Wrestling
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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.
BoxingCejudo books a Misfits Boxing debut for September, five weeks after wrestling Dvalishvili again
The Olympic champion and two-division UFC king crosses into his third ruleset in a year, meeting former Misfits lightweight champion Deen the Great in Miami on September 26. First, he wrestles Merab this Saturday.
WrestlingTsarukyan meets Danis for the inaugural RAF middleweight crossover belt, two weeks after his UFC return
The No. 2 lightweight fights Ruffy in Los Angeles on September 19, then straps a singlet back on October 3 in Las Vegas. Across the mat: a man who is 0-2 in the promotion, booked into a title match anyway, with an MMA fight against Mike Perry to survive first. The modern fight calendar has stopped pretending to be one sport.
WrestlingRAF 11 preview: Ben Askren’s return anchors a card built around his impossible year
The former Olympic wrestler and MMA champion returns to competition Saturday in Milwaukee, on his 42nd birthday, thirteen months after a double lung transplant and a hospital stay that included, by his own count, four moments when his heart stopped.
Wrestling5 UFC champions that crossed over to pro Wrestling
For years, UFC fighters have been no strangers to the world of professional wrestling. There have been a number of…
Japanese pro wrestling bout turns into horrific real fight
150 pound sambo and wrestling expert vs. 550 pound GIANT
23-year-old wrestler puts up $100 against anyone in the bar – middle-aged Jiu-Jitsu black belt steps up
Aikido black belt tests his skills against Turkish wrestler
Frank Trigg vs. Bill Simpson wrestling versus judo, ends in 29 seconds
