Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just a couple of days in front of its upcoming UFC 312: “Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2” pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for Sat., Feb. 8, 2025 (Feb. 9 local time) inside Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
UFC 312 will be headlined by the middleweight rematch between reigning 185-pound titleholder, Dricus Du Plessis, and former division champion, Sean Strickland. In the UFC 312 co-main event, current strawweight champion, Zhang Weili, will defend her 115-pound strap against undefeated division phenom, Tatiana Suarez.
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“The difference is when you’re fighting world-class fighters … like we had Johnny Eblen out of Bellator here. You watch me and Johnny fight, it’s a f****ing chess match,” Strickland told ESPN. “World-class striking meets world-class striking. You’ll watch the pinnacle of any sport, and you’re like why is it different? Because I’m fighting the very best.”
“So you bring in anybody who is not a top world champion, it’s easy. But you bring in an elite-level striker who has trained their entire life for this moment, and it’s a chess match … four-ounce gloves, with a cage, it’s harder to see. But there’s a reason that every time I lose a f***ing decision the guy’s face looks like he’s been hit by a truck, and all I have is a black eye or a scratch.”
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