Who expects no titles to change hands?

UFC is back in Australia this week with two titles on the line at the top of the bill.

UFC 312 (Pay-Per-View, ESPN2/Disney+, ESPN+) takes place on Saturday at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

Get the choice of results from our 11 editors, authors, radio hosts and videographers as well as further analysis below.

Jake Matthews against Francisco Prado

Jake Matthews against Francisco Prado

Registrations: Matthews (20-7 MMA, 13-7 UFC), Prado (12-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC)
Last five: Matthews 3-2, Prado 3-2
Department: Welterweight
Rankings: No
Odds (from 02.03.25): Matthews -230, Prado +190
Junkie Pick Results: Matthews 6, Prado 5

Rodolfo Bellato vs. Jimmy Crute

Jimmy Crute vs. Rodolfo Bellato

Registrations: Bellato (12-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Crute (12-4-1 MMA, 4-4-1 UFC)
Last five: Bellato 4-1, Crute 1-3-1
Department: Light heavy weight
Rankings: No
Odds (from 02.03.25): Bellato -155, Crute +130
Junkie Pick Results: Bellato 10, Crute 1

Justin Tafa against Tallison Teixeira

Justin Tafa against Tallison Teixeira

Registrations: TAFA (7-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC), TEIXEIRA (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
Last five: Tafa 3-2, Teixeira 5-0
Department: Heavy weight
Rankings: No
Odds (from 02.03.25): Tafa +130, Teixeira -155
Junkie Pick Results: Teixeira 10, TAFA 1

Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez

Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez

Registrations: Weili (25-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC), Suarez (11-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC)
Last five: Weili 4-1, Suarez 5-0
Department: Women’s straw weight
Rankings: Weili # 1, No. 2 Pound-for-Pund; Suarez No. 2, No. 11 Pound-for-Pund
Odds (from 02.03.25): Weili +100, Suarez -120
Junkie Pick Results: Suarez 10, Weili 1

DRICUS YOU PLESSIS Against Sean Strickland

DRICUS YOU PLESSIS Against Sean Strickland

Registrations: You Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC), Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC)
Last five: You Plessis 5-0, Strickland 4-1
Department: Middle weight
Rankings: You Plessis # 1, No. 6 Pound-for-Pund; Strickland # 2, Honorable mention Pound-for-Pund
Odds (from 02.03.25): You Plessis -220, Strickland +180
Junkie Pick Results: You Plessis 9, Strickland 2

Preliminary card elections

Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel Santos

Although they do not count for the position, MMA -Junkie employees still choose the matches at Prelims. Here are the results:

• Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel Santos: Jenkins 6, Santos 5
• Viocheslav Borshchev vs. Tom Nolan: Nolan 6, Borshchev 5
• Bruna Brasil vs. Wang Cong: Cong 10, Brasil 1
• Colby Techolness vs. Aleksandre Topuria: Topuria 10, thickness 1
• Kody Steele vs. Rong Zhu: Steele 11, zhu 0
• Kevin Jousset vs. Jonathan Micallef: Jousset 8, Micallef 3
• Anshul Jubli vs. Quillan Salkilld: SALKILLD 9, JUBI 2

Check out all the most important card selection below.

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