UFC 312 – Sean Strickland vs Dricus Du Plessis LIVE: American star looks to enact revenge against South African as MMA takes over Australia

Two of the biggest rivals in the sport, Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya, are currently seated together watching UFC 312!

Not the most exciting fight of the day – but Aleksandre Topuria has done enough to claim the win by decision.

Rong Zhu defeated Kody Steele via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Jonathan Micallef defeated Kevin Jousset via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Quillan Salkilld defeated Anshul Jubli via TKO (punches) – Round 1

Aussie UFC superstar Alex Volkanovski is working the corner of teammate Colby Thicknesse today.

Thicknesse is making his debut against Aleksandre Topuria, the older brother of Volk’s heated rival, featherweight champ, Ilia.

Victorian welterweight Jonathan Micallef has notched up a W on debut against Kevin Joussett.

He dropped Joussett in the first round with a head kick and went on to win the fight by decision.

‘Keep an eye on me!’ he declared afterwards. We certainly will.

Australian lightweight rookie Quillan Salkilld finished his opponent Anshul Jubli in just 19 seconds.

It’s the second quickest knockout by a lightweight debutant in the UFC’s history.

Two belts on the line today at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

Dricus du Plessis (c) vs Sean Strickland (middleweight)

Zhang Weili (c) vs Tatiana Suarez (strawweight)

Justin Tafa vs Tallison Teixeira (heavyweight)

Jimmy Crute vs Rodolfo Bellato (light heavyweight)

Jake Matthews vs Francisco Prado (welterweight)

Jack Jenkins vs Gabriel Santos (featherweight)

Tom Nolan vs Viacheslav Borshchev (lightweight)

Wang Cong vs Bruna Brasil (flyweight)

Colby Thicknesse vs Aleksandre Topuria (bantamweight)

Kody Steele vs Rongzhu (lightweight)

Jonathan Micallef vs Kevin Jousset (welterweight)

Quillan Salkilld vs Anshul Jubli (lightweight)

And welcome to Daily Mail Australia’s coverage of today’s UFC 312 card from the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

We have an excellent main card in store, headlined by a pair of must-see matchups.

In the co-main event, China’s Zhang Weili will defend her straw-weight title against top-ranked challenger Tatiana Suarez.

Then, in our main event Sean Strickland gets his shot at getting back his belt from Dricus Du Plessis in a highly-anticipated middleweight rematch.

So stick with us for all the news and updates for what promises to be an exciting event.