EBI 25 took place on September 12th, 2025 and 16 elite lightweights battled it out to be crowned the promotion’s latest champion. 10th Planet veteran competitor Keith Krikorian had a great run to the final, submitting all three of his opponents and only needing to go to overtime once. Krikorian caught Jonathan Wilson and top prospect Raphael Ferreira with a pair of heel hooks to start with, before going on to have his longest match of the night opposite Gianni Grippo. Krikorian and Grippo put on an epic match that went in to overtime to determine a winner, but Krikorian sunk in the rear-naked choke to book his place in the final.
He met another rising star there, as 19 year-old Landon Elmore ran through the other side of the bracket in incredible form. He submitted late-replacement Roman Corona with a heel hook in the opening round before getting a huge win in the quarter-finals, where he submitted UFC veteran Bryce Mitchell with another heel hook. He faced one of his teammates in the next round but he didn’t let the training sessions at Kingsway Jiu-Jitsu get in his way, as he hit Reese Lafever with another quick submission. Although the final with Krikorian looked like his toughest test on paper, he got it done in less than a minute with yet another leglock to win the EBI lightweight title and $20,000.
EBI 25: The Lightweights Full Results
Derek Rayfield defeats Ethan Crelinsten via Submission – Armbar in EBI Overtime
Reese Lafever defeats Mauricio Rios via Decision – Ride-time in EBI Overtime
Bryce Mitchell defeats JJ Bowers via Decision – Ride-time in EBI Overtime
Landon Elmore defeats Roman Corona via Submission – Heel Hook
Keith Krikorian defeats Jonathan Wilson via Submission – Heel Hook
Raphael Ferreira defeats Henrique Camargo via Submission – Anaconda Choke
Gianni Grippo defeats Grayson Henley via Submission – Arm-triangle Choke
Dylan Cameron defeats Ben Eddy via Decision – Ride-time in EBI Overtime
Quarter-Finals
Reese Lafever defeats Derek Rayfield Decision – Ride-time in EBI Overtime
Landon Elmore defeats Bryce Mitchell via Submission – Heel Hook
Keith Krikorian defeats Raphael Ferreira via Submission – Heel Hook
Gianni Grippo defeats Dylan Cameron via Submission – Arm-triangle Choke
Semi-Finals
Landon Elmore defeats Reese Lafever via Submission – Heel Hook
Keith Krikorian defeats Gianni Grippo via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Final
Landon Elmore defeats Keith Krikorian via Submission – Ankle-lock
Superfights
Lauren Sears defeats Hope Holmes via Submission – Gogo Clinch
Manning Leverett defeats Jeremy Owens via Submission – Triangle Armbar
The full EBI 25: The Lightweights event replay, including all of the above results, is available to watch on UFC Fight Pass.
