The UFC’s return to Australia is ready for Saturday in Sydney.
Right here’s learn how to watch UFC 312 with two title fights on the prime of the invoice at Qudos Financial institution Enviornment.
Broadcast and streaming data
Jon Anik, Paul Felder, Daniel Cormier
UFC 312 has a foremost card that begins at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT) on pay-per-view (by way of ESPN+). The four-fight preliminary card airs on ESPN2 and streams on Disney+ at 8 p.m. ET. 4 early prelims stream on ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET.
Jon Anik will function the main man on the mic from cageside at UFC 312. He’ll command play-by-play alongside colour commentators and UFC Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier and Paul Felder.
Keep tuned for extra broadcast particulars this week.
Predominant occasion: Dricus Du Plessis
Report: 22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC
Opponent: Sean Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Israel Adesanya, Sean Strickland, Robert Whittaker, Derek Brunson, Darren Until
Misc.: Du Plessis took the 185-pound title from Strickland a bit greater than a 12 months in the past at UFC 297. After a primary protection over ex-champ Israel Adesanya, he now chases a second protection in a rematch. When he was KSW champion, he misplaced his solely rematch thus far to Roberto Soldic.
Predominant occasion: Sean Strickland
Report: 29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC
Opponent: Dricus Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Paulo Costa, Israel Adesanya, Nassourdine Imavov, Jack Hermansson
Misc.: Strickland bounced again from his title loss to Du Plessis with a break up resolution win over Paulo Costa this previous June. That was sufficient to get him one other shot.
Co-main occasion: Zhang Weili
Report: 25-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC
Opponent: Tatiana Suarez (11-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC)
Division: Ladies’s strawweight
Key wins: Xiaonan Yan, Amanda Lemos, Carla Esparza, Joanna Jedrzejczyk (twice)
Misc.: Weili misplaced the strawweight title to Rose Namajunas in 2021 and misplaced a rematch to her later that 12 months. However since then, she has 4 straight wins – together with when she recaptured the belt 27 months in the past and two profitable defenses since then.
Zhang Weili, UFC 312 struggle week (by way of UFC)
Co-main occasion: Tatiana Suarez
Report: 11-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC
Opponent: Zhang Weili (25-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC)
Division: Ladies’s strawweight
Key wins: Jessica Andrade, Montana De La Rosa, Carla Esparza, Alexa Grasso
Misc.: It’s been an attention-grabbing highway to the title for Suarez. She was out of motion for practically 4 years earlier than she returned two years in the past for a bonus-winning submission of Montana De La Rosa. Later that 12 months, she choked out ex-champ Jessica Andrade. She pulled out of a struggle towards Amanda Lemos a 12 months in the past with an damage and was set to return in December towards Virna Jandiroba – however took benefit of excellent timing to struggle for the belt, as an alternative.
Aug 5, 2023; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Tatiana Suarez (blue gloves) celebrates the win by submission over Jessica Andrade (pink gloves) throughout UFC Battle Evening at Bridgestone Enviornment. Necessary Credit score: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports activities
UFC debut: Tallison Teixeira
Report: 7-0
Opponent: Justin Tafa (7-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC)
Division: Heavyweight
Misc.: All seven wins by stoppage, together with first-round DWCS win in December and a pair of first-round wins below the LFA banner.
UFC debut: Colby Thicknesse
Report: 7-0
Opponent: Aleksandre Topuria (5-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Division: Bantamweight
Misc.: Aussie has three straight first-round finishes heading into his promotional debut on dwelling soil.
UFC debut: Aleksandre Topuria
Report: 5-1
Opponent: Colby Thicknesse (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Division: Bantamweight
Misc.: 29-year-old brother of UFC featherweight champion Alexander Topuria has all 5 of his wins by stoppage.
UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria and brother Aleksandre
UFC debut: Jonathan Micallef
Report: 7-1
Opponent: Kevin Jousset (10-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC)
Division: Welterweight
Misc.: 25-year-old Australian will get dwelling UFC debut after a first-round submission win on DWCS to punch his ticket this previous October.
UFC debut: Kody Steele
Report: 7-0
Opponent: Rong Zhu (25-6 MMA, 1-3 UFC)
Division: Light-weight
Misc.: 29-year-old native of the beautiful Olympic Nationwide Park space who trains in Las Vegas will get his UFC shot on the heels of a second-round DWCS win this previous October.
Kody Steele def. Chasen Blair – DWCS 75
UFC debut: Quillan Salkilld
Report: 7-1
Opponent: Anshul Jubli (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC)
Division: Light-weight
Misc.: 25-year-old former Everlasting MMA champion in Australia will get a house UFC debut after a DWCS win this previous September.
UFC 312 foremost card betting odds
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Dricus Du Plessis -195 vs. Sean Strickland +165 – for middleweight title
- Champ Zhang Weili -130 vs. Tatiana Suarez +110 – for girls’s strawweight title
- Justin Tafa +130 vs. Tallison Teixeira -155
- Rodolfo Bellato -140 vs. Jimmy Crute +120
- Jake Matthews -220 vs. Francisco Prado +180
UFC 312 prelim betting odds
Bruna Brasil
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/Disney+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Jack Jenkins +175 vs. Gabriel Santos -210
- Viacheslav Borshchev -150 vs. Tom Nolan +125
- Bruna Brasil +315 vs. Wang Cong -425
- Colby Thicknesse +300 vs. Aleksandre Topuria -450
UFC 312 early prelim betting odds
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Kevin Jousset -240 vs. Jonathan Micallef +195
- Kody Steele -245 vs. Rong Zhu +200
- Anshul Jubli +325 vs. Quillan Salkilld -450
- HyunSung Park -290 vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel +235
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