The UFC 312
lineup continues to take shape with the addition of a lightweight
clash between Tom Nolan and
Viacheslav
Borshchev and a featherweight tilt pitting Jack
Jenkins against Gabriel
Santos.
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The Las Vegas-based promotion confirmed the pairings on Tuesday.
UFC 312 takes place on Feb. 8 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney,
Austraila, and is headlined by a middleweight title rematch between
Dricus Du
Plessis and Sean
Strickland. In the co-main event, Weili Zhang
will defend her strawweight belt against Tatiana
Suarez.
After suffering his first career defeat in his Octagon debut, Nolan
has rebounded with back-to-back triumphs over Victor
Martinez and Alex
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24-year-old Brisbane, Australia, native has won eight of his nine
professional outings, with five of those coming via KO or TKO.
Borshchev has experienced mixed results in the promotion since
earning a contract on Dana White’s Contender Series. The
32-year-old Team Alpha Male representative is 3-3-1 in the Octagon,
including a split-decision triumph over James
Llontop in his most recent appearance at UFC on ESPN 62 this
past August.
A native of Melbourne, Australia, Jenkins has been victorious in
three of his first four UFC bouts. He is coming off a third-round
technical knockout win against Herbert
Burns at UFC 305.
Brazil’s Santos earned his first promotional triumph at UFC Fight
Night 242, when he outpointed Zha Yi on Sept.
7. The Legacy Fighting Alliance veteran began his tenure with
back-to-back losses against Lerone
Murphy and David
Onama.