Whittaker returns to Sydney against Guskov

Robert Whittaker returns to Sydney against Bogdan Guskov on Sunday, February 7, 2027, at Afterpay Arena. The fight is the light heavyweight co-main of UFC Fight Night. Quillan Salkilld meets Benoît Saint Denis in the lightweight main event, and light heavyweight is 205 pounds (93 kg).

Salkilld is 13-1, and 6-0 in the UFC. UFC lists him at No. 7, and he is a former Eternal MMA champion. Four wins in a row have been first-round finishes, and Salkilld submitted Mateusz Gamrot with a rear-naked choke at 4:25 of the first round on August 8. Saint Denis is 17-4, and all 17 wins are finishes, and UFC lists him at No. 6. Paddy Pimblett submitted Saint Denis with a D’Arce choke at 0:52 of the first round at UFC 329 on July 11, 2026. This is the first UFC Fight Night in Sydney since 2017, and the fourth year in a row the promotion has run an event in New South Wales.

Whittaker last fought in Sydney in 2014. Whittaker is 35 and 27-9, and he is a former middleweight champion. Whittaker fought Jan Błachowicz to a majority draw in the bout before Magomed Ankalaev, and he stopped Nikita Krylov at 1:01 of the third round at UFC 329 on July 11, 2026, after a jaw injury, in his first fight at light heavyweight. Whittaker stopped Clint Hester.

Guskov is 34 and 18-4, with one draw, and UFC lists Guskov at No. 8 and Whittaker at No. 11. Magomed Ankalaev stopped Guskov with punches at 2:41 of the fifth round on July 25, 2026.

Start time

Eastern time is five hours behind UTC, and Sydney is on daylight time, eleven hours ahead of UTC.

Prelims and the main card in Sydney:

• Sydney: 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. Sunday
• London: 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday

In New York that is 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, February 6, and in Las Vegas it is 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. The later clock is the main card, not the co-main, and the card streams on Paramount+.