Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-02-09, good pace with some nice exchanges: the mma bout Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland 2 gets three stars.Strickland vs Du Plessis 2 is scheduled to take place Sunday, February 9th, at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney (Australia), in a 5-round middleweight (185 lbs, 84 kg) bout; it is the main event the UFC 312 and it is valid for the UFC middleweight championship (Dricus’ second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Dricus Du Plessis record
The former KSW Ww and current Ufc Mw champion Dricus Du Plessis entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-2-0 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 middleweight in the world.
He lost to Roberto Soldic in 2018, but since then he has won ten consecutive bouts beating Robert Whittaker (Robert Whittaker vs Dricus Du Plessis), Sean Strickland (Sean Strickland vs Dricus Du Plessis I) and Israel Adesanya in his last three (Dricus Du Plessis vs Israel Adesanya).
Sean Strickland record
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj and former Ufc Mw champ Sean Strickland, has an official record of 29-6-0 (52% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.2 in the middleweight division.
He fought twice last year losing the first match with Dricus Du Plessis (Sean Strickland vs Dricus Du Plessis I) and beating Paulo Costa (Sean Strickland vs Paulo Costa).
Among the best fights of Strickland we suggest the bout ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2023: Israel Adesanya vs Sean Strickland.
Fight card
Here is the UFC 312 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV
Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland 2
Weili Zhang vs Tatiana Suarez
Justin Tafa vs Tallison Teixeira
Rodolfo Bellato vs Jimmy Crute
Jake Matthews vs Francisco Prado
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN2 / Disney+ / ESPN+)
Gabriel Santos vs Jack Jenkins
Viacheslav Borshchev vs Tom Nolan
Bruna Brasil vs Cong Wang
Colby Thicknesse vs Aleksandre Topuria
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on Disney+ / ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Zhu Rong vs Kody Steele
Kevin Jousset vs Jonathan Micallef
Quillan Salkilld vs Anshul Jubli
Countdown – Video preview
Watch the official video of the full episode of UFC 312 countdown Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland 2, a documentary to know better the life of both fighters and how they prepare for their bout.
Embedded: Vlog Series
Watch all the episodes of UFC 312 Embedded: Vlog Series (we usually post the playlist with all the videos or, if not possible, every single clip).
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the UFC 312 pre-fight press conference, featuring Sean Strickland 2 and Dricus Du Plessis!
Weigh-in
Watch the videos of UFC 312: Du Plessis vs Strickland 2 weigh-in and faceoffs from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland 2 as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights – Spanish
Result
Who won Du Plessis vs Strickland 2 fight?
Dricus Du Plessis defeated Sean Strickland via unanimous decision. Scores were 50–45, 50–45, 49–46.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 312 post-fight octagon interview of Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland 2.
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official UFC 312 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Sean Strickland 2 and Dricus Du Plessis (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
Bonus awards
UFC 312 Fight of the Night: Rong Zhu vs. Kody Steele
UFC 312 Performance of the Night: Tallison Teixeira, Quillan Salkilld
