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.

UFC is back in Australia this weekend with a pair of title fights atop the marquee. It's a big one in Sydney when middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis takes on former champion Sean Strickland in the main event.

The UFC returns to Sydney, Australia, for a pay-per-view offering headlined by two championship fights – Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland (DDP's middleweight title) and a women's strawweight title fight between Weili Zhang and Tatiana Suarez.