Wrestling
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WrestlingChimaev gets Covington at last: the Watsco crowd’s superfight lands in Abu Dhabi on November 14, and Lawler comes first
Four years after the UFC talked about it, the two unbeaten RAF stars meet for the crossover title in Chimaev’s adopted home. He wrestles Robbie Lawler in Las Vegas three weeks before.
WrestlingRAF 13 wrap: Covington blanks Muhammad, Chimaev denies Burns nothing but the pin, and the crowd votes for the superfight
The champion pitched a 10-0 shutout, the Wolf went to a second period for the first time, and by night’s end the promotion’s two unbeaten stars were pointing at each other.
WrestlingBurns says Chimaev can still win three UFC belts, if he fires the yes-men first
Burns delivers a scouting report on the eve of the rematch: the talent was never the question, the room around it is.
WrestlingRAF 13 preview: Covington defends the crossover crown in his adopted hometown, and Chimaev hunts the turkey at -10000
Five titles, a grudge match main event, a -10000 favourite chasing a third straight first-round pin, and an active UFC contender moonlighting on the mats. Friday night opens the biggest combat weekend of the month.
WrestlingChimaev and Burns run it back in RAF: the fight that dented the aura gets a wrestling sequel at RAF 13 in Miami
Four years after the war that proved The Wolf was mortal, the rematch arrives with the striking stripped out. Chimaev wrestles Woodley in Moscow this Saturday, then Burns in Miami thirteen days later, while the man across from him arrives from retirement with a new career and an old grudge.
WrestlingDanis out of the Perry fight on 48 hours’ notice, stitches on display, and a wrestling title match now under a bandaged arm
Perry announced the withdrawal himself at the press conference and did not pretend to be surprised. An hour later, Danis posted the wound: a deep arm laceration being sutured, origin unexplained. The fight is dead, the replacement is on a plane, and the October date with Tsarukyan just acquired an asterisk.
WrestlingCejudo pins Dvalishvili in 36 seconds at RAF 12, takes the belt, and calls his next shot: ‘Cody Garbrandt, you’re next’
The Olympic champion waited six weeks for the rematch and needed barely half a minute to end it: single-leg, four-point slam, trapped arm, shoulders flat. Then both men danced. The wrestling rivalry is level at one apiece, the trilogy is already being negotiated on the mic, and retirement keeps getting busier.
Cejudo books a Misfits Boxing debut for September, five weeks after wrestling Dvalishvili again
Tsarukyan meets Danis for the inaugural RAF middleweight crossover belt, two weeks after his UFC return
RAF 11 preview: Ben Askren’s return anchors a card built around his impossible year
5 UFC champions that crossed over to pro Wrestling
Japanese pro wrestling bout turns into horrific real fight
