Overview
- Real American Freestyle announced Wednesday that Michael 'Venom' Page will meet Alexander Shlemenko in a wrestling match at RAF 14 on Oct. 3 in Las Vegas.
- The promotion confirmed that both Page and Shlemenko will be making their RAF debuts in the Oct. 3 matchup.
- Page remains an active UFC fighter and is already booked to fight Nursulton Ruziboev at UFC Paris on Sept. 5, creating back-to-back commitments for the Londoner.
- Shlemenko is a longtime veteran with roughly 89 professional MMA fights, a former Bellator middleweight champion, and he most recently submitted Nikola Dipchikov at ACA 204 in June.
- The booking continues RAF's strategy of importing established MMA names to its mats and raises questions about how fighters will balance cross-promotion schedules and media windows as the organization grows.