RAF 08
NOTES
COMPLETED. Main event cancelled AM (Cejudo injured, Dvalishvili dropped); Tsarukyan vs Faber promoted to headliner. Tsarukyan tech-fall 13-1 R3 — dumped Faber OFF the stage into front row mid-match on a single-leg (both unhurt, match continued). Tsarukyan said "He's an OG. I was doing my technique and I couldn't stop." Snyder def. Aitmukhan 12-6 (LHW title retained). Maroulis tech-fall 10-0 over Janiak (W-BW title). Valencia 8-2 over Sinclair. Sharipov pinned Cassioppi R1. Real Woods 7-2 over Ashnault. Lance Palmer 3-2 over Henschel. Jordan Oliver 5-0 over Vanbrill. Lucas Byrd on criteria over Cruz. POST-MATCH: Tsarukyan called out Covington cageside for RAF 9 (May 30). Covington accepted, said he'd skip Weidman to take the match. UFC approval pending — RAF has said they'll push. FOX Nation.
ATHLETES MENTIONED
OUR COVERAGE 8 ITEMS
- ▸ BJJPROBLEMSUFC Rejected Tsarukyan–Covington for RAF 9. The Same Week, It Approved Two Others.
- ▸ SHORTRAF Just Signed Its 4th UFC Champion in 6 Months #Shorts
- ▸ BJJPROBLEMSTsarukyan Drove Urijah Faber Off The Stage Into The Front Row On A Single Leg. The UFC Killed The Sequel By Sunday Morning.
- ▸ SHORTSuper Saturday: ADCC Trials, RAF 08, UFC Winnipeg #Shorts
- ▸ BJJPROBLEMSGable Steveson Finally Signs With the UFC. It Only Took an Olympic Gold, 3 First-Round KOs, and a Detour Through WWE.
- ▸ BJJPROBLEMSCovington Claims Weidman RAF Match Is Already a 'Done Deal' for May
- ▸ DIGESTPans Results, Craig Drops ADCC, Covington Mauls Danis #Shorts
- ▸ BJJPROBLEMSPans Results, Craig Jones Drops ADCC, Covington Mauls Danis