

Here is the main card of UFC 312: Du Plessis vs Strickland 2. After the announcement of the schedule, fans do not hide their disappointment.
Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland will face each other in a rematch bout at UFC 312 in Sydney. The clash for the UFC middleweight championship belt will be the fight of the evening of the event on Australia’s east coast. The first bout was extremely close and interesting, so fans are rubbing their hands together for a rematch.
The second fight of the evening will feature the excellent Weili Zhang and the undefeated Tatiana Suarez. The Chinese fighter will face her third defense of the strawweight division title in a clash with the American, who is considered a great talent. Suarez’s form, however, is a great unknown, as she last fought in August 2023 when she submitted the experienced Jessica Andrade.
The two championship bouts were supposed to shoot up ticket sales and encourage fans to buy PPV subscriptions. The snag is that the subsequent juxtapositions disappointed even fans from Australia and New Zealand. Of course, the fights Justin Tafa vs. Tallison Teixeira, Jimmy Crute vs. Rodolfo Bellato and Jake Matthews vs. Francisco Prado are the juxtapositions that will tear fans up from their seats, as they are fought by representatives of the host country.
The problem is that fans were expecting performances from their stars, one only has to mention names such as Israel Adesanya, Alexander Volkanovski, Dan Hooker, Jack Della Maddalena and Robert Whittaker to understand the disappointment of Australian and New Zealand fans.
The schedule also lacked room for fighters such as Kai Kara-France, Tai Tuivasa and Steve Erceg. This means that none of the local fighters who will enter the octagon at UFC 312 are even ranked in the UFC.
It seems that the solution was very simple, as it was enough to “swap” main events from the last or any of the upcoming galas, for example, Israel Adesanya and Nassourdine Imavov could fight in Sydney, and not fight in Saudi Arabia.
UFC 312: Du Plessis vs Strickland 2 – fight card
Master Card:
- Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland – for the -84 kg belt
- Weili Zhang vs Tatiana Suarez – for 52 kg belt
- Justin Tafa vs Tallison Teixeira
- Jimmy Crute vs Rodolfo Bellato
- Jake Matthews vs Francisco Prado
Introductory sheet:
- Quillan Sallkilld vs Anshul Jubli
- Tom Nolan vs Viacheslav Borhchev
- Jack Jenkins vs Gabriel Santos
- Cody Haddon vs Aleksandre Topuria
- Cong Wang vs Bruna Brasil
- Kody Steele vs Rongzhu
- Kevin Jousset vs. Jonathan Micaleff
- Hyun Sung Park vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel