UFC 312 Results & Highlights: Dricus Du Plessis Decisions Sean Strickland

UFC 312 took place tonight from the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! 

UFC 312 Results: Main Card

• Middleweight Championship: Dricus Du Plessis def. Sean Strickland via unanimous decision (50-45×2, 49-46)

• Women’s Strawweight Championship: Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez via unanimous decision (49-46×2, 49-45)

• Heavyweight: Tallison Teixeira def. Justin Tafa via TKO: R1, 0.35

• Light Heavyweight: Jimmy Crute vs. Rodolfo Bellato ends in a majority draw (29-27, 28-28×2)

• Welterweight: Jake Matthews def. Francisco Prado via unanimous decision (30-27×3)

• Featherweight: Gabriel Santos def. Jack Jenkins via submission: R3, 2.06

• Lightweight: Tom Nolan def. Viacheslav Borshchev via unanimous decision (29-28×2, 30-27)

• Women’s Flyweight: Wang Cong def. Bruna Brasil via unanimous decision (30-27×3)

• Bantamweight: Aleksandre Topuria def. Colby Thicknesse via unanimous decision (30-27×3)

Early Preliminary Card

• Lightweight: Rongzhu def. Kody Steele via unanimous decision (30-27×3)

• Welterweight: Jonathan Micallef def. Kevin Jousset via unanimous decision (29-28×3)

• Lightweight: Quillan Salkilld def. Anshul Jubli via TKO: R1, 0.19 

Quillan Salkilld def. Anshul Jubli

Gabriel Santos def. Jack Jenkins

Main Card Highlights

Jake Matthews def. Francisco Prado

In the main card opener, Jake Matthews earned a unanimous decision against Francisco Prado.

Jimmy Crute vs. Rodolfo Bellato ends in majority draw

Tallison Teixeira def. Justin Tafa

Tallison Teixeira took just 35 seconds to TKO Justin Tafa in their heavyweight bout.

Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez

In the co-main event, Zhang Weili defended her strawweight title with a decision win against Tatiana Suarez.

Dricus Du Plessis def. Sean Strickland

In the main event, Dricus Du Plessis retained his middleweight title with a unanimous decision against Sean Strickland.