Arman Tsarukyan and Dillon Danis will wrestle for the inaugural RAF middleweight crossover championship at RAF 14 on October 3, 2026.
The match takes place at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Real American Freestyle lists a 9 p.m. ET start and Fox Nation broadcast for the event.
RAF Announces Tsarukyan-Danis Title Match
RAF announced the pairing with its official fight poster and a direct statement:
“TSARUKYAN. DANIS. RAF14 IN LAS VEGAS. 🔥 The RAF Middleweight Crossover Champion will be crowned in VEGAS at RAF14.”
This is the second booking between Tsarukyan and Danis in 2026. They were scheduled to meet for a Hype FC grappling title on April 8 in São Paulo, but that match did not take place.
Tsarukyan And Danis Enter With Losing RAF Records In Their Last Match
Tsarukyan is 6-1 in RAF. His six-match winning streak ended at RAF 11 on July 18, when Colby Covington defeated him 5-3 for the inaugural cruiserweight crossover championship. Covington later described what the RAF 11 win meant to him.
Danis is 0-2 in RAF. Covington beat him by technical superiority at RAF 7 on March 28, and Khamzat Chimaev pinned him in the first period at RAF 10 on June 13. The Chimaev-Danis result and post-match incident are documented here.
Their broader combat-sports records remain separate from those RAF results. Tsarukyan holds a 23-3 professional MMA record. Danis is 2-0 in professional MMA and owns submission-grappling wins over Joe Lauzon, Jackson Sousa and Max Humphrey.
Both Men Have MMA Fights Before October 3
Tsarukyan is scheduled to face Mauricio Ruffy in the five-round UFC 331 co-main event on September 19, 2026, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. RAF 14 follows exactly two weeks later.
UFC 331 main card announcement includes Arman Tsarukyan vs. Mauricio Ruffy
Danis is booked against Mike Perry in an MMA fight at Duel: Arena on August 29, 2026, in Orlando. That leaves five weeks between Danis-Perry and RAF 14. The Perry-Danis booking and hybrid-card details are available here.
Mike Perry vs. Dillon Danis MMA fight scheduled for August 29 in Orlando
