Colby Covington v Dillon Danis submission match set for Rome, 11 days before Chimaev
Hype Fighting has booked them for 3 November. Covington beat Danis by tech fall in RAF wrestling in March.
Colby Covington will face Dillon Danis in a submission-only grappling match for Hype Fighting in Rome on Tuesday 3 November, 11 days before he wrestles Khamzat Chimaev in Abu Dhabi.
Hype announced the match on 14 October. It takes place at the Pala Pellicone.
The pair met in Real American Freestyle wrestling in March, when Covington won by tech fall. Danis then lost to Chimaev by pinfall in June, and the match descended into a brawl between Chimaev's team and Danis. Danis is also due to wrestle Arman Tsarukyan at RAF 14 on 23 October.
Covington was due to compete for Hype in Quito, Ecuador, on 4 October against Mayton Perea, but withdrew, later saying he had food poisoning from ceviche.
He then meets Chimaev for the RAF Cruiserweight Crossover Championship at the Etihad Arena on Saturday 14 November, the same day as UFC 334 at Madison Square Garden. Both are unbeaten in RAF.
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