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[eaLiTy]

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I guess I was wrong and underestimated Arman's self-restraint and sportsmanship. He didn't attempt to punch Danis and only limited himself to slapping him during the fight and stomping on him at the end.
 
It was a short fight. Arman clearly dominated and won by a technical fall.

I was actually surprised by Dillon Danis because he usually does over-the-top shenanigans all the time. But even after getting slapped in the initial sequence and then getting stomped on his chest by Arman Tsarukyan after the match, he was not showing off like he used to. He even offered a handshake at the end, though Arman was hesitant. In the post-match interview, Arman went on to call him out for a bout in MMA.

[notblox1]

Here we go again.
A press conference for RAF 14 ended in a brawl between Arman Tsarukyan and Dillon Danis. Who would have guessed.

Dillon Danis is a junky and I dont think he is mentally ready to be in professional combat sports anymore.
I am not putting all the blame on him because it needs two sides to fight, but this was also used to promote fight the same way his ex partner Conor McGregor was doing it.
I prefer to see fighting in arena on the fight night, but this is the part of the mind games, and we saw that many times in boxing and mma.

[TopTort777]

Dillon Danis... I cant remember hearing anything good about him, or that he has won anything. All the time he gets in trouble, inside the ring or octagon, or on the street. It seems that he is only remembered by being McGregors training partner. People talk that he is good at bjj, wrestling, but besides talks I see him loosing everything and everywhere. It seems that to earn any money, he can only parasite on his negative reputation and former connections with McGregor.

[cygan]

today marks the oktagon #97 event...!
in the main event, the reigning champion, 23-yo Igor Severino, puts his belt on the cage against an undefeated challenger. local hero and 24-yo phenom Max Holzer, who has been undefeated for 12 fights, gets a once-in-a-lifetime chance to win the title in front of his home crowd!
in another cage fight, the top spot in the featherweight division is on the line. the division’s #4 and former title challenger, Gjoni Palokaj, has his sights set on another big name - the elite, multiple-time champion of a german organization and the division’s #3, Zafar Mohsen.
cage fighters from a total of 10 different countries will compete throughout the event!

[eaLiTy]

Dillon Danis... I cant remember hearing anything good about him, or that he has won anything. All the time he gets in trouble, inside the ring or octagon, or on the street. It seems that he is only remembered by being McGregors training partner. People talk that he is good at bjj, wrestling, but besides talks I see him loosing everything and everywhere. It seems that to earn any money, he can only parasite on his negative reputation and former connections with McGregor.

It is a fact that Dillon Danis is only famous for being the training partner for Conor McGregor. He has never had any impressive accomplishments in his personal career. He never won any major Jiu-Jitsu black belt titles like the IBJJF World Championships or the ADCC World Championships, and his grappling record is not that impressive either. The only reason he makes all this noise and creates trouble is to get infamy.

[TopTort777]

https://gulfnews.com/sport/raf-next-gen-set-to-make-abu-dhabi-debut-1.500711271

It seems like RAF are trying to bring wrestling mainstream. There's a big event scheduled for 14th November. They partnered up with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi and the UAE Wrestling Federation and are bringing hundreds of young wrestlers to Abu Dhabi to compete in a tournament. The finalists will compete in the same event as the top stars.
The main fight of the event is a title fight between Colby Covington and Khamzat Chimaev.
Although Colby officially retired from MMA, he seems to be doing surprisingly well in wrestling (his base sport). He previously defeated Arman Tsarukyan back in July, so him fighting Khamzat now should be interesting.

People, dont forget about this event. If you have whole weekend nothing to do then it will be a nice warm-up before UFC 334. There are really big name in this card, both former and current UFC fighters, as well as Olympic Games champions and World Championship wrestling medalists. I would say by concentration of achievements in combat sport, RAF Abu Dhabi is way ahead of UFC 334.

[pawel7777]

People, dont forget about this event. If you have whole weekend nothing to do then it will be a nice warm-up before UFC 334. There are really big name in this card, both former and current UFC fighters, as well as Olympic Games champions and World Championship wrestling medalists. I would say by concentration of achievements in combat sport, RAF Abu Dhabi is way ahead of UFC 334.

Sadly, Colby Covington pulled out of the main event of RAF Abu Dhabi. The reasons are not clear but the rumours are he suffered an "undisclosed" injury.
Colby will be replaced by Chris Weidman, a former UFC middleweight champion, a guy who dethroned Anderson Silva.
Weidman might not be well known for his wrestling, but apparently he's no stranger to the sport and had some successes in the past, including winning a state championship. He fought once in RAF, it was a loss to Colby.

Good news is that it will be broadcasted live globally on RAF's YouTube's channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@RAFwrestling/