There is no debate after UFC 312, Dricus du Plessis is the rightful UFC middleweight champion. Questions remain about who the promotion's best 185-pounder is. Fortunately, those questions could be answered this year.

Everything to know about Saturday's Dricus du Plessis Vs. Sean Strickland 2 fight card - full fight card results, winners, losers, bonuses, scorecards.

The co-main event features Zhang Weili defending the women's strawweight title against top contender Tatiana Suarez. The American won "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 23 in her UFC debut and has won all seven of her UFC bouts. Weili is on her second run as champion and is one of the best strawweights in UFC history.

UFC 312 featured a number of undefeated fighters losing their shine, a middleweight champ quietly plugging through the leaderboard and a wrestler who couldn’t buy a takedown.

UFC 312 saw a pair of champions go the full 25 minutes to retain their respective titles. Middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis defeated challenger Sean Strickland by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45,

Dricus Du Plessis didn’t like the way his first meeting with Sean Strickland ended in a split decision a little more than a year ago, so he made sure there was no doubt on Sunday at UFC 312 in Sydney.

UFC makes a rare visit down under on Saturday, with Dricus Du Plessis putting his middleweight title on the line against Sean Strickland as the headlining act for UFC 312 in Sydney, Australia. The main act marks the second meeting between the two fighters after South African star Du Plessis claimed the title from California's Strickland with a split decision in January of 2024.

Dricus Du Plessis thinks he has a good idea what the UFC will do with Sean Strickland after he fell short in their rematch. Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) failed to recapture the middleweight title from Du Plessis (23-2 MMA,