UFC 312 Main Card Live Results

UFC 312 takes place this evening Down Under in Australia as Sydney plays host to the middleweight championship title fight between current champion Dricus du Plessis and ever-controversial Sean Strickland. It’s an early start, or a late night, for fans based in the United Kingdom, as the main event isn’t expected to get started until 5am, with the main card getting underway at 3am, with five fights in total.

The main event sees Du Plessis defend his gold against Strickland, a man he defeated at last January’s UFC 297, while the co-main event sees Zhang Weili defend her strawweight title against Tatiana Suarez.

Elsewhere, Justin Tafa takes on Tallison Teixeira in the heavyweight division, Jimmy Crute fights Rodolfo Bellato in the light heavyweight division, and starting the main card, Jake Matthews does battle against Francisco Prado in the welterweight division.

Below, check out the full results from UFC 312 and live updates from the main card.

Jimmy Crute Drew With Rodolfo Bellato

Majority draw (29-27, 28-28, 28-28)

Crute enjoys a huge first round, coming close to finishing Bellato on multiple occasions. Crute unleashes a barrage of elbows to his grounded opponent after reversing Bellato’s takedown. Bellato weathers the storm and makes it back to his feet. However, Crute dropped Bellato at the end of the round to put an exclamation point on a dominant first five minutes. 10-8 Crute.

Bellato is already showing the wounds of war, but shows tremendous heart to come back into the fight in the second round. A nice hook briefly staggers Crute, who appears far slower than in the first. 10-9 Bellato.

Bellato can’t miss with his leg kicks in the third – and it’s got Crute worried enough that he tries for a takedown to bring an end to the punishment. Bellato, though, gets a takedown of his own and does enough to win the round. 10-9 Bellato. 28-28 overall.

The outcome of the fight rests on whether Crute did enough to get a 10-8 in the first. Two of the three agree that he did and the bout ends in a draw.

Israel Adesanya is shown at cageside as it is confirmed that his fight with Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236 (April 2019) will be inducted into the 2025 UFC Hall of Fame. ‘The Last Stylebender’ won the epic contest by unanimous decision.

Jake Matthews beat Francisco Prado

Unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Australia’s Matthews fights for the first time in his home country since 2019 and receives a huge welcome from the crowd at Qudos Bank Arena. The opening round goes well for the home favourite as he lands with several crisp combinations and a kick to the body. Prado briefly interrupts Matthews’ dominance by scoring a takedown. However, Matthews gets back to his feet and does enough to win the round. Prado is cut as he returns to his corner. 10-9 Matthews.

More of the same in the second round for Matthews as he makes his superior punching power count, scoring with a number of flurries. Prado shows signs of increasing facial damage as the Aussie takes control. Prado does his best to fire back by landing an uppercut, but Matthews is still getting the better of most exchanges. 20-18 Matthews.

Despite seemingly leading heading into the final round, Matthews goes looking for a finish – and came close to finding it with a left hook. Prado continues to hang in there and looks to fight back in spots. His efforts are in vain, though, as Matthews closes out the round by smothering his foe up against the cage. 30-27 Matthews.

Matthews calls out welterweight veteran Neil Magny in his post-fight speech, saying that he’s been chasing the bout for a while. After a strong performance, he deserves to mix it up with a name of that calibre.

UFC 312 Results in Full

Main card

• Jake Matthews beat Francisco Prado via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Preliminary card

• Gabriel Santos beat Jack Jenkins via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 3, 2:06
• Tom Nolan beat Viacheslav Borshchev via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Wang Cong beat Bruna Brasil via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Aleksandre Topuria beat Colby Thicknesse via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Early Prelims

• Rong Zhu beat Kody Steele via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Jonathan Micallef beat Kevin Jousset via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Quillan Salkilld beat Anshul Jubli via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:19