RAF 02

Last updated
RAF 02
Promotion Real American Freestyle
DateOctober 25, 2025
Venue Bryce Jordan Center
City State College, Pennsylvania
Event chronology
RAF 01 RAF 02 RAF 03

RAF 02 is an upcoming freestyle wrestling event that will take place on October 25, 2025 at the Bryce Jordan Center of Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania. [1]

Contents

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

Background

Commentary for the event's live Fox Nation broadcast will be provided by Kurt Angle, Bubba Jenkins, Bo Nickal, and Julianna Peña. [2]

Tickets for the event went on sale through Ticketmaster on September 18, 2025. [3] 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. [3]

Kyle Snyder suffered a knee injury prior to the event, and was replaced by Alexander Romanov. [4]

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

Andriy Yatsenko was replaced by Austin DeSanto.

Match card

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

References

  1. Zeno, Michael (September 16, 2025). "Bryce Jordan Center To Host Real American Freestyle on October 25". Onward State . Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  2. Bowker, Dylan (September 24, 2025). "Julianna Peña joins up with Real American Freestyle". MMA News. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Stockburger, George (September 11, 2025). "RAF02 ticket information, new date released for Penn State event". WHTM-TV . Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  4. Brunt, Cliff (September 25, 2025). "Olympic gold medalist Helen Maroulis signs with Real American Freestyle wrestling". Associated Press . Retrieved September 25, 2025.