has been in the UFC since March 2014, has a career record of 29-6. He is 16-6 in the UFC, with four finishes and four Fight-of-the-Night bonus awards.
Strickland and Du Plessis shared “Fight of the Night” honors for their first meeting, which took place in Last January 2024 at UFC 297.
Since then, du Plessis has gone 1-0 with a submission win over former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in August 2024. Strickland has fought once since losing the title to du Plessis in a split decision over Paulo Costa in June.
UFC 312 Co-Main Event: Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez
In the evening’s co-main event, UFC women’s strawweight titleholder Tatiana Suarez faces Zhang Weili. We take a look at the first betting odds for the full UFC 312 fight card.
Also on the card of UFC 312, In at heavyweight Justin Tafa of Australia squares off against Tallison Teixeira of Brazil and at the light heavyweight fight in Australia’s Jimmy Crute faces Brazil’s Rodolfo Bellato. Plus, Australian Jake Matthews meets Francisco Prado of Argentina at welterweight.
UFC 312 fight card
Main card
- Dricus du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland – du Plessis’ UFC middleweight title
- Weili Zhang vs. Tatiana Suarez – Zhang’s UFC strawweight title
- Justin Tafa vs. Tallison Teixeira, heavyweight
- Jimmy Crute vs. Rodolfo Bellato, light heavyweight
- Jake Matthews vs. Francisco Prado, welterweight
Prelims
- Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel Santos, featherweight
- Cody Haddon vs. Aleksandre Topuria, bantamweight
- Tom Nolan vs. Viacheslav Borshchev, lightweight
- Hyun Sung Park vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel, flyweight
Early prelims
- Quillan Salkilld vs. Anshul Jubli, lightweight
- Wang Cong vs. Bruna Brasil, flyweight
- Jonathan Micallef vs. Kevin Jousset, welterweight
- Rong Zhu vs. Kody Steele, lightweight
*Card, ticket and broadcast information subject to change