| RAF 12: Dvalishvili vs. Cejudo 2 | ||||
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 The poster for RAF 12: Dvalishvili vs. Cejudo 2 | ||||
| Promotion | Real American Freestyle | |||
| Date | August 22, 2026 | |||
| Venue | Rocket Arena | |||
| City | Cleveland, Ohio | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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RAF 12: Dvalishvili vs. Cejudo 2 was a freestyle wrestling event produced by the Real American Freestyle (RAF) promotion which took place on August 22, 2026, at the Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
This event marked the first-year anniversary show of RAF, returning to the promotion's original host city of Cleveland, Ohio for the first time since RAF 01.
A lightweight bout for the inaugural RAF Lightweight Crossover Championship with former UFC Bantawmeight Champion Merab Dvalishvili and former UFC Flyweight and fellow Bantamweight Champion (also 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling) Henry Cejudo headlined the event. They competed in freestyle wrestling for the first time at RAF Georgia in July 2026 where Dvalishvili won by decision. They were originally scheduled to compete at RAF 08 in April 2026 but Cejudo withdrew hours before the event. Their first bout was at UFC 298 in mixed martial arts in February 2024 where Dvalishvili won via unanimous decision.
A catchweight bout between 2012 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling Jordan Burroughs and Sean Brady was scheduled to headline the event, but was shifted to the co-main event for undisclosed reasons.
An RAF Crossover Cruiserweight Championship match between former current champion (also former interim UFC Welterweight Champion) Colby Covington and former UFC Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad was scheduled for the event. However, the bout was shifted to September at RAF 13 as the main event.
Two additional championship bouts took place:
In addition, Kennedy Blades was scheduled to defend her RAF Women's Middleweight Championship against Diana Avsaragova, but Avsaragova withdrew. Reese Larramendy replaced Avsaragova, and it was changed to a non-title catchweight bout.
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight |  Henry Cejudo |
def. |  Merab Dvalishvili |
Pinfall | 1 | 0:36 | |
| Catchweight | Jordan Burroughs |
def. | Sean Brady |
Technical fall (11–0) | 2 | 0:12 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Max McEnelly |
def. | Bo Nickal |
Decision (6-0) | 3 | 2:00 | |
| Cruiserweight | Tyron Woodley |
def. | Joaquin Buckley |
Decision (14-8) | 3 | 2:00 | |
| Middleweight | Jason Nolf |
def. | Evan Wick |
Technical fall (11-1) | 3 | 0:26 | |
| Featherweight | Jesse Mendez |
def. | Vladimer Khinchegashvili |
Decision (7-2) | 3 | 2:00 | |
| Welterweight | David Carr (c) |
def. |  Tajmuraz Salkazanov |
Decision (5-4) | 3 | 2:00 | |
| Catchweight | Kennedy Blades (c) |
def. | Reese Larramendy |
Technical fall (11-0) | 2 | 0:08 | |
| Featherweight | Johnni DiJulius |
def. |  Asu Almabayev |
Technical fall (10-0) | 1 | 1:28 | |
| Bantamweight |  Masanosuke Ono |
def. | Ben Davino |
Decision (4-0) | 3 | 2:00 | |
| Middleweight |  Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau |
def. | Will Lewan |
Injury default (7-0) | 1 | 2:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Gable Steveson |
def. | Anthony Cassioppi |
Decision (6-0) | 3 | 2:00 | |
The following athletes received bonuses.
