The South African middleweight, who won the belt from the Anaheim native a year ago, makes his second title defense in Saturday’s main event in Sydney

With both fighters being deceptively difficult to kill, their first encounter back at UFC 297 ended up being a tactical, back-and-forth battle that saw Du Plessis narrowly scrape out a split decision win on the scorecards to become the new champion at 185 pounds.

Two more title fights are on the horizon for UFC 312 as Dricus Du Plessis will put his middleweight belt on the line for a rematch against Sean Strickland in the main event. Plus, we’ll see Zhang Weili test herself against the undefeated wrestler Tatiana Suarez for the strawweight belt.