About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Real American Freestyle has announced five additional matchups forits first Abu Dhabi event, scheduled for Nov. 14 at Etihad Arena onYas Island. ArmanTsarukyan will face NeimanGracie in a catchweight crossover bout, while Kyle Dake andKennedy Blades will defend their RAF titles against Alp ArslanBegenjov and Bella Mir ,respectively.
Tsarukyan (24-3), one of the top contenders in the Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight division, will meetGracie under freestyle wrestling rules. He has become a regular onthe RAF circuit while remaining active in mixed martial arts.Gracie (13-6), a Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist, previouslycompeted in Bellator and the Professional Fighters League . Dake will defend his RAF cruiserweight title against Begenjov,while Blades will defend her women's middleweight title againstMir. The card will also feature former UFC featherweight ZabitMagomedsharipov against GigaChikadze in a welterweight crossover matchup. Elsewhere on the card, Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs willmeet Belarusian wrestler Azamat Nurykau at middleweight. The pairpreviously met at the 2019 world championships, where Burroughs won11-10. RAF Abu Dhabi will be headlined by KhamzatChimaev vs. ColbyCovington for the promotion's cruiserweight crossover title.The event marks the start of a five-year partnership between RAF,the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi and the UAEWrestling Federation.
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