Morne Visser, the coach of UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis, announced that the South African fighter will have his next bout at UFC 312, set to take place in Sydney, Australia, in February.
Visser said in an interview with the Submission Radio YouTube channel:
There’s only one thing for certain at this stage and that’s that we’ve got to be ready to fight in Sydney in February. My opinion is, Sean’s overselling it, he’s had one win after Dricus and it was against (Paulo) Costa, Whittaker had two and I think he’s gonna go for number three now so I think, my honest opinion is next for us in line will be Whittaker in Sydney in February.
The 30-year-old du Plessis last entered the octagon in August 2024 at UFC 305, defeating Israel Adesanya with a chokehold in the fourth round. He has a record of 22 wins and two losses.
