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Robert Whittaker vs. Bogdan Guskov co-headlines UFC Sydney

Whittaker, 35, was born in New Zealand but lives in Sydney, and faces the tenth-ranked Guskov on a card headlined by Salkilld and Saint Denis; the commute is short.

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  1. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorRobert Whittaker fights Bogdan Guskov in the co-main event at UFC Sydney, and Whittaker grew up in Sydney and lives there now.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo where's he been fighting?

  3. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorEverywhere else. Look, it's his first fight at home since November twenty fourteen, and I'm telling you, that is a family in crisis.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEleven years. He could have walked there and still been late.

  5. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorHe's ranked eleventh, Guskov's tenth, and Guskov took the Abu Dhabi main event on short notice in July.

  6. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorWhittaker stopped Krylov in the third round at UFC 329 in July.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGuskov flew in on short notice, and Whittaker had eleven years' notice and still gets to sleep in his own bed.

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