Arman
Tsarukyan will defend his middleweight crossover title against
former
Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion Anthony
Pettis in the RAF 15 main event on Nov. 28 at NOW Arena in
Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
The matchup replaces the previously announced headliner between
Henry
Cejudo and Yadong
Song, whose lightweight crossover title match moves to the
co-main event. Real American Freestyle announced the change on
X.
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Arman Tsarukyan defends his RAF wrestling title against Anthony
Pettis as Henry Cejudo vs. Yadong Song moves to co-main event
Tsarukyan captured the vacant middleweight crossover title by
defeating Dillon
Danis via technical fall at RAF 14 on Oct. 23. The UFC
lightweight contender is also scheduled to face Neiman
Gracie in a non-title match at RAF Abu Dhabi on Nov. 14, giving
him two wrestling assignments in November.
Pettis was initially scheduled to face fellow former UFC fighter
Donald
Cerrone before being moved into the title match against
Tsarukyan. His most recent combat sports appearance was a unanimous
decision loss to Chris Avila
in a boxing match in July 2024.
Cejudo and Song remain among the featured competitors on the
updated lineup.
RAF 15 lineup
Arman
Tsarukyan vs. Anthony
Pettis — middleweight crossover title
Henry
Cejudo vs. Yadong Song
— lightweight crossover title
Cayden Henschel vs. Conor Beebe — featherweight crossover title
Clay
Guida vs. Raul Rosas
Jr.
Roman Bravo-Young vs. Matt Ramos
Haley Augello vs. Miranda
Maverick
Danny
Sabatello vs. Jacob Schultz
Cody
Garbrandt vs. Sergio
Pettis
Real Woods vs. Sebastian
Rivera
Yonger Bastida vs. Geno Petriashvili