RAF rankings put Colby Covington at No. 1, far ahead of fellow UFC stars Arman and Khamzat

Colby Covington is the No. 1-ranked crossover fighter in Real American Freestyle (RAF).

“Crossover fighter” is how RAF categorizes athletes who are crossing over from another discipline. In the case of Covington, along with fellow Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) stars Arman Tsarukyan and Khamzat Chimaev, it’s mixed martial arts (MMA).

Here are the Top 20 RAF crossover wrestlers:

1. Colby Covington
2. Henry Cejudo
3. Arman Tsarukyan
4. Khamzat Chimaev
5. Merab Dvalishvili
6. Aaron Pico
7. Tyron Woodley
8. Michael Chandler
9. Lance Palmer
10. Cayden Henschel
11. Johnni DiJuius
12. Aljamain Sterling
13. Belal Muhammad
14. Georgio Poullas
15. Shara Magomedov
16. Pouya Rahmani
17. Joe Pyfer
18. Frankie Edgar
19. Mugsy Buljunk
20. Yusuf Raisov

Check out all the RAF rankings below:

Covington defends his RAF crossover title against Chimaev next month in Abu Dhabi (details here). As for Tsarukyan, he’s scheduled to battle Dillon Danis atop the RAF 14 fight card this weekend in Las Vegas (more on that here).

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