Real American Freestyle (RAF) has announced a highly anticipated cruiserweight co-main event for RAF07, featuring Colby Covington squaring off against Dillon Danis. This exciting matchup is set for March 28 at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida, and will be broadcast live on Fox Nation. This event underscores RAF’s commitment to elevating freestyle wrestling onto a prominent broadcast stage as an unscripted professional league, showcasing both elite wrestlers and notable crossover athletes from the MMA world.
Colby Covington vs Dillon Danis in RAF Announced
RAF07, the promotion’s seventh flagship card, will take place at 8 p.m. local time on the University of South Florida campus. Tickets for the event are currently available to the public.
Colby Covington enters this bout following an impressive debut at RAF05, where he dominated Luke Rockhold with a 12-0 technical fall in a cruiserweight contest. The former UFC interim welterweight champion demonstrated his signature relentless pressure, control ties, and chain wrestling, quickly establishing himself as a significant force in RAF. His 1-0 record in the league has built anticipation for this next high-profile challenge.
Dillon Danis, a divisive figure in combat sports, brings a distinguished grappling background to the RAF cruiserweight division. Known for his elite no-gi jiu-jitsu prowess, Danis transitioned to MMA, securing two first-round submission victories with Bellator. More recently, he competed in Misfits MMA, where he became the light heavyweight champion with a rapid 15-second submission win.
This contest presents a classic “wrestler versus jiu-jitsu” stylistic clash perfectly suited for freestyle wrestling rules. Covington’s formidable conditioning, mat control, and top pressure, which proved decisive against Rockhold, will be put to the test against Danis’s preference for scrambles, upper-body grappling, and transitions designed to create submission opportunities.
With RAF07 already featuring established freestyle wrestling talent and championship bouts, this co-main event is strategically positioned to attract a broad audience of both dedicated wrestling enthusiasts and mixed martial arts fans to Fox Nation, eager to witness this rare encounter between two high-profile combat sports personalities.