UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2: results

UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 took place on February 8, 2025 at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney (UFC). StatsNext stores 12 fights from the card. Main event: Dricus Du Plessis defeated Sean Strickland by unanimous decision in round 5 (5:00).

Final · February 8, 2025 · Updated October 12, 2026 at 8:06 PM ET · StatsNext fight records

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Main card

Main card — UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 — MMA — February 8, 2025
Weight class	Winner	Opponent	Method	Round	Time
Middleweight (title)	Dricus Du Plessis	Sean Strickland	Unanimous decision (49-46 \| 50-45 \| 50-45)	5	5:00
Women's Strawweight (title)	Zhang Weili	Tatiana Suarez	Unanimous decision (49-46 \| 49-46 \| 49-45)	5	5:00
Heavyweight	Tallison Teixeira	Justin Tafa	KO/TKO	1	0:35
Light Heavyweight	Rodolfo Bellato	Jimmy Crute	Draw (28-28 \| 28-28 \| 29-27)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Jake Matthews	Francisco Prado	Unanimous decision (30-27 \| 30-27 \| 30-27)	3	5:00

Prelims

Prelims — UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 — MMA — February 8, 2025
Weight class	Winner	Opponent	Method	Round	Time
Featherweight	Gabriel Santos	Jack Jenkins	Submission	3	2:06
Lightweight	Tom Nolan	Viacheslav Borshchev	Unanimous decision (29-28 \| 29-28 \| 30-27)	3	5:00
Women's Flyweight	Wang Cong	Bruna Brasil	Unanimous decision (30-27 \| 30-27 \| 30-27)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Aleksandre Topuria	Colby Thicknesse	Unanimous decision (27-30 \| 27-30 \| 27-30)	3	5:00

Early prelims

Early prelims — UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 — MMA — February 8, 2025
Weight class	Winner	Opponent	Method	Round	Time
Lightweight	Rongzhu	Kody Steele	Unanimous decision (30-27 \| 30-27 \| 30-27)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Jonathan Micallef	Kevin Jousset	Unanimous decision (29-28 \| 29-28 \| 29-28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Quillan Salkilld	Anshul Jubli	KO/TKO	1	0:19

Main event statistics

Main event statistics — Sean Strickland vs Dricus Du Plessis — UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 — MMA — February 8, 2025
Statistic	Sean Strickland	Dricus Du Plessis
Significant strikes	128 of 263	147 of 314
Total strikes	128 of 263	149 of 316
Knockdowns	0	0
Takedowns	0 of 0	1 of 2
Submission attempts	0	0
Control time	0:00	0:05

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