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Chimaev faced Dillon Danis in a wrestling match in the main event at RAF 10 on Sunday in St. Louis, Missouri. Chimaev defeated Danis via fall in 45 seconds before all hell broke loose.
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Chimaev appeared to kick Danis before the stage was swarmed in a wild scene. While Chimaev’s supporters tried to jump Danis, security intervened.
Not a Good Look
Covington, who attended the event, believes the brawl was pre-planned on the part of Chimaev’s team. Despite having rewatched the match, “Chaos” isn’t sure what instigated the brawl. Covington believes Danis might have caught Chimaev in a guillotine, which led to “Borz” retaliating with a kick. Having recently left the UFC to fully dedicate himself to RAF, Covington was disappointed by the turn of events at RAF 10. Covington believes that such unruly conduct won’t help RAF become the biggest wrestling promotion in the world.
“It seemed like the Chechens, they came for that; they rushed the stage right away, they were ready for a fight,” Covington told Red Corner MMA. “It shouldn’t have happened and it’s not gonna happen ever again… I was actually just watching the film back now, what caused it and what started it all. I can’t tell. Maybe Danis had a guillotine, and that’s what started it. But Khamzat pushed him and kicked him at the end. Maybe he was getting guillotined. I can’t tell after rewatching it. But we’ve got to be more professional. We’re getting paid to be out there, we’re not freaking thugs, we’re not in the schoolyard. This is a professional sport. We want to build Real American Freestyle into the greatest wrestling promotion in the world. And we just can’t have that.”
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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