Overview
- Woodley wrestled Joaquin Buckley at RAF 12 in Cleveland on Saturday as part of a short RAF run that organizers and multiple outlets confirmed.
- He is booked to face Khamzat Chimaev at RAF Moscow on Sept. 5, a higher-profile grappling test Woodley acknowledges will draw headlines.
- In an interview with MMA Junkie Radio Woodley said he never formally retired from MMA and said he may fight in the cage again this year.
- Woodley told reporters he intends to compete across wrestling and boxing while keeping MMA an option and added he will not do bare-knuckle fighting.
- A former UFC welterweight champion who last fought in MMA at UFC 260 in March 2021, Woodley’s RAF schedule lets him stay active while a formal signed MMA return remains unconfirmed.