UFC 312 is set to take place in Sydney, Australia, on February 8, 2024, and will feature a highly anticipated rematch between middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis and former champion Sean Strickland. The event will also include a title fight doubleheader with Umar Nurmagomedov challenging Bantamweight Champion Merab Dvalishvili and Islam Makhachev defending his lightweight belt against Arman Tsarukyan. Strawweight Champion Zhang Weili will also defend her title against undefeated challenger Tatiana Suarez.
The world’s leading MMA promotion is set to return after a nearly month-long break this Saturday with a UFC Fight Night event headlined by Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas, and next week fans will be treated to a stacked UFC 311 card at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, CA.
UFC 312 features a title fight doubleheader with the undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov challenging Bantamweight Champion Merab Dvalishvili and Islam Makhachev set to defend his lightweight belt in a rematch with Arman Tsarukyan, and UFC 312 will also be headlined by another title fight rematch with Dricus Du Plessis scheduled to defend his middleweight belt against former champion Sean Strickland. Jan 20, 2024; Toronto, Canada, USA; Sean Strickland (red glove) fights Dricus Du Plessis (blue gloves) during UFC 297 at ScotiaBank Arena. / Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images Strawweight Champion Zhang Weili will also square off with undefeated challenger Tatiana Suarez when UFC 312 goes down at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, and ahead of the event on February 8 the UFC has dropped the official poster showcasing both of the card’s title bouts.Strickland famously won the middleweight belt from Israel Adesanya in a significant upset at UFC 293 but dropped a split decision to Du Plessis in his first title defense at the beginning of last year. The 33-year-old rebounded with a win over former title challenger Paulo Costa in December, while Du Plessis went on to defend his title against Adesanya at UFC 305.Zhang is currently in her second reign as UFC strawweight champion and has already collected two title defenses against Amanda Lemos and her countrywoman Yan Xiaonan, but at UFC 312 she’ll be tasked with trying to hand Suarez her first professional loss in what will also be the undefeated fighter’s first outing in well over a yea
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