RAF 14: Arman Tsarukyan vs. Dillon Danis set for middleweight crossover title

Regularly scheduled RAF programming featuring Arman Tsarukyan continues in October.

This time around, the UFC lightweight contender will take on Dillon Danis at RAF 14, which takes place at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas on Oct. 3. The match will be for the RAF middleweight crossover championship. The wrestling promotion announced the matchup on social media Monday.

Tsarukyan has been a steady fixture in RAF events in 2026, as this will be his ninth match. He’s won against Lance Palmer, Georgio Poullas (twice), Urijah Faber, Keelon Jimison, Tony Ferguson, and Kuat Khamitov. His most recent match at RAF 11 was his lone loss, which came against former interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington.

Before he hits the RAF mats again, Tsarukyan returns to the octagon to face Mauricio Ruffy at UFC 331. It will be his first fight since submitting Dan Hooker last November.

Danis hasn’t fared well on the RAF mats.

He’s appeared twice this year and lost both matches against Covington in March and former middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev in June. Prior to this wrestling matchup against Tsaruykyan, Danis has an MMA bout on the books against Mike Perry, in the headliner of Duel Arena 1, which takes place in Orlando, Fla., on Aug. 29.

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