UFC 312: Make your predictions for Du Plessis-Strickland 2, Weili-Suarez title fights in Sydney

We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC 312 event in Sydney.

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those reader consensus picks will be part of the main card staff predictions we release ahead of UFC 312 (pay-per-view, ESPN2/Disney+, ESPN+), which takes place Saturday at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

Make your picks below.

HyunSung Park vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel Records: Park (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC), Tumendemberel (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
Past five: Park 5-0, Tumendemberel 4-1
Division: Flyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.03.25): Park -290, Tumendemberel +235

Anshul Jubli vs. Quillan Salkilld Records: Jubli (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC), Salkilld (7-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Past five: Jubli 4-1, Salkilld 5-0
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.03.25): Jubli +325, Salkilld -450

Kody Steele vs. Rong Zhu Records: Steele (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Zhu (25-6 MMA, 1-3 UFC)
Past five: Steele 5-0, Zhu 4-1
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.03.25): Steele -245, Zhu +200

Kevin Jousset vs. Jonathan Micallef Records: Jousset (10-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC), Micallef (7-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Past five: Jousset 4-1, Micallef 4-1
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.03.25): Jousset -240, Micallef +195

Colby Thicknesse vs. Aleksandre Topuria Records: Thicknesse (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Topuria (5-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Past five: Thicknesse 5-0, Topuria 4-1
Division: Bantamweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.03.25): Thicknesse +300, Topuria -450

Bruna Brasil vs. Wang Cong Records: Brasil (10-4-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC), Cong (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC)
Past five: Brasil 3-2, Cong 4-1
Division: Women’s flyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.03.25): Brasil +315, Cong -425

Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Tom Nolan Records: Borshchev (8-4-1 MMA, 3-3-1 UFC), Nolan (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC)
Past five: Borshchev 2-2-1, Nolan 4-1
Division: Lightweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.03.25): Borshchev -150, Nolan +125

Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel Santos Records: Jenkins (13-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC), Santos (11-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC)
Past five: Jenkins 4-1, Santos 3-2
Division: Featherweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.03.25): Jenkins +175, Santos -210

Jake Matthews vs. Francisco Prado Records: Matthews (20-7 MMA, 13-7 UFC), Prado (12-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC)
Past five: Matthews 3-2, Prado 3-2
Division: Welterweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.03.25): Matthews -220, Prado +180

Rodolfo Bellato vs. Jimmy Crute Records: Bellato (12-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Crute (12-4-1 MMA, 4-4-1 UFC)
Past five: Bellato 4-1, Crute 1-3-1
Division: Light heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.03.25): Bellato -140, Crute +120

Justin Tafa vs. Tallison Teixeira Records: Tafa (7-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC), Teixeira (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Past five: Tafa 3-2, Teixeira 5-0
Division: Heavyweight
Rankings: None
Odds (as of 02.03.25): Tafa +130, Teixeira -155

Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez Records: Weili (25-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC), Suarez (11-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC)
Past five: Weili 4-1, Suarez 5-0
Division: Women’s strawweight
Rankings: Weili No. 1, No. 2 pound-for-pound; Suarez No. 2, No. 11 pound-for-pound
Odds (as of 02.03.25): Weili -130, Suarez +110

Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland Records: Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC), Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC)
Past five: Du Plessis 5-0, Strickland 4-1
Division: Middleweight
Rankings: Du Plessis No. 1, NO. 6 pound-for-pound; Strickland No. 2, honorable mention pound-for-pound
Odds (as of 02.03.25): Du Plessis -195, Strickland +165

UFC 312 fight card (as of Feb. 3, 1 p.m. ET) MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

• Champ Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland – for middleweight title
• Champ Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez – for women’s strawweight title
• Justin Tafa vs. Tallison Teixeira
• Rodolfo Bellato vs. Jimmy Crute
• Jake Matthews vs. Francisco Prado

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/Disney+, 8 p.m. ET)

• Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel Santos
• Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Tom Nolan
• Bruna Brasil vs. Wang Cong
• Colby Thicknesse vs. Aleksandre Topuria

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)

• Kevin Jousset vs. Jonathan Micallef
• Kody Steele vs. Rong Zhu
• Anshul Jubli vs. Quillan Salkilld
• HyunSung Park vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel

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