RAF 02

RAF 02: Dake vs. Makoev
Promotional poster for RAF 02
PromotionReal American Freestyle
DateOctober 25, 2025
VenueBryce Jordan Center
CityState 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]

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

Background

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]

Commentary for the event's live Fox Nation broadcast was provided by Kurt Angle, Bubba Jenkins, Bo Nickal, and Julianna Peña.[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 class Method Round Time Notes
Cruiserweight United States Kyle Dake (c) def. Slovakia Boris Makoev Decision (7–1) 3 2:00 [a]
Women's Flyweight United States Helen Maroulis def. Canada Samantha Stewart Decision (6–0) 3 2:00 [b]
Bantamweight United States Nathan Tomasello (c) def. United States Matt Ramos Decision (5–3) 3 2:00 [c]
Welterweight United States David Carr def. Egypt Amr Reda Hussen Technical fall (18–6) 2 1:44 [d]
Heavyweight United States Jake Varner def. United States Pat Downey Decision (5–1) 3 2:00
Cruiserweight United States Nate Jackson def. United States Carter Starocci Decision (7–2) 3 2:00
Openweight United States Cayden Henschel def. United States Keelon Jimison Technical fall (11–1) 3 1:29
Heavyweight United States Mason Parris def. Moldova Alexander Romanov Technical fall (11–0) 2 1:51 [e]
Welterweight Slovakia Tajmuraz Salkazanov def. United States James Green Decision (criteria) (4–4) 3 2:00
Bantamweight United States Austin DeSanto def. United States Nico Megaludis Technical fall (10–0) 3 1:17 [f]
  1. ^ For the RAF Cruiserweight Championship.
  2. ^ For the inaugural RAF Women's Flyweight Championship.
  3. ^ For the RAF Bantamweight Championship. Ramos replaced Roman Bravo-Young.
  4. ^ For the inaugural 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. ^ a b Stockburger, George (September 11, 2025). "RAF02 ticket information, new date released for Penn State event". WHTM-TV. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  4. ^ Bowker, Dylan (September 24, 2025). "Julianna Peña joins up with Real American Freestyle". MMA News. Retrieved September 24, 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. ^ a b 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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