{"id":41399,"date":"2026-11-02T03:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T03:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Robert-Whittaker-vs-Bogdan-Guskov-coheadlines-UFC-Sydney-203454"},"modified":"2026-11-02T03:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T03:41:21","slug":"robert-whittaker-vs-bogdan-guskov-co-headlines-ufc-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/robert-whittaker-vs-bogdan-guskov-co-headlines-ufc-sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Whittaker vs. Bogdan Guskov co-headlines UFC Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/robert-whittaker-vs-bogdan-guskov-co-headlines-ufc-sydney.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p> The co-main event for the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>\u2019s next event in Australia has<br \/>\nbeen confirmed.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Robert-Whittaker-45132\">Robert<br \/>\nWhittaker<\/a> will face <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Bogdan-Guskov-229253\">Bogdan<br \/>\nGuskov<\/a> in a light heavyweight matchup at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-298-Saint-Denis-vs-Salkilld-115104\"><br \/>\nUFC Sydney<\/a> on Feb. 7, 2027, at Afterpay Arena.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Robert Whittaker faces Bogdan Guskov in second light<br \/>\nheavyweight bout<\/h2>\n<p>Whittaker (27-9) snapped a two-fight losing streak in his light<br \/>\nheavyweight debut, stopping <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Nikita-Krylov-110937\">Nikita<br \/>\nKrylov<\/a> in the third round in July. The former middleweight<br \/>\nchampion will now face Guskov (18-4-1) in front of his hometown<br \/>\ncrowd.<\/p>\n<p>Guskov is coming off a stoppage loss to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Magomed-Ankalaev-170785\">Magomed<br \/>\nAnkalaev<\/a> after accepting their <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-282-Ankalaev-vs-Guskov-112908\"><br \/>\nUFC Abu Dhabi<\/a> main event on short notice in July. \u201cHitman\u201d had<br \/>\nbeen unbeaten in his previous five bouts, including a draw against<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jan-Blachowicz-25821\">Jan<br \/>\nBlachowicz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UFC Sydney is headlined by a lightweight clash between <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Quillan-Salkilld-300317\">Quillan<br \/>\nSalkilld<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Benoit-St-Denis-317103\">Beno\u00eet<br \/>\nSaint Denis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"1.3817733990148\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.5270935960591\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">#UFCSydney co-main event is LOCKED IN \ud83d\udd12<br \/>\n@BogdanGuskov vs @robwhittakermma [ #FeelNewSydney | #ILoveSydney |<br \/>\nSAT FEB 6 | LIVE on @paramountplus ] https:\/\/t.co\/S5h4PeLRZL<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC (@ufc) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ufc\/status\/2117028921371763125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November<br \/>\n1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The co-main event for the Ultimate Fighting Championship\u2019s next event in Australia has been confirmed. Robert Whittaker will face Bogdan Guskov in a light heavyweight matchup at UFC Sydney on Feb. 7, 2027, at Afterpay Arena. Advertisement Robert Whittaker faces Bogdan Guskov in second light heavyweight bout Whittaker (27-9) snapped a two-fight losing streak in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}