The Octagon is set to return to Australia on February 9 at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney next year for the second PPV card of 2025.
During the main card broadcast for UFC 310, two huge title fights were announced for the headline spots of UFC 312.
In the main event, South Africa's Dricus Du Plessis will put the middleweight title on the line in a rematch with Sean Strickland.
We first saw this match-up at UFC 297 in January where Du Plessis won a split decision to take the title from Strickland in his first title defence.
Since then, both men have gone away and secured wins with Strickland bouncing back against Paulo Costa and "Stillknocks" cementing his reign by submitting Israel Adesanya.
The co-main event in Sydney will finally see a long awaited clash take place in the strawweight division.
Zhang Weili has been totally dominant since winning the belt back in November of 2022, producing consecutive title defences against Amanda Lemos and Yan Xiaonan.
If there's one contender that fight fans believe might be able to test the champion it's the #1-ranked Tatiana Suarez.
The undefeated 115-pounder has long been considered to be one of the best in the world but injuries have significantly delayed her progress.
Suarez was previously booked to face Virna Jandiroba at UFC 310 on December 7 but her challenging Zhang for the title is something that people have wanted to see for a long time.
With four title fights already locked in for 2025, it looks like the UFC is getting off to a strong start in the first quarter of the new year.
