The middleweight title is on the line in the main event of UFC 312 tonight, as Dricus Du Plessis defends the belt against Sean Strickland, a year after dethroning the controversial American.
With his narrow victory over Strickland, Du Plessis became South Africa’s first UFC champion, and he consolidated his reign with a submission of former title holder Israel Adesanya in August.
Meanwhile, Strickland bounced back with a points win over Paulo Costa in June, setting up this rematch with Du Plessis in Sydney, Australia – a country whose gun laws and ‘lack of freedom’ were the subject of a tirade by Strickland this week.
Follow live updates and results from the UFC 312 main card and prelims:
UFC 312 card in full as Zhang Weili stars in co-main event
Subject to very late changes… (’C’ denotes champion):
Dricus Du Plessis (C) vs Sean Strickland 2 (middleweight title)
Zhang Weili (C) vs Tatiana Suarez (women’s strawweight title)
Justin Tafa vs Tallison Teixeira (heavyweight)
Jimmy Crute vs Rodolfo Bellato (light-heavyweight)
Jake Matthews vs Francisco Prado (welterweight)
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)
Rongzhu vs Kody Steele (lightweight)
Jonathan Micallef vs Kevin Jousset (welterweight)
Quillan Salkilld vs Anshul Jubli (lightweight)
Alex Pattle8 February 2025 23:00
How to watch UFC 312 tonight as two title fights headline event
UFC 312 will air live on TNT Sports in the UK, with the broadcaster’s app and website also streaming the fights. Discovery+ will also air the action in the UK.
In the US, ESPN+ will stream the event live, as will the UFC’s Fight Pass.
Alex Pattle8 February 2025 22:40
Timings for UFC 312 tonight as fights play out in Sydney
UFC 312 takes place at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, tonight.
The early prelims will start at 11pm GMT (3pm PT / 5pm CT / 6pm ET).
The regular prelims will follow at 1am GMT on Sunday 9 February (5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET on Saturday) – this is when The Independent’s fight updates will begin!
The main card then takes place at 3am GMT on Sunday (7pm PT / 9pm CT / 10pm ET on Saturday).
Alex Pattle8 February 2025 22:20
UFC 312 LIVE: Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis meet in title rematch
The challenger, who has denied he is battling a staph infection, faces Du Plessis after Tatiana Suarez fights Zhang Weili in tonight’s co-main event. Suarez, a teammate of Strickland, will try to end Zhang’s second reign with the strawweight belt.
Follow live updates and results from the UFC 312 main card and prelims, right here.
Alex Pattle8 February 2025 22:00
