Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland will finally run it back to determine who’s the best middleweight in the UFC. This championship bout scheduled for five rounds is taking place Saturday, Feb. 9 (Sunday locally) at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.
Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) first met roughly 13 months ago at UFC 297 where Du Plessis won a hard-fought split decision to claim the 185-pound title in Strickland’s first bout as champion. Strickland has maintained he should’ve been the rightful winner.
Since then, Du Plessis has successfully defended his title once as he submitted Israel Adesanya in the fourth round of the UFC 305 headliner last August. Strickland rebounded from the loss to DDP with a split decision win over Paulo Costa to secure the title-fight rematch.
Here are the walkout times for the UFC 312 main event between Du Plessis and Strickland.
When does the UFC 312 fight card start?
The UFC 312 lineup consists of 12 fights. Early prelims start at 6 p.m. ET, prelims at 8 p.m. ET, and the pay-per-view main card at 10 p.m. ET.
Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland walkout time
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As the main event, Du Plessis and Strickland are expected to walk out to the cage at approximately 12:45 a.m. ET.
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The fight will stream on ESPN+ pay-per-view.
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