Colby Covington arms Arman Tsarukyan first Actual American Freestyle loss in RAF 11 major occasion
Milwaukee, WI (July 18, 2026) – Actual American Freestyle (RAF), the brand new house for the game’s elite, hosted one other stacked wrestling occasion for Wisconites on Saturday, July 18th. The occasion bought out the UW-Milwaukee Panther Area in downtown Milwaukee for RAF’s greatest gate but in America, second total solely to final weekend’s Tbilisi showdown. The cardboard featured everybody from American wrestling stars to Olympic medalists and MMA icons, totaling athletes from 8 separate nations.
Notably, Ben Askren laid down his sneakers for a ultimate time on the mat in entrance of his hometown crowd, leaving everybody with a number of phrases following a standing ovation: “I’m gonna deal with folks nicely, I’m gonna work my ass off, and I’m going to attempt to make a distinction on this world. I like you guys.”
RAF 11 outcomes:
• The night time kicked off with Wisconsin native and Askren Wrestling Academy alumnus Keegan O’Toole profitable in what’s now his signature comeback vogue, defeating Chris Minto by a rating of 14-9• The match was adopted up by a heavyweight showdown between Tony Cassioppi and Egypt’s Mostafa Elders, the place Tony got here out on high 6-2• Subsequent match introduced us to Pat Downey’s return in a long-awaited matchup versus Zac Braunagel, who confidently breezed via to a 12-2 win in his RAF debut• Trent Hidlay continued his dominance in RAF in a high-powered assault that shut out Magomedkhan Magomedov for a win by way of tech-fall• For the RAF Girls’s Cruiserweight division debut, Adeline Grey made her first return to the mat since changing into a mom, defeating Skylar Grote 5-2• Iowa standout and RAF debutant Mikey Caliendo took down Mirzo Khayitov by way of factors 9-2• In a match the place UFC hall-of-famers lastly met, Frankie Edgar stylishly took down Clay Guida, ending up 9-2• In one other superb comeback, Armenian standout Arsen Harutyunyan defeated this yr’s Large 10 champion Ben Davino, who made his debut tonight. The match completed 6-5• Lucia Yepez, the reigning RAF Strawweight Champion, continued her untouchable kind versus Felicity Taylor to retain the belt, 10-0 ultimate rating• The co-main occasion introduced us to Ben Askren’s return, and farewell match versus Belal Muhammad. After popping out to a 3-0 lead, Belal pulled away for a 4-3 win. Askren laid his sneakers down for the ultimate time on the mat as a competitor.• The night time’s blockbuster noticed Arman Tsarukyan get handed his first RAF loss by Colby Covington who defended nicely for a 5-3 victory and the primary RAF Crossover Championship
Belal Muhammad confirmed his subsequent participation in RAF, with back-and-forth callouts being exchanged between himself and Colby Covington. Their matchup, for the RAF Crossover Championship, was quickly after confirmed because the co-main occasion for RAF 12 on August twenty second, with a graphic offered by the league right here.
RAF 12 is subsequent for Actual American Freestyle, and would be the greatest but, going down at Cleveland’s Rocket Area and marking one yr of RAF occasions. The cardboard will likely be arguably essentially the most stacked stand-alone wrestling occasion ever, the place Jordan Burroughs will tackle Sean Brady as the principle card, and standout athletes like Bo Nickal, Max McEnelly, David Carr, Joaquin Buckley, Evan Wick, Jason Nolf, Tyron Woodley, Masanosuke Ono, and Kennedy Blades supporting. The league has seen unmatched development in that point interval, attracting the very best of the very best throughout numerous disciplines and backgrounds. As well as, they’ve expanded the definition of fan and youth entry, with verticals like RAF Subsequent Gen, debuting Sunday, July nineteenth, and RAF Golf equipment, alongside the continuing Fan Zone sequence.
