Wrestle World - UFC 312 predictions: Who expects no titles to change hands in Sydney?

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	Matthews