There is no debate after UFC 312, Dricus du Plessis is the rightful UFC middleweight champion. Questions remain about who the promotion's best 185-pounder is. Fortunately, those questions could be answered this year.

South African UFC middleweight champion wants to face Khamzat Chimaev next, before moving up to challenge Alex Pereira for the light heavyweight title.

There are two big title bouts taking place on Saturday, Feb. 8 at UFC 312 including Zhang Weili defending the Women’s Strawweight Title against Tatiana Suarez and Driscus Du Plessis taking the Middleweight Title into a bout against Sean Strickland at Quodas Bank Arena in Sydney Olympic Park, Australia.