On the first episode of UFC 312 Embedded, middleweight champ Dricus Du Plessis has his last training session in South Africa; women’s strawweight champ Zhang Weili plays badminton to recover; Tatiana Suarez continues camp in Sydney; Jake Matthews and Jimmy Crute spar; Alexander Volkanovski helps Colby Thicknesse prepare for his UFC debut; Sean Strickland rides motorcycles and packs for Australia.
UFC 312 takes place on Saturday at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia and is headlined by two title fights. Du Plessis and Strickland rematch in the featured fight for the middleweight strap while Weili puts her title on the line against Suarez in the co-main event.