Robert Whittaker faces Bogdan Guskov at UFC Sydney, his first fight in Australia since 2019
The former middleweight champion meets the UFC's No. 10 light heavyweight at Afterpay Arena on 6 February, with the main card on TNT Sports in the UK.
Robert Whittaker will fight Bogdan Guskov in the co-main event of UFC Sydney on Saturday 6 February, the UFC has announced. It will be the former middleweight champion's first fight in Australia since he lost his title to Israel Adesanya at UFC 243 in 2019, and his first in Sydney since 2014.
The light heavyweight bout is at Afterpay Arena. In the UK, the main card starts at 10pm GMT on TNT Sports, with the prelims from 8pm on UFC Fight Pass. Guskov is No. 10 in the UFC's light heavyweight rankings and Whittaker is No. 11.
Whittaker, 35, moved up to 205lb at UFC 329 in July and knocked out Nikita Krylov in the third round, ending a two-fight losing streak.
Guskov's last fight was a fifth-round knockout loss to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC Abu Dhabi in July, when he stepped in for Khalil Rountree Jr.
Quillan Salkilld fights Benoit Saint-Denis in the main event. Whittaker has predicted a bad night for the Frenchman, saying "it's gonna be terrible for BSD".
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