Is it actually happening?<\/p>\n
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev makes his Real American Freestyle (RAF) debut against troublemaker<\/a> and Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Dillon Danis in the main event of RAF 10<\/a> this weekend (Sat., June 13, 2026) inside Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri.<\/p>\n As soon as this match was booked, everyone \u2014 including myself \u2014 basically came to the conclusion that there was no way in the world Danis would actually show up to wrestle Chimaev.<\/p>\n The former Bellator bad boy<\/a> is in St. Louis and has already run into \u201cBorz.\u201d<\/p>\n Indeed, RAF released a video of the two headliners crossing paths, and things got tense pretty quickly.<\/p>\n Danis walked up to Chimaev with a security guard between them and asked, \u201cHow are you doing, brother, you good?\u201d He then added, \u201cI thought you would be bigger,\u201d before suggesting they do jiu-jitsu or MMA instead.<\/p>\n Chimaev had no problem with that idea.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s do anything,\u201d Chimaev responded.<\/p>\n But then \u201cBorz\u201d got right to the point, telling Danis, \u201cYou\u2019ve been joking a lot,\u201d which was clearly a reference to Danis talking trash on social media for several years (like this<\/a>).<\/p>\n Danis fired back by saying, \u201cI say it in person, don\u2019t I?\u201d before adding, \u201cNothing is personal, it\u2019s just business.\u201d<\/p>\n That is when Chimaev challenged Danis to a fight right then and there.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s do a street fight,\u201d Chimaev said. \u201cYou won\u2019t do that. You say you do everything. A couple of minutes, street fight.\u201d<\/p>\n Danis accepted, but then asked why Chimaev and his people were following him.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can do it, but why don\u2019t you want to do it one-on-one?\u201d Danis said.<\/p>\n From there, the conversation turned into an argument about Americans, Chechens and Dagestanis jumping people.<\/p>\n \u201cIn America, people jump on one person,\u201d Chimaev said.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re the president of Dagestanis,\u201d Danis replied. \u201cYou guys always jump people in a group.\u201d<\/p>\n Chimaev then corrected him.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m Chechen,\u201d Chimaev said. \u201cWe only need a couple of minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n So yeah, things got tense quickly.<\/p>\n Thankfully, there wasn\u2019t a brawl, but that could all change tomorrow during the official RAF 10 press conference, where mean things will probably be said.<\/p>\n But hey, as of now, Danis is still scheduled to wrestle Chimaev on Saturday.<\/p>\n And honestly, that is the main thing.<\/p>\n