The second UFC pay-per-view event of 2025 went down on Saturday night in Sydney, Autralia, and two championship belts were on the line at the Qudos Bank Arena.
In the main event, middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis successfully defended his title fpr the second time in a rematch against the man who won the belt from little over a year ago, Sean Strickland.
The bout was a pretty one-sided affair, as Strickland struggled to assert any type of control over Du Plessis over 5 rounds that played out mostly on the feet. There was a moment of drama in round 4 when Du Plessis broke his opponent's nose and Strickland looked to be in real trouble, but the former champion regrouped to make it through to the end of the fight.
In the co-main event, strawweight champion Zhang Weili reminded the watching world of her true quality. After being taken down early in the opening round by Tatiana Suarez, Weili recovered and dominated the remainder of the fight. The Chinese star successfully defended numerous takedown attempts and landed impactful strikes over the ensuing 4 rounds to pick up a dominant victory.
UFC 312 main card results:
Main Event: Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland (UFC middleweight championship)
Dricus Du Plessis wins by unanimous decision.
Co-Main Event: Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez (UFC strawweight championship)
Zhang Weili wins by unanimous decision.
Tallison Teixeira vs. Justin Tafa (heavyweight)
Teixeira wins by KO/TKO at 0:35 of round 1.
Jimmy Crute vs. Rodolfo Bellato (light heavyweight)
Bout ends in a draw.
Jake Matthews vs. Francisco Prado (welterweight)
Matthews wins by unanimous decision.
Preliminary card results:
Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel Santos (featherweight)
Santos wins by submission (RNC) at 2:06 of round 3.
Tom Nolan vs. Viacheslav Borshchev (lightweight)
Nolan wins by unanimous decision.
Cong Wang vs. Bruna Brasil (flyweight)
Wang wins by unanimous decision.
Aleksandre Topuria vs. Colby Thicknesse (bantamweight)
Topuria wins by unanimous decision.
Kody Steele vs Rongzhu (lightweight)
Rongzhu wins by unanimous decision.
Kevin Jousset vs. Jonathan Micallef (welterweight)
Micallef wins by unanimous decision.
Quillan Salkilld vs. Anshul Jubli (lightweight)
Salkilld wins by KO/TKO at 0:19 of round 1.
