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UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2

UFC 312/SYDNEY/12 Fights

UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2

February 8, 2025 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Fights
12
KO/TKO
2
Submissions
1
Strike Rate
680▲ 8.2%
Knockdown Rate
2.1▼ 11.6%
Submission Rate
0.4▼ 64.1%
Avg Fight Time
14 min▲ 28.6%
Takedowns / Hr
5▼ 57.3%
Ground Control
26%▼ 34.4%
1st Round Finishes
67%▲ 31.5%
Analysis

Post-Card Readout

Note 1

Tatiana Suarez fought for a UFC title for the first time — the 268th fighter ever to get that far.

25.0%

UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 finished 25.0% of its 12 scored bouts, the 1st lowest of 2025 and 24th lowest of the 719 cards on record. 3 of the 12 ended early — 2 by knockout, 1 by submission — with the other 9 going to the judges.

2.1 knockdowns per h…

Fighters went down at 2.1 knockdowns per hour of cage time, the 2nd highest knockdown rate of 2025. On a card that mostly went the distance, that is the tell: opponents were being hurt without being put away.

Wang Cong

Wang Cong set a career high with 103 significant strikes landed (previous best 46), Jimmy Crute set a career high with 106 significant strikes landed (previous best 31), Rodolfo Bellato set a career high with 89 significant strikes landed (previous best 80), Rongzhu set a career high with 125 significant strikes landed (previous best 86), and 1 other fighter posted personal bests.

Main Event

CARD 01 / 12
TitleUFC Middleweight Title Bout01 / 12
Dricus Du Plessis#2 MiddleweightExplosive Machine
Pow77
Vol89
Acc71
SDf53
TDs70
Con22
Sub72
GDf51
Exp87
Sean StricklandMiddleweight ChampionRelentless Untouchable
2Wins
Pow71
Vol95
Acc28
SDf96
TDs16
Con14
Sub21
GDf79
Exp100

Dricus Du PlessisWon by decision · R5 5:00

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Main Card

CARDS 02–05
TitleUFC Women's Strawweight Title Bout02 / 12
Zhang WeiliWomen's FlyweightExplosive Marksman
Pow82
Vol79
Acc90
SDf42
TDs78
Con73
Sub67
GDf80
Exp96
Tatiana Suarez#2 Women's StrawweightDogged Marksman
2Wins
Pow60
Vol23
Acc100
SDf11
TDs100
Con100
Sub98
GDf85
Exp64

Zhang WeiliWon by decision · R5 5:00

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Heavyweight Bout03 / 12
Justin TafaHeavyweightPrecision Finisher
Pow86
Vol67
Acc73
SDf26
TDs13
Con23
Sub29
GDf57
Exp36
Tallison TeixeiraHeavyweightSuffocating Marksman
Pow55
Vol55
Acc83
SDf8
TDs76
Con83
Sub59
GDf49
Exp9

Tallison TeixeiraWon by knockout · R1 0:35

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Light Heavyweight Bout04 / 12
Jimmy CruteLight HeavyweightDogged Hunter
2Wins
Pow64
Vol50
Acc59
SDf11
TDs97
Con90
Sub98
GDf12
Exp55
Rodolfo BellatoLight HeavyweightRelentless Marksman
Pow60
Vol83
Acc90
SDf33
TDs63
Con52
Sub27
GDf83
Exp40

No result

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Welterweight Bout05 / 12
Jake MatthewsWelterweightElusive Hunter
Pow48
Vol49
Acc41
SDf85
TDs53
Con73
Sub92
GDf44
Exp91
Francisco PradoLightweightRelentless Untouchable
Pow59
Vol64
Acc39
SDf65
TDs43
Con51
Sub56
GDf27
Exp51

Jake MatthewsWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Preliminary Card · 7 Bouts
Featherweight Bout06 / 12
Jack JenkinsFeatherweightRelentless Marksman
Pow66
Vol77
Acc98
SDf51
TDs51
Con65
Sub29
GDf62
Exp62
Gabriel SantosFeatherweightDogged Marksman
Pow40
Vol77
Acc99
SDf12
TDs92
Con87
Sub79
GDf76
Exp31

Gabriel SantosWon by submission · R3 2:06

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Lightweight Bout07 / 12
Tom Nolan#13 LightweightHunting Machine
5Wins
Pow41
Vol84
Acc48
SDf32
TDs47
Con52
Sub83
GDf59
Exp32
Viacheslav BorshchevLightweightElusive Machine
Loss3
Pow69
Vol87
Acc77
SDf81
TDs1
Con5
Sub14
GDf12
Exp64

Tom NolanWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Women's Flyweight Bout08 / 12
Wang Cong#8 Women's FlyweightRelentless Marksman
Pow85
Vol93
Acc96
SDf76
TDs13
Con13
Sub17
GDf69
Exp58
Bruna BrasilWomen's StrawweightImmovable Marksman
Loss2
Pow9
Vol10
Acc93
SDf33
TDs50
Con29
Sub11
GDf53
Exp61

Wang CongWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Bantamweight Bout09 / 12
Colby ThicknesseBantamweightSuffocating Hunter
2Wins
Pow21
Vol43
Acc36
SDf67
TDs33
Con68
Sub69
GDf31
Exp23
Aleksandre TopuriaUnranked

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Aleksandre TopuriaWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Lightweight Bout10 / 12
RongzhuLightweightImmovable Machine
3Wins
Pow46
Vol94
Acc70
SDf74
TDs60
Con35
Sub8
GDf90
Exp57
Kody SteeleUnranked

No card yet — a rate needs three UFC bouts before it means anything.

RongzhuWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Welterweight Bout11 / 12
Jonathan MicallefWelterweightHunting Untouchable
3Wins
Pow35
Vol71
Acc40
SDf80
TDs36
Con38
Sub72
GDf62
Exp17
Kevin JoussetWelterweightImmovable Machine
Pow17
Vol97
Acc82
SDf41
TDs33
Con17
Sub71
GDf84
Exp21

Jonathan MicallefWon by decision · R3 5:00

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Lightweight Bout12 / 12
Quillan Salkilld#7 LightweightExplosive Wrestler
6Wins
Pow93
Vol76
Acc91
SDf55
TDs97
Con84
Sub93
GDf84
Exp15
Anshul JubliLightweightPrecision Machine
Pow56
Vol96
Acc92
SDf9
TDs55
Con76
Sub59
GDf74
Exp5

Quillan SalkilldWon by knockout · R1 0:19

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Level up

17 cards moved

Every card on this page is a percentile against the whole roster, so the only way to know what a night did to one is to rank the roster twice — as it stood the morning of the card, and again once the results were in. 41 bars were won across this card and 41 given back, and 2 fighters earned cards for the first time.

  1. Anshul Jublilostfirst card

    Three fights is where a rate stops being an accident, and this is the night he reached it. So this is his first card rather than a changed one — there is nothing yet to compare it against.

    2 straight defeats
  2. Wang Congwonfirst card

    Three fights is where a rate stops being an accident, and this is the night he reached it. So this is his first card rather than a changed one — there is nothing yet to compare it against.

  3. Tatiana Suarezlost1 up · 3 down
    Pow8↓70.57→0.5
    Vol7↓44.26→3.22
    SDf4↓248.6→44.3
    Exp4↑665→102
    Tier 2 → 4 · Title challenger7-fight win streak ends
  4. Rongzhuwon4 up · 3 down
    Vol8↑104.44→5.32
    Acc7↑848.3→49.3
    SDf2↑542→48.2
    TDs9↓82.43→2.05
    Con7↓624.1→20
    Sub3↓20.45→0.39
    Exp3↑550→65
    Wrestler → All-Rounder2-fight slide ends
  5. Tom Nolanwon4 up · 2 down
    Pow6↓50.8→0.7
    Acc7↓548→45.4
    Con2↑310→11
    Sub6↑80.86→1.24
    GDf6↑771.1→74.1
    Exp1↑220→35
    Tier 1 → 2 · Established3 straight wins
  6. Dricus Du Plessiswon1 up · 2 down
    Con5↓417.3→14.2
    Sub9↓81.71→1.49
    Exp7↑8123→160
    9 straight wins
  7. Gabriel Santoswon4 up · 2 down
    Pow5↓40.54→0.49
    Vol9↓84.67→4.34
    TDs9↑102.61→2.96
    Con8↑928→32.4
    Sub6↑80.84→1.58
    Exp2↑439→51
    2 straight wins
  8. Kevin Joussetlost2 up · 5 down
    Pow3↓20.45→0.39
    Acc10↓953.5→50.2
    TDs5↓41.29→1.02
    Con3↓212.5→9.3
    Sub8↓71.43→1.22
    GDf8↑977.3→78.4
    Exp1↑329→44
    2 straight defeats
  9. Zhang Weiliwon2 up · 1 down
    Vol10↓95.64→5.14
    Con8↑929.9→31.7
    GDf8↑1075.9→81.6
    5 straight wins
  10. Francisco Pradolost3 up · 2 down
    Vol9↓84.56→4.37
    SDf7↑852.1→54.2
    Sub6↓40.71→0.6
    GDf4↑568.6→69.4
    Exp2↑334→49
    2 straight defeats
  11. Bruna Brasillost1 up · 5 down
    Pow4↓30.36→0.32
    SDf3↓245.8→44.9
    TDs7↓61.64→1.39
    Con6↓523.4→19.1
    GDf6↓570.6→69.6
    Exp3↑453→68
  12. Jack Jenkinslost1 up · 3 down
    SDf6↓551.7→49.5
    TDs6↓51.52→1.32
    GDf8↓577.6→70
    Exp4↑549→61
  13. Jimmy Cruteno result3 up
    Vol3↑62.8→3.71
    Acc6↑748.9→49.5
    Exp4↑555→70
  14. Jake Matthewswon2 up · 1 down
    Vol5↑63.38→3.45
    Acc5↓444.7→44
    GDf5↑670.3→71.5
    2 straight wins
  15. Justin Tafalost1 down
    SDf5↓344.2→40.5
    2 straight defeats
  16. Viacheslav Borshchevlost1 up · 1 down
    Vol10↓95.24→5.1
    GDf1↑255.2→62.1
  17. Sean Stricklandlost2 down
    TDs3↓20.84→0.79
    GDf10↓980.8→80.6