RAF 9 results: Colby Covington narrowly defeats Chris Weidman

Real American Freestyle 9 took place on Saturday at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. The event was headlined by the promotional debut of Olympic gold medalist freestyle wrestler Gable Steveson against Alexandr Romanov. Steveson dominated the match.

In the co-main event, former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington faced former UFC middleweight titleholder Chris Weidman. Covington narrowly won lining up a July match against Arman Tsarukyan in the RAF 11 featured match.

Other notable wins include: fomer UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili defeated former UFC lightweight titleholder Frankie Edgar in one-sided fashion. Top lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan picked up another RAF win kicking off Saturday's night of match.

RAF 9 official results:

• Gable Steveson def. Alexandr Romanov via technical fall (10-0)
• Colby Covington def. Chris Weidman via decision (5-4)
• Kyle Snyder def. Givi Matcharashvili via technical fall (10-0)
• Merab Dvalishvili def. Frankie Edgar via technical fall (12-1)
• Real Woods def. Ibragim Ilyasov via pinfall (2:11)
• Parker Keckeisen def. Georgios Kougioumtsidis via decision (8-5)
• Jason Nolf def. Christopher Minto via decision (10-5)
• Zain Retherford def. Antrell Taylor via decision (8-0)
• Ridge Lovett def. Bajrang Punia via decision (13-8)
• Lucia Yepez def. Cameron Guerin via technical fall (10-0)
• Arman Tsarukyan def. Keelon Jimison via technical fall (5-0)