| RAF 01 | ||||
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 Promotional poster for RAF 01 | ||||
| Promotion | Real American Freestyle | |||
| Date | August 30, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Wolstein Center | |||
| City | Cleveland, Ohio | |||
| Attendance | 4,500 [1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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RAF 01 was a freestyle wrestling event that took place on August 30, 2025 at the Wolstein Center of Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. [1]
It was the inaugural flagship event produced by the Real American Freestyle (RAF) promotion, and aired live on Fox Nation.
The event began with a tribute to Real American Freestyle (RAF) co-founder Hulk Hogan, who had died in July 2025. [2]
Commentary for the event's live Fox Nation broadcast was provided by Kurt Angle, Bubba Jenkins and Chael Sonnen. [3]
Ben Askren was originally supposed to compete on the card, but had to withdraw after suffering complications from pneumonia. [4]
Holly Holm was the surprise replacement for Kennedy Blades, who was not cleared for the event by NCAA. [1] Most Valuable Promotions granted Holm an exemption to compete as Blades' replacement. [5]
Tito Ortiz challenged Chael Sonnen during the broadcast to a future match, which Sonnen accepted. [6] Mason Parris also challenged RAF Heavyweight Champion Wyatt Hendrickson during the broadcast to a future match, which Hendrickson accepted. [7]
| Main card (Fox Nation) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight |  Wyatt Hendrickson | def. |  Mostafa Elders | Technical fall (14–1) | 2 | 1:08 | [a] |
| Light Heavyweight | Bo Nickal | def. |  Jacob Cardenas | Decision (6–4) | 3 | 2:00 | [b] |
| Women's Middleweight |  Alejandra Rivera | def. | Holly Holm | Decision (9–7) | 3 | 2:00 | [c] |
| Cruiserweight | Kyle Dake | def. | Dean Hamiti | Technical fall (11–0) | 2 | 1:57 | [d] |
| Featherweight | Real Woods | def. | Darrion Caldwell | Pinfall | 2 | 1:29 | [e] |
| Women's Strawweight | Sarah Hildebrandt | def. | Zeltzin Hernandez | Technical fall (11–0) | 3 | 0:36 | [f] |
| Middleweight | Evan Wick | def. | Jason Nolf | Decision (10–8) | 3 | 2:00 | [g] |
| Lightweight | Austin Gomez | def. | Lance Palmer | Technical fall (11–0) | 1 | 1:02 | |
| Lightweight | Yianni Diakomihalis | def. |  Bajrang Punia | Decision (5–1) | 3 | 2:00 | [h] |
| Bantamweight | Nathan Tomasello | def. | Matt Ramos | Decision (4–3) | 3 | 2:00 | [i] |