UFC 312: Du Plessis vs Strickland Card, Date, Time, Venue

UFC 312 PPV event is slated to take place on February 8, 2025(February 9 in Australia). It will take place at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. UFC Middleweight Championship bout between Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland is set to be the main event bout.
The event will start at 6 PM ET(10 AM Local) with an early prelims card which will stream on ESPN Plus Streaming, to be followed by prelims card at 8 PM ET(12 PM Local) and main card at 10 PM ET(2 PM Local).
FIGHT CARD
EARLY PRELIMS
PRELIMS
MAIN CARD
REPORTED BOUT
- Kody Steele vs Rongzhu – Lightweight Bout
CANCELLED BOUTS
- Rei Tsuruya vs Stewart Nicoll – Nicoll pulled out due to injury
- Jimmy Crute vs Marcin Prachnio – Prachnio pulled out due to unknown reason
NOTES
In October 2024, UFC confirmed their return to Sydney, Australia, with UFC 312 event. This was the second of the three events deal with New South Wales(Australia) Goverment.
In December 2024, UFC announced two title fights for the event. The main event was announced to be for UFC Middleweight Championship between Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland. Du Plessis previously defeated Strickland to win the title at UFC 297 event.
The co-main event was announced to be the UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship bout between Zhang Weili and Tatiana Suarez.
A light heavyweight bout between Jimmy Crute and Marcin Prachnio was announced for this event. But, Prachnio pulled out of the fight with unknown reasons. Rodolfo Bellato came in as his replacement.
A flyweight bout between Rei Tsuruya and Stewart Nicoll was scheduled for the event. Nicoll had to pull out of the bout due to an injury.
Aleksandre Topuria was set for his UFC debut against Cody Haddon in a bantamweight bout. But, Haddon withdrew from the fight due to an injury. Colby Thicknesse then came in as a replacement to make his UFC debut.
Debuts – Jonathan Micallef, Kody Steele, Aleksandre Topuria, Quillan Salkilld