The long-anticipated UFC 312 event will take place on Sunday the 9th of February at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney with the main event featuring the second bout between Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland. We will look at this fight as well as two supporting fights on the card and we throw in a 58/1 treble.
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DRICUS DU PLESSIS vs SEAN STRICKLAND
Middleweight Title Fight – Main Event:
Dricus Du Plessis is a well-known striker and grappler from South Africa who possesses an unorthodox fighting style, making him a dangerous opponent.
He made his debut for the organisation back in 2020 and since then he has been on perfect form winning all 8 of his fights. Of these fights he has won 6 via stoppage and 2 by decision.
The last time he fought was in August where he made his first successful title defence after beating Israel Adesanya with a round 4 submission.
Sean Strickland, fighting out of the USA is a fighter who possesses insane stamina and a lethal jab. He has plenty of experience within the UFC and his career spans more than a decade.
Sean has stepped in the octagon 22 times, winning 16 and losing 6 of his encounters with most of these victories coming via decision.
He has been on good form over the past 2 years and the last time he fought was at UFC 302 held in June when Strickland met with Paulo Costa and picked up his 11th decision win.
BETTING – click here to bet
Du Plessis 1.53
Strickland 2.60
PREDICTION:
I think that although the first fight was close, DDP would’ve figured Strickland out and he will come into this fight with confidence winning by round 4 submission.
WEILI ZHANG vs TATIANA SUAREZ
Women’s Strawweight Title Fight – Co-Main Event:
Weili Zhang is a Chinese fighter who has a huge amount of title fight experience throughout her career. She is a well-balanced fighter who has talent in each field of MMA, making her a tough competitor.
She has been on solid form in her last 4 fights, winning all of them with 3 of the 4 being title fights. The last time she fought was against Yan Xiaonan in April at UFC 300 where the fight resulted in a decision win for Zhang.
Tatian Suarez is a fighter from America who has had a flawless career in the UFC so far. Since making her debut she has fought 6 times, winning 3 by submission, 2 by decision and 1 by TKO.
She has fought against some big names in her short career and overcome them which has led to her title shot. Her latest encounter was against Jessica Andrade back in August 2023 when she won by round 2 submission.
BETTING – click here to bet
Zhang 2.00
Suarez 1.85
PREDICTION:
I think that Zhang’s experience and grappling paired with the fact Suarez hasn’t fought in a while will result in a decision win for Zhang.
JUSTIN TAFA vs TALLISON TEIXEIRA
Heavyweight Fight:
Justin Tafa, fighting out of Australia is a fighter who has battled to maintain winning form in his career. He has fought a total of 9 fights, winning 4 and losing 4 with 1 bout ending in a no contest. He took on Karl Williams in March and lost by decision.
Tallison Teixeira is a Brazilian giant who stands at over 2 meters tall. He will be making his debut this weekend for the UFC and prior to this he fought in various MMA institutions where he was extremely successful. His last fight was in the Dana White Contender Series where he beat Arthur Lopes by KO in round 1 a few months ago.
BETTING – click here to bet
Tafa 2.15
Teixeira 1.75
PREDICTION:
I believe that Teixeira’s contender series opponent wasn’t anything like Tafa’s level and I fancy Tafa to land some huge strikes and drop the giant early to win by KO.
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SUGGESTED BETS:
Du Plessis vs Strickland
Du Plessis by submission at 6.50
Zhang vs Suarez
Zhang by decision at 3.75
Tafa vs Teixeira
Tafa by Ko at 2.45
THE 5/1 WIN TREBLE
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THE 58/1 SPECULATOR
All 3 of my bets listed above to land comes in at a tasty 58/1 – here is the code 25843534
Note: All prices correct at time of writing but subject to change.
