Khamzat Chimaev needed 94 seconds to pin Tyron Woodley in the main event of RAF Moscow on Saturday, closing out a 13-match freestyle wrestling card at Arena Mytishchi in Moscow, Russia.
The catchweight meeting between former UFC champions was the second Real American Freestyle appearance for both men. Chimaev put Woodley on his back at the 1:34 mark and never let him reset, as covered in our report on the main event finish.
Talking to Chael Sonnen afterward, Chimaev said his next RAF assignment is a rematch with Gilbert Burns at RAF 13 on September 18. Woodley had beaten Joaquin Buckley at RAF 12 weeks earlier for his first combat sports win in eight years.
Abdulrashid Sadulaev handled the co-main, holding off Zac Braunagel 8-6 at light heavyweight in front of a home crowd.
All three championships stayed where they were. Kyle Snyder (c) kept the RAF Light Heavyweight Championship with an 11-5 win over Akhmed Tazhudinov, Kyle Dake (c) survived a 7-6 decision against Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov to retain the RAF Cruiserweight Championship, and Kennedy Blades (c) shut out Vusala Parfianovich 10-0 by technical fall to keep the RAF Women’s Middleweight Championship.
Jordan Burroughs matched that with his own 10-0 technical fall over Magomed Kurbanaliev, then called out Islam Makhachev for a match on the mats. Elsewhere, Pouya Rahmani beat Anatoly Malykhin 10-3 at heavyweight, Shara Magomedov took an 11-3 decision from Neiman Gracie, and Bo Nickal edged Shirvani Muradov 11-8.
The event went ahead in Russia after a difficult build. RAF lost its Fox Nation broadcast over sanctions concerns and later faced pressure from lawmakers to scrap the card entirely. The venue moved from VTB Arena to Arena Mytishchi two days out, and no confirmed U.S. stream ever materialized.
RAF Moscow Full Results
- Khamzat Chimaev def. Tyron Woodley by pin (1:34, Round 1), catchweight
- Abdulrashid Sadulaev def. Zac Braunagel, 8-6, light heavyweight
- Zahid Valencia def. Ibragim Kadiev, 9-5, cruiserweight
- Shara Magomedov def. Neiman Gracie, 11-3, cruiserweight
- Kyle Snyder (c) def. Akhmed Tazhudinov, 11-5, RAF Light Heavyweight Championship
- Kyle Dake (c) def. Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov, 7-6, RAF Cruiserweight Championship
- Kennedy Blades (c) def. Vusala Parfianovich, 10-0 technical fall, RAF Women’s Middleweight Championship
- Jordan Burroughs def. Magomed Kurbanaliev, 10-0 technical fall, middleweight
- Bo Nickal def. Shirvani Muradov, 11-8, light heavyweight
- Jason Nolf def. Ismail Khaniev, 5-5 on criteria, catchweight
- Pouya Rahmani def. Anatoly Malykhin, 10-3, heavyweight
- Yusuf Raisov def. Marif Piraev, 12-2 technical fall, middleweight
- Vito Arujau def. Soslan Ramonov, 13-3 technical fall, featherweight
RAF returns on September 18 with RAF 13, headlined by the Chimaev rematch against Burns. The promotion has been leaning harder on crossover matchups involving UFC names since its lightweight crossover title was introduced.
