BJJ News — wrestling

Chimaev Just Lost His UFC Title. His Next Fight Is Against the Guy Who Cancels Everything.

Chimaev Just Lost His UFC Title. His Next Fight Is Against the Guy Who Cancels Everything.

Two days after losing the UFC middleweight title on a split decision, after reportedly cutting 46 pounds and spending fight week in oxygen deprivation, Khamzat Chimaev signed for a catchweight wrestling main event against Dillon Danis at RAF 10 on June 13. Chimaev went into UFC 328 at the Prudential
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Khamzat Chimaev Wants to Compete for UAE at the Olympics in Wrestling — The UFC Champion Is Looking Beyond the Belt He Hasn't Defended Yet

Khamzat Chimaev Wants to Compete for UAE at the Olympics in Wrestling — The UFC Champion Is Looking Beyond the Belt He Hasn't Defended Yet

Chimaev fights for the first time as UFC middleweight champion this Saturday. His coach announced Olympic plans on Wednesday.
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Rafael Lovato Jr. Was 42 and Competing in NAIA Collegiate Wrestling — Not Masters Division, Against Actual 20-Year-Olds

Rafael Lovato Jr. Was 42 and Competing in NAIA Collegiate Wrestling — Not Masters Division, Against Actual 20-Year-Olds

was 42 years old, 285 pounds, and standing on a collegiate wrestling mat in Iowa in January. Across from him: a heavyweight from Central Methodist University, born around 2003.
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RAF 9 Just Added The Reigning UFC Bantamweight Champion vs Frankie Edgar — Five UFC Names On One May 30 Wrestling Card

RAF 9 Just Added The Reigning UFC Bantamweight Champion vs Frankie Edgar — Five UFC Names On One May 30 Wrestling Card

Real American Freestyle had three UFC names on the May 30 card already: Gable Steveson making his RAF debut against former UFC heavyweight Alexandr Romanov, Colby Covington against former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman, and Arman Tsarukyan against Keelon Jimison at 175. Then on April 18, at
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Three-Time NCAA Champion Announces White House Card Fight, Then Mentions He Hasn't Actually Signed The Contract Yet

Three-Time NCAA Champion Announces White House Card Fight, Then Mentions He Hasn't Actually Signed The Contract Yet

Bo Nickal committed to fighting on the most high-profile UFC card ever booked, then mentioned in public that he hasn't actually signed the contract. The card is UFC Freedom 250.
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Gilbert Burns Names Raoni Barcelos As The UFC's Best BJJ Practitioner — The Same Weekend Buchecha And Vieira Lose On The Feet

Gilbert Burns Names Raoni Barcelos As The UFC's Best BJJ Practitioner — The Same Weekend Buchecha And Vieira Lose On The Feet

Gilbert Burns retired at UFC Winnipeg on April 19, lost to Mike Malott in the main event, did the whole goodbye script. A UFC welterweight title shot.
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UFC Rejected Tsarukyan–Covington for RAF 9. The Same Week, It Approved Two Others.

UFC Rejected Tsarukyan–Covington for RAF 9. The Same Week, It Approved Two Others.

RAF 8 ended on a Saturday. By Sunday the UFC had a new policy problem to pretend it already had a policy for.
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Tsarukyan Drove Urijah Faber Off The Stage Into The Front Row On A Single Leg. The UFC Killed The Sequel By Sunday Morning.

Tsarukyan Drove Urijah Faber Off The Stage Into The Front Row On A Single Leg. The UFC Killed The Sequel By Sunday Morning.

Arman Tsarukyan finished a single leg at RAF 8 on Saturday night in Philadelphia by picking up a 46-year-old Urijah Faber, walking him across the stage, and dumping him into the front row. Both men were uninjured.
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