Two former UFC title holders will face off on the wrestling mats.
Promotional officials confirmed to MMA Fighting that former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington is set to face former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold in the main event of RAF 5. The event takes place Jan. 10 at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla., and streams exclusively on FOX Nation.
Covington, a 17-fight UFC veteran, returns to action after missing all of 2025. “Chaos” last competed in the combat sports world in a short notice main event bout against Joaquin Buckley at UFC Tampa in December 2024, losing via doctor’s stoppage TKO in the third round. Covington has competed just five times since December 2019, losing three championship bouts to Kamaru Usman on two separate occasions, as well as Leon Edwards, while picking up decision wins over Tyron Woodley and Jorge Masvidal.
Rockhold heads to the wrestling mats after suffering a brutal knockout loss to Darren Till in a boxing match at Misfits 22 in August.
In addition to the Covington vs. Rockhold matchup, RAF 5 features a cruiserweight championship as Kyle Dake will face the winner of the upcoming RAF 4 matchup between Russian-Belarusian Olympian Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau and Oklahoma State wrestling standout Dustin Plott.
