{"id":616816,"date":"2026-04-19T09:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616816\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T09:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:28:15","slug":"raf-08-live-results-tsarukyan-vs-faber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616816\/","title":{"rendered":"RAF 08 live results: Tsarukyan vs. Faber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Real American Freestyle (RAF) returns TONIGHT (Sat., April 18, 2026) with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ncaa-wrestling-news-and-results\/436680\/raf-08-card-start-time-date-and-location-cejudo-vs-merab-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eighth event<\/a>, streaming live from Liacouras Center of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2023\/11\/9\/23954315\/dual-ufc-double-champions-list-ufc-history-conor-mcgregor-cormier-st-pierre-penn-alex-pereira-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former two-division UFC champion<\/a>, Henry Cejudo, was supposed to headline the card against former Bantamweight champion and former rival, Merab Dvalishvili; however, a last-second injury forced Cejudo off the card (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/437605\/freak-injury-takes-henry-cejudo-out-of-raf08-match-with-merab-dvalishvili\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">details here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The new main event is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-mma-rankings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 2<\/a>-ranked UFC Lightweight contender, Arman Tsarukyan, taking on mixed martial arts (MMA) legend, Urijah Faber. The co-main event now features a championship match as Kyle Snyder defends his Light Heavyweight title against Rizabek Aitmukhan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">RAF 08 kicks off at 8 p.m. ET and airs exclusively on FOX Nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Below, you\u2019ll find live results, highlights and discussion throughout the evening.<\/p>\n<p>RAF 08 Results and Highlights:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">175 lbs: Arman Tsarukyan vs. Urijah Faber \u2014 Tsarukyan def. Faber via Tech-Fall (13-1), Round 3<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">215 lbs: Kyle Snyder vs. Rizabek Aitmukhan (championship match) \u2014 Snyder def. Aitmukhan via Points (12-6)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">190 lbs: Zahid Valencia vs. Aeoden Sinclair \u2014 Valencia def. Sinclair via Points (8-2)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">285 lbs: Anthony Cassioppi vs. Shamil Sharipov \u2014 Sharipov def. Cassioppi via Pinfall, Round 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">130 lbs: Helen Maroulis vs. Alexis Janiak (championship match) \u2014 Maroulis def. Janiak via Tech Fall (10-0), Round 2<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">145 lbs: Real Woods vs. Anthony Ashnault \u2014 Woods def. Ashnault via Points (7-2)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">175 lbs: Jason Nolf vs. Joey Blaze \u2014 Nolf def. Blaze via Points (11-2)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">145 lbs: Vladimer Khinchegashvili vs. Johnni DiJulius \u2014 Khinchegashvili def. Johnni DiJulius via Points (8-5)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">155 lbs: Lance Palmer vs. Cayden Henschel \u2014 Palmer def. Henschel via Points (3-2)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">145 lbs.: Jordan Oliver vs. Mike Vanbrill \u2014 Oliver def. Vanbrill via Points (5-0)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">135 lbs.: Lucas Byrd vs. Darian Cruz &#8211; Byrd def. Cruz via Criteria, (2-2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real American Freestyle (RAF) returns TONIGHT (Sat., April 18, 2026) with its eighth event, streaming live from Liacouras&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,62052,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-616816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-ncaa-wrestling-news-and-results","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}