RAF 02

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RAF 02: Dake vs. Makoev
RAF 02 poster.jpg
Promotional poster for RAF 02
Promotion Real American Freestyle
DateOctober 25, 2025
Venue Bryce Jordan Center
City State College, Pennsylvania
Attendance3,000 [1]
Event chronology
RAF 01: Hendrickson vs. Elders RAF 02: Dake vs. Makoev RAF 03: Mendes vs. Chandler

RAF 02: Dake vs. Makoev was a freestyle wrestling event that took place on October 25, 2025 at the Bryce Jordan Center of Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania. [2]

Contents

It was the second flagship event produced by the Real American Freestyle (RAF) promotion, and aired live on Fox Nation.

Background

Commentary for the event's live Fox Nation broadcast was provided by Kurt Angle, Bubba Jenkins, Bo Nickal, and Julianna Peña. [3]

Tickets for the event went on sale through Ticketmaster on September 18, 2025. [4] The event was rescheduled from its original date of November 8, 2025, as that would have conflicted with a Penn State Nittany Lions football home game. [4]

Kyle Snyder suffered a knee injury prior to the event, and was replaced by Alexander Romanov. [5]

Roman Bravo-Young suffered an injury prior to the event, and was replaced by Matt Ramos. [6]

Andriy Yatsenko was replaced by Austin DeSanto. [6]

Results

Main card (Fox Nation)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Cruiserweight Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Dake (c)def. Flag of Slovakia.svg Boris Makoev Decision (7–1)32:00 [a]
Women's Flyweight Flag of the United States.svg Helen Maroulis def. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Samantha Stewart Decision (6–0)32:00 [b]
Bantamweight Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Tomasello (c)def. Flag of the United States.svg Matt Ramos Decision (5–3)32:00 [c]
Welterweight Flag of the United States.svg David Carr def. Flag of Egypt.svg Amr Reda Hussen Technical fall (18–6)21:44 [d]
Heavyweight Flag of the United States.svg Jake Varner def. Flag of the United States.svg Pat Downey Decision (5–1)32:00
Cruiserweight Flag of the United States.svg Nate Jackson def. Flag of the United States.svg Carter Starocci Decision (7–2)32:00
Openweight Flag of the United States.svg Cayden Henschel def. Flag of the United States.svg Keelon Jimison Technical fall (11–1)30:29
Heavyweight Flag of the United States.svg Mason Parris def. Flag of Moldova.svg Alexander Romanov Technical fall (11–0)21:51 [e]
Welterweight Flag of Slovakia.svg Tajmuraz Salkazanov def. Flag of the United States.svg James Green Decision (4–4)32:00
Bantamweight Flag of the United States.svg Austin DeSanto def. Flag of the United States.svg Nico Megaludis Technical fall (10–0)31:13 [f]
  1. ↑ For the RAF Cruiserweight Championship.
  2. ↑ For the RAF Women's Flyweight Championship.
  3. ↑ For the RAF Bantamweight Championship. Ramos replaced Roman Bravo-Young.
  4. ↑ For the RAF Welterweight Championship.
  5. ↑ Romanov replaced Kyle Snyder.
  6. ↑ DeSanto replaced Andriy Yatsenko.

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References

  1. ↑ Cobler, Nate (October 25, 2025). "How Penn State-connected wrestlers fared in Real American Freestyle's RAF 02". Centre Daily Times . Retrieved November 5, 2025.
  2. ↑ Zeno, Michael (September 16, 2025). "Bryce Jordan Center To Host Real American Freestyle on October 25". Onward State . Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  3. ↑ Bowker, Dylan (September 24, 2025). "Julianna Peña joins up with Real American Freestyle". MMA News. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Stockburger, George (September 11, 2025). "RAF02 ticket information, new date released for Penn State event". WHTM-TV . Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  5. ↑ Brunt, Cliff (September 25, 2025). "Olympic gold medalist Helen Maroulis signs with Real American Freestyle wrestling". Associated Press . Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Smith, Earl (October 22, 2025). "RAF 02 Card Updates Announced". InterMat. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  7. ↑ Immel, Richard (October 26, 2025). "Olympic champions Maroulis, Varner among RAF 02 winners at Penn State". USA Wrestling . Retrieved November 5, 2025.
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