{"id":40565,"date":"2026-09-17T03:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/NFL-Hall-of-Famer-Ray-Lewis-could-be-headed-back-to-the-wrestling-mat-202832"},"modified":"2026-09-17T03:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:22:18","slug":"nfl-hall-of-famer-ray-lewis-could-be-headed-back-to-the-wrestling-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/nfl-hall-of-famer-ray-lewis-could-be-headed-back-to-the-wrestling-mat\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Hall of Famer Ray Lewis could be headed back to the wrestling mat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nfl-hall-of-famer-ray-lewis-could-be-headed-back-to-the-wrestling-mat.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p> Ray Lewis could be the latest prominent crossover athlete to grace<br \/>\nthe Real American Freestyle mat.<\/p>\n<p>RAF co-founders Chad Bronstein and Izzy Martinez recently revealed<br \/>\nthat discussions are underway for the Hall of Famer to compete for<br \/>\nthe promotion before the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>Ray Lewis is in discussions to compete for Real American<br \/>\nFreestyle before the end of 2026<\/h2>\n<p>Lewis, who has a legitimate background in wrestling, may soon make<br \/>\nhis debut in RAF, as there are ongoing discussions between the<br \/>\nformer professional football linebacker and the wrestling<br \/>\npromotion. Former <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> welterweight titleholder<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tyron-Woodley-42605\">Tyron<br \/>\nWoodley<\/a>, who has competed twice for RAF, is helping facilitate<br \/>\nthe crossover.<\/p>\n<p>He was a state wrestling champion in high school and has credited<br \/>\nthe sport for aiding his National Football League career.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/raf-wrestling\/510547\/raf-execs-nfl-hall-of-famer-ray-lewis-in-discussions-to-compete-in-wrestling-match-before-end-of-2026\">MMA Fighting<\/a>, a deal hasn\u2019t been finalized, but<br \/>\nthe two sides are moving in a positive direction. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ray Lewis could be the latest prominent crossover athlete to grace the Real American Freestyle mat. RAF co-founders Chad Bronstein and Izzy Martinez recently revealed that discussions are underway for the Hall of Famer to compete for the promotion before the end of 2026. Ray Lewis is in discussions to compete for Real American Freestyle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}