{"id":40684,"date":"2026-09-24T02:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Khamzat-Chimaev-set-to-welcome-Robbie-Lawler-back-to-competition-202932"},"modified":"2026-09-24T02:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T02:01:34","slug":"khamzat-chimaev-set-to-welcome-robbie-lawler-back-to-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/khamzat-chimaev-set-to-welcome-robbie-lawler-back-to-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamzat Chimaev set to welcome Robbie Lawler back to competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/khamzat-chimaev-set-to-welcome-robbie-lawler-back-to-competition.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khamzat-Chimaev-280021\">Khamzat<br \/>\nChimaev<\/a> is set to welcome <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Robbie-Lawler-2245\">Robbie<br \/>\nLawler<\/a> to Real American Freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Chimaev and Lawler are scheduled to compete in a catchweight<br \/>\nwrestling match in the co-main event at RAF 14 on Oct. 23 at<br \/>\nFontainebleau in Las Vegas. The card will be headlined by <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Arman-Tsarukyan-213913\">Arman<br \/>\nTsarukyan<\/a> vs. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dillon-Danis-247811\">Dillon<br \/>\nDanis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Robbie Lawler returns for Khamzat Chimaev wrestling match at<br \/>\nRAF 14<\/h2>\n<p>The matchup marks Lawler\u2019s RAF debut. It\u2019s also the former <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> welterweight titleholder\u2019s<br \/>\nreturn to competition since retiring from the UFC in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Chimaev lost his UFC middleweight title to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sean-Strickland-30452\">Sean<br \/>\nStrickland<\/a> this past May. \u201cBorz\u201d has since defeated Danis,<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tyron-Woodley-42605\">Tyron<br \/>\nWoodley<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Gilbert-Burns-91727\">Gilbert<br \/>\nBurns<\/a>, all via pinfall or tech fall, in wrestling matches at<br \/>\nRAF.<\/p>\n<p>The card also features the return of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Michael-Page-91937\">Michael<br \/>\nPage<\/a>, who\u2019s competing for the first time since his<br \/>\ncontroversial UFC exit. He takes on Russian veteran <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alexander-Shlemenko-14461\">Alexander<br \/>\nShlemenko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"1.2413793103448\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.3448275862069\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BORZ VS RUTHLESS \ud83d\udd12<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khamzat-Chimaev-280021\">Khamzat<br \/>\nChimaev<\/a> takes on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Robbie-Lawler-2245\">Robbie<br \/>\nLawler<\/a> OCT 23 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas for <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RAF14?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RAF14<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tickets in bio. Watch on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/foxnation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@foxnation<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/naAFEN7SdG\">pic.twitter.com\/naAFEN7SdG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Real American Freestyle (@RAFWrestlingUSA) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RAFWrestlingUSA\/status\/2102790453242314923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nSeptember 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khamzat Chimaev is set to welcome Robbie Lawler to Real American Freestyle. Chimaev and Lawler are scheduled to compete in a catchweight wrestling match in the co-main event at RAF 14 on Oct. 23 at Fontainebleau in Las Vegas. The card will be headlined by Arman Tsarukyan vs. Dillon Danis. Advertisement Robbie Lawler returns for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40684","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\/40684","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=40684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}