MOSCOW, September 4 – RIA "Dagestan". The next tournament of the popular American wrestling league RAF will take place in Moscow on September 5, featuring 13 bouts with Olympic champions and former UFC titleholders.
The main event will see Chechen mixed martial artist Khamzat Chimaev take on American Tyron Woodley. In the co-main event, two-time Olympic champion Abdulrashid Sadulaev returns from injury to face American Zach Braunagel.
Another top Dagestani-American showdown will feature Olympic champions Akhmed Tazhudinov and Kyle Snyder.
The tournament will also mark the long-awaited return of 2008 Olympic champion, 41-year-old Shirvani Muradov, who will face active UFC fighter Bo Nickal of the United States.
Other bouts involving Dagestani athletes: Ibragim Kadiev vs. Zahid Valencia; Sharabutdin Magomedov vs. Neiman Gracie; Kyle Dake vs. Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov; Jordan Burroughs vs. Magomed Kurbanaliev; Jason Nolf vs. Ismail Khaniev.