The 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 Saturday at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.

Jake Matthews vs. Francisco Prado

Jake Matthews vs. Francisco Prado

Records: Matthews (20-7 MMA, 13-7 UFC), Prado (12-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC)

Past five: Matthews 3-2, Prado 3-2

Division: Welterweight

Rankings: None

Odds (as of 02.03.25): Matthews -230, Prado +190

Junkie pick results: Matthews 6, Prado 5

Rodolfo Bellato vs. Jimmy Crute

Jimmy Crute vs. Rodolfo Bellato

Records: Bellato (12-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Crute (12-4-1 MMA, 4-4-1 UFC)

Past five: Bellato 4-1, Crute 1-3-1

Division: Light heavyweight

Rankings: None

Odds (as of 02.03.25): Bellato -155, Crute +130

Junkie pick results: Bellato 10, Crute 1

Justin Tafa vs. Tallison Teixeira

Justin Tafa vs. Tallison Teixeira

Records: Tafa (7-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC), Teixeira (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)

Past five: Tafa 3-2, Teixeira 5-0

Division: Heavyweight

Rankings: None

Odds (as of 02.03.25): Tafa +130, Teixeira -155

Junkie pick results: Teixeira 10, Tafa 1

Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez

Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez

Records: Weili (25-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC), Suarez (11-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC)

Past five: Weili 4-1, Suarez 5-0

Division: Women’s strawweight

Rankings: Weili No. 1, No. 2 pound-for-pound; Suarez No. 2, No. 11 pound-for-pound

Odds (as of 02.03.25): Weili +100, Suarez -120

Junkie pick results: Suarez 10, Weili 1

Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland

Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland

Records: Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC), Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC)

Past five: Du Plessis 5-0, Strickland 4-1

Division: Middleweight

Rankings: Du Plessis No. 1, NO. 6 pound-for-pound; Strickland No. 2, honorable mention pound-for-pound

Odds (as of 02.03.25): Du Plessis -220, Strickland +180

Junkie pick results: Du Plessis 9, Strickland 2

Preliminary card picks

Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel Santos

Although they don’t count toward the standings, MMA Junkie staff members still pick the fights on the prelims. Here are the results:

• Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel Santos: Jenkins 6, Santos 5
• Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Tom Nolan: Nolan 6, Borshchev 5
• Bruna Brasil vs. Wang Cong: Cong 10, Brasil 1
• Colby Thicknesse vs. Aleksandre Topuria: Topuria 10, Thicknesse 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, Jubli 2

Check out all the main card picks below.

(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)

Adesanya vs.

Imavov

Magomedov vs.

Page

Pavlovich vs.

Rozenstruik

Nurmagomedov vs.

Oliveira

Davis vs.

Ziam

MMA Junkie readers’

consensus picks

9-7 Du Plessis

(63%)

Weili

(55%)

Teixeira

(62%)

Bellato

(62%)

Matthews

(75%)

George Garcia

@MMAjunkieGeorge

11-5

Strickland

Suarez

Teixeira

Crute

Matthews Nolan King

@mma_kings

10-6

2023 Champion

Du Plessis

Suarez

Teixeira

Bellato

Prado Matt Erickson

@MattE

10-6

Du Plessis

Suarez

Teixeira

Bellato

Matthews Ken Hathaway

@1khathaway

9-7

2017, 2022, 2024 Champion

Du Plessis

Suarez

Teixeira

Bellato

Matthews Farah Hannoun

@Farah_Hannoun

9-7

2024 Champion

Du Plessis

Suarez

Tafa

Bellato

Matthews Simon Samano

@SJSamano

9-7

Du Plessis

Suarez

Teixeira

Bellato

Prado Brian Garcia

@thegoze

9-7

2017 Champion

Du Plessis

Suarez

Teixeira

Bellato

Prado Danny Segura

@dannyseguratv

8-8

Du Plessis

Suarez

Teixeira

Bellato

Matthews Abbey Subhan

@kammakaze

7-9

Strickland

Suarez

Teixeira

Bellato

Prado Matthew Wells

@MrMWells

7-9

Du Plessis

Suarez

Teixeira

Bellato

Prado Mike Bohn

@MikeBohn

5-11

2014 Champion

Du Plessis

Weili

Teixeira

Bellato

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