The subsequent Real American Freestyle event shouldn’t be short on big names from the mixed martial arts world.
2025 saw a brand new promotion enter the combat sports mix, with Real American Freestyle debuting after being founded by Chad Bronstein, Terri Francis, and the late Hulk Hogan.
The wrestling organization is five events deep to this point, and various former and current UFC stars have already competed under the banner.
Amongst essentially the most notable is lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan, who enjoyed a successful debut on the undercard of Colby Covington’s win over Luke Rockhold in January.
The Armenian will probably be back on the mats at RAF 6, where he once more sets the stage for 2 UFC veterans within the fundamental event.
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Full RAF 6 card features Henry Cejudo, Arman Tsarukyan, Clay Guida, Muhammad Mokaev, and more
The sixth Real American Freestyle event is scheduled to happen at Mullett Arena in Tempe, Arizona, on February 28.
Two legends will top the cardboard, with Henry Cejudo battling Urijah Faber in a light-weight matchup. The previous two-division UFC champion retired from MMA last December, while the ex-WEC featherweight titleholder has won three matches in a row across submission grappling and combat jiu-jitsu.
Faber won’t be the one UFC Hall of Famer on the RAF 6 card. Before that match and Tsarukyan’s co-headliner against Georgio Poullas, Clay Guida will return for his second outing within the organization.
Guida, who entered the HOF Fight Wing in 2019, lost via tech fall against Cayden Henschel at RAF 3 last November. If he’s to enter the RAF win column for the primary time, ‘The Carpenter’ must get the higher of Keelon Jimison.
A variety of other distinguished MMA names will probably be in motion on February 28, including former UFC champion Benson Henderson, ex-UFC flyweight contender Muhammad Mokaev, and three-time UFC title challenger Chad Mendes.
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Arman Tsarukyan could make a drastic change amid UFC lightweight title snub
While Tsarukyan continues to remain lively within the grappling realm, his future contained in the Octagon stays uncertain.
After Dana White and the matchmakers booked Justin Gaethje vs Paddy Pimblett at UFC 324 for the interim lightweight title, leaving Tsarukyan out within the cold, the Armenian returned to competition away from the Octagon.
But that doesn’t mean Tsarukyan isn’t fascinated with his UFC future, and he’s contemplating a serious change.
“I’m not getting Gaethje, I’m not getting anybody,” Tsarukyan said on The Ariel Helwani Show.
“I’m going to attempt to get the title at 145 (kilos)… I talked to teach Cal, we did the mathematics and every thing, so my body can go to 145. He’s saying it’s challenging, but we will make it occur.
“If we all know two to a few weeks before that we’re fighting at 145, we will make it occur. Because I walk around not big, 177-175. If I start eating clean and do more cardio, I’m gonna be 165-166. After which from there I can go down,” he added.
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