Chaos erupted at the Real American Freestyle’s wrestling event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after Colby Covington and Belal Muhammad engaged in a physical altercation after the event. Both won their respective bouts at RAF 11 and attended the post-fight press conference, where all hell broke loose after they began trash-talking each other.

While the two were trading barbs at each other, a reporter then asked ‘Chaos’ whether he’d be open to facing his long-time rival, Kamaru Usman, who had just lost to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC Oklahoma City hours ago, at RAF’s future Madison Square Garden event. As expected, Covington said “yes.” But for some reason, it sparked a back-and-forth between Covington and Muhammad. The verbal tirade heated up after the former interim welterweight champion criticized the Palestinian-American’s appearance.

“Shut the f–k up, bro,” Colby said at the RAF 11 post-fight presser. “You’re going to get smacked up so hard, bro. You might be the ugliest m———r bro. Look at that f—— nose, bro. That guy is f—— ugly. No wonder he’s with the gargoyle. Shut the f— up. That’s the real talking, bro.”

Hearing that, Belal Muhammad launched himself at Colby Covington in rage and threw a kick at him. A security guard immediately tackled Belal. Sensing the opportunity, Covington threw a kick at Belal, which prompted more security personnel to rush onto the stage in an attempt to separate them. While the presser turned into pandemonium with multiple people jumping onto the stage, no one was seriously hurt, and the security managed to separate the two.

Covington and Muhammad have already cut a serious promo if the Real American Freestyle wants to have the wrestling match between the two in the future. However, it won’t be a stretch to say that the RAF 11 press conference’s chaos was nothing but the effect of their lingering grudge. During the pre-fight presser, the retired UFC star congratulated Belal on becoming a father and immediately followed it up with a distasteful remark.

“I just got one question, Belal: who the f— let you hit?” Covington said. “Bro, you’re one of the ugliest motherf—s I’ve seen in my life. That girl must look like a gargoyle. Disgusting.”

For those who found the altercation between the two surprising, both UFC stars actually go way back with their bitter bad-blood rivalry. When Covington was active in the UFC’s welterweight division, Muhammad was steadily climbing the ranks to emerge as one of the division’s fiercest contenders, and that naturally created friction between them.

However, after the promotion chose ‘Chaos’ to fight then-champion Leon Edwards at UFC 286, the Palestinian-American didn’t take it kindly that Covington got the opportunity to fight for the belt even after coming off a year-long layoff. Because of that, Muhammad never hesitated to call out Covington and also wanted to snatch that opportunity with a statement win over Gilbert Burns.

Now, when it comes to altercations, Real American Freestyle is certainly no stranger to them. Not too long ago, another one of their recent press conferences erupted into a massive brawl.

Merab Dvalishvili slaps Umar Nurmagomedov fan, ignites massive scuffle at RAF Georgia presser

Last week, RAF’s ambitious event went down in Merab Dvalishvili‘s home country of Georgia. The former bantamweight champion was scheduled to face ex-rival Henry Cejudo in a freestyle wrestling match that instantly grabbed people’s attention. However, before the event, ‘The Machine’ found himself engaged in a scuffle with Umar Nurmagomedov’s fans after making dismissive comments about the Russian during the press conference.

After a reporter asked Merab whether he would be open to facing Umar in a freestyle wrestling match, the former champ completely brushed it aside by saying, “No, never. F– that guy… Except this spoiled guy, I’ll fight whoever RAF chooses.”

For Merab, throwing some animosity-filled words toward ‘Young Eagle’ isn’t new, as they had already exchanged heated back-and-forths before they fought at UFC 311 last year. But the Umar fans who appeared to attend the event took offense to the Georgian fighter’s words and reportedly confronted him over the remarks.

In a viral clip, Merab was heard saying, “What’s your problem?” with one of the fans apparently touching him, which enraged him and resulted in an altercation. The video showed security guards jumping in to prevent the brawl from escalating further, but with more people joining in, the situation quickly spiraled into even greater chaos.

That said, with so many frequent confrontations, Real American Freestyle’s press conferences have clearly become even more intense than the UFC’s.