Overview
- Covington retained the RAF cruiserweight title with a 10-0 technical fall over Belal Muhammad at RAF 13, a result reported across outlets on Sunday.
- After the win Covington publicly named Khamzat Chimaev and a trilogy with Kamaru Usman as priority targets and said he prefers to keep future RAF matches in the United States.
- Covington set a firm condition that any Chimaev bout meet a negotiated weight limit, with outlets reporting his demand as either 180 pounds or 185 pounds, creating a current factual discrepancy to be resolved.
- Chimaev, who also won on the same card, has teased a possible matchup and reportedly suggested he leaked RAF’s plan, but RAF has not announced or finalized any pairing.
- If RAF proceeds with crossovers like this one it will need to settle practical hurdles—weight agreement, venue choice and promotional logistics—which will shape whether former UFC names use RAF as an ongoing alternative platform.