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RAF 13

RAF 13 was the thirteenth professional wrestling event staged by Real American Freestyle (RAF), a freestyle wrestling promotion, held on Friday, September 18, 2026, at the Watsco Center at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.¹ The card was headlined by a grudge match between former UFC fighters Colby Covington and Belal Muhammad.¹

Key fact	Detail
Event	RAF 13, the thirteenth event of Real American Freestyle¹
Date and venue	Friday, September 18, 2026, Watsco Center, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida¹
Broadcast	12-match card beginning at 8 p.m. ET, streaming live on Fox Nation¹
Main event	Colby Covington vs. Belal Muhammad, a cruiserweight crossover championship match¹
Co-main event	Khamzat Chimaev vs. Gilbert Burns, a catchweight wrestling match¹
Results	Covington won over Muhammad and Chimaev triumphed over Burns²
Other use of the name	RAF 13 is also a bi-level float control valve model made by Raphael Valves for reservoirs and water tanks³

Event overview

RAF 13 took place as part of a schedule in which Real American Freestyle had been running monthly events for a year.⁴ The promotion, led on the media side by Chief Media Officer Eric Bischoff, has drawn heavily on UFC crossover talent, with fighters such as Henry Cejudo, Urijah Faber, Gable Steveson, and Michael Chandler having competed at its events.⁴ The event streamed live on Fox Nation, part of a long-term broadcasting partnership between RAF and Fox Nation that also includes network exposure on Fox.¹^•⁴

Match card

Main event. Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington faced former UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in a cruiserweight crossover title match, with Covington putting his RAF cruiserweight crossover championship on the line.¹

Co-main event. Khamzat Chimaev and Gilbert Burns ran back their memorable 2022 UFC fight in a catchweight wrestling match.¹

Undercard. Luke Rockhold and Joe Pyfer clashed on the undercard, and American powerlifter and influencer Larry "Wheels" also competed.⁵ The full card consisted of 12 matches.¹

Connection to RAF Undiscovered

RAF 13 served as the stage for the debut of the winner of RAF Undiscovered: The Hunt For Wrestling's Next Star, an original reality series from RAF and Fox Nation in which twelve relatively unknown wrestlers competed for a professional contract.⁵^•⁶ The series, described as similar in format to The Ultimate Fighter, began streaming on Fox Nation on September 16, 2026, and the tournament moved quickly enough that the winner made his official company debut at RAF 13 just two days later.⁵

Results and aftermath

Covington won his match over Muhammad, and Chimaev triumphed over Burns.² A 19-minute highlights episode, The Best of RAF 13: Miami, was released on Apple TV on September 19, 2026, as the fourth episode of the Real American Freestyle series.² After the event, Bischoff said the promotion was expanding into other forms of television, having just premiered its first unscripted special, a two-hour competition elimination format.⁴

Other uses of the name

RAF 13 is also the model designation of a bi-level float control valve in the RAF series of diaphragm control valves made by Raphael Valves. It is a non-modulating, on/off service valve activated by line pressure and controlled by a 3-W float pilot, used to control the filling of water reservoirs and tanks; it opens at a low preset water level and closes at a high preset level, with a maximal nominal pressure of 16 bar.³^•⁷

References

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Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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