Gable Steveson will headline RAF 09 against Alexandr Romanov on May 30, as the promotion brings a stacked card to the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.
RAF 09 will stream on FOX Nation and features a co-main event between former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman and former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington.
Steveson, a 2020 Olympic freestyle heavyweight gold medalist, signed a multimatch contract with RAF after winning his first three professional MMA fights by knockout, along with a knockout win in Dirty Boxing Championships.
Weidman will make his RAF debut less than two years after his final UFC fight. He retired after a TKO loss to Eryk Anders on Dec. 7, 2024 at UFC 310.
Covington will be making his third RAF appearance of 2026 at RAF 09. He defeated Luke Rockhold in January 2026 and Dillon Danis on March 28, 2026, and has not competed in the UFC since Dec. 14, 2024, when he was stopped by Joaquin Buckley in the UFC on ESPN 63 main event.
