Overview
- The matchup was announced during RAF 3 in Chicago and confirmed as official by Real American Freestyle on X.
- The title defense will be a freestyle wrestling match at the Fishers Event Center in Fishers, Indiana.
- Nickal is the reigning champion after winning the inaugural RAF light heavyweight belt in August and he enters off a UFC 322 head‑kick knockout to improve to 8–1 (5–1 UFC).
- Romero, 48, is a 2000 Olympic silver medalist and 1999 world champion who has stayed active in BKFC and Dirty Boxing as he returns to freestyle competition.
- RAF 4 is scheduled to be headlined by a heavyweight title bout between Wyatt Hendrickson and 2024 Olympian Mason Parris, with Belal Muhammad slated to face David Carr.