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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

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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

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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 0:29
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 1:13 [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

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  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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