{"id":505561,"date":"2026-02-28T16:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505561\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T16:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:19:08","slug":"raf-06-cejudo-vs-faber-preview-full-card-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505561\/","title":{"rendered":"RAF 06: Cejudo vs. Faber Preview, Full Card, How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAF 06: Cejudo vs. Faber takes place tonight, Saturday, February 28, from Mullett Arena at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Doors open at 5:30 PM MT, with the event beginning at 7:00 PM MT (9:00 PM ET). The card streams exclusively on FOX Nation.<\/p>\n<p>This is widely considered one of the deepest Real American Freestyle cards to date, mixing elite freestyle wrestlers with high-profile MMA crossover names throughout the lineup.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"RAF 06 Poster\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg shadow-md w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 960 1200'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/svg+xml;base64,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'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772295548_689_image.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cejudo vs. Faber Headlines RAF 06<\/p>\n<p>Former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo steps onto the freestyle wrestling mat just weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/leaving-the-sport-as-one-of-the-greatest-of-all-time-fighters-fans-pay-respects-to-henry-cejudo-following-loss-to-payton-talbott-in-retirement-fight-at-ufc-323\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">retiring from the UFC<\/a> to headline against Urijah Faber at lightweight (155 lbs). Faber, a UFC Hall of Famer and fellow former bantamweight champion, makes for a compelling MMA-to-wrestling crossover matchup.<\/p>\n<p>The co-main event features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/tag\/arman-tsarukyan\" class=\"tag-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arman Tsarukyan<\/a> taking on Georgio Poullas at middleweight (175 lbs), adding another elite UFC-caliber name to the card.<\/p>\n<p>Sterling vs. Henderson Added After Card Shakeup<\/p>\n<p>Former UFC bantamweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/tag\/aljamain-sterling\" class=\"tag-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aljamain Sterling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/aljamain-sterling-steps-in-for-injured-chad-mendes-will-face-benson-henderson-at-raf-06\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stepped in on short notice for the injured Chad Mendes<\/a> and will face MMA legend Benson Henderson at 175 lbs. It&#8217;s another marquee MMA crossover bout on an already stacked card.<\/p>\n<p>Also of note, RAF Middleweight Champion David Carr (c) defends against Bubba Jenkins at 165 lbs, and former UFC veteran Clay Guida \u2014 who recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/clay-guida-confirms-ufc-departure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">departed the UFC after 19 years<\/a> \u2014 competes at 165 lbs.<\/p>\n<p>155 lbs (Main Event): Henry Cejudo vs. Urijah Faber<\/p>\n<p>175 lbs (Co-Main): Arman Tsarukyan vs. Georgio Poullas<\/p>\n<p>175 lbs: Aljamain Sterling vs. Benson Henderson<\/p>\n<p>190 lbs: Mahmoud Fawzy vs. Zahid Valencia<\/p>\n<p>165 lbs: David Carr (c) vs. Bubba Jenkins<\/p>\n<p>175 lbs: Tajmuraz Salkazanov vs. Keegan O&#8217;Toole<\/p>\n<p>175 lbs: Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau vs. Evan Wick<\/p>\n<p>145 lbs: Andrew Alirez vs. Bryce Meredith<\/p>\n<p>145 lbs: Beau Bartlett vs. Jordan Oliver<\/p>\n<p>165 lbs: Clay Guida vs. TBD<\/p>\n<p>Unlimited: Stephen Buchanan vs. Givi Matcharashvili<\/p>\n<p>120 lbs: TBD vs. Everest Leycker<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch RAF 06<\/p>\n<p>RAF 06: Cejudo vs. Faber streams exclusively on FOX Nation beginning at 9:00 PM ET \/ 7:00 PM MT tonight. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/real-american-freestyle-fox-nation-extension\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real American Freestyle recently secured a long-term extension with the platform<\/a> following record subscriber growth driven by RAF 05.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RAF 06: Cejudo vs. Faber takes place tonight, Saturday, February 28, from Mullett Arena at Arizona State University&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[28097,15504,49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-505561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-aljamain-sterling","9":"tag-arman-tsarukyan","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-fighting","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}