UFC Middleweight Champion Dricus du Plessis told ESPN that he would have preferred a fight against Khamzat Chimaev over his UFC 312 rematch with Sean Strickland in Sydney on February 9.

The UFC heads to the land down under when it hosts UFC 312 from Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, Australia on Feb. 8.  Headlining the

Sean Strickland has put MMA judging on blast ahead of his UFC 312 rematch against Dricus du Plessis, which is set for February 8th.

Ahead of the extremely exciting rematch between Plessis and Sean Strickland, at UFC 312 we take a look at all the information fans must know.

Light heavyweight champion Pereira will be in Strickland’s (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) corner when he challenges middleweight champion Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in the Feb. 8 main event at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney ( ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+).

Daniel Cormier advises Alex Pereira against cornering Sean Strickland at UFC 312. Eric Nicksick revealed that light heavyweight champion Pereira will corner Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) in his title-fight rematch against middleweight champion Dricus Du

UFC 312 is next up on the MMA calendar and will feature a title rematch, highly anticipated or not, between middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis and former champion Sean Strickland. The action goes down Saturday inside Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.