Real American Freestyle 01 (RAF 01)

Real American Freestyle, a new professional freestyle wrestling promotion, held its first competition at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 30 in the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The two NLWC athletes competing both had nice wins! 

Kyle Dake defeated 2025 NCAA Champion Dean Hamiti from Oklahoma State by 11-0 technicial fall. at 190 lbs.  

Bo Nickal won by 6-4 decision over Jacob Cardenas at 205 lbs.  

Former NLWC wrestler Jason Nolf came up just short, dropping a 10-8 decsion in an exciting match with 2025 Final X Finalist Evan Wick at 175 lbs.  

Congratulations Kyle & Bo!!!