Former
Ultimate Fighting Championship will face the defending women’s bantamweight champion Diana Avsargova at the Real American Freestyle Abu Dhabi event on November 14 at the Etihad Arena. The promotion announced the match on Monday.
Julianna Pena will face Diana Avsaragova at RAF Abu Dhabi on November 14 in her first contest since losing to Kayla Harrison.
Pena has not competed since the title loss Kayla Harrison in June 2025. Harrison gave him a second round kimura to capture the belt. Pena has been the RAF’s color commentator since the launch of the campaign and is now moving from the broadcast team to the mat.
Avsaragova has competed Bellator
and
Professional Fighters League. He lost by technical fall to reigning middleweight champion Kennedy Blades at RAF 13 in September.
RAF Abu Dhabi is headlined by a cruiserweight crossover championship match between the former UFC middleweight champion
Khamzat Chimaev and former interim welterweight titleholder Colby Covington. The event marks the campaign’s first show in the Middle East as part of a five-year partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism and the UAE Wrestling Federation.
THE MAP GETS BETTER 😮💨 Julianna Peña vs. Diana Avsargova going down to #RAFABUDHABI on 14th November at the Etihad Arena. Tickets on sale now from the link in bio. https://t.co/ZGHuzkms1E
– Real American Freestyle (@RAFWrestlingUSA)
October 12, 2026
