Finishers 20: Money In The Bank 2 was an excellent event staged by Finishers Sub-Only, featuring several fun superfights and two excellent round-robin tournaments. It was a unique format that saw 4 grapplers in each weightclass battle it out against one another in consecutive matches in order to earn a shot at the promotion’s champions. Both Luke Shiomos and Enrique Galarza put in dominant performances in the men’s 185lbs division, leading into an excellent final match between the two of them that Galarza won in impressive fashion. Galarza was coming in off another tournament win at SOGI Pro: Cinco de Mayo earlier in the month, so it’s no surprise that he performed so well.
The men’s 185lbs division’s reigning champion is Sean Yadimarco and although Galarza won that division, he’s also happy to challenge for the 170lbs title too. There was another round-robin tournament in the women’s 125lbs division and it was easy to overlook Laylah Watkins coming into the event seeing as she’s still so young, but she put on an absolutely flawless performance once she stepped on the mats. She submitted all three of her opponents in less than five minutes in total, utterly dominating the opposition and booking her place in a title-fight. That division’s champion is Alex Enriquez, who put on an equally impressive performance back at Finishers 18 to win the title.
The superfights in between these matches were equally exciting, with Dylan Brown and Efrain Garcia generating one of the best matches of the night. Both men went at a very fast pace right up until Brown hit a beautiful back-take and finished Garcia with a rear-naked choke. Nikki Heuer really impressed in her superfight too, registering the quickest finish of the day by locking up a heel hook in just a few seconds. John Vena and Grant Kircher put on a great match with some back-and-forth action too, with both men throwing caution to the wind on multiple occasions until Vena managed to finish his opponent with a kneebar.
Finishers 20: Money In The Bank 2 Full Results
Fabian Ramirez defeats John Battle via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Marissa Pacelli defeats Rachel Ranschau via Submission – Triangle Choke
Alex Nemeth defeats Danny Sala via Submission – Injury
John Vena defeats Grant Kircher via Submission – Kneebar
Brian Guevara defeats Colin Gironda – Arm-triangle Choke
Brandon Green defeats Dan Castro via Submission – Heel Hook
Xavier Berrios defeats Chris Masuda via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Nikki Heuer defeats Sue Yee Chen via Submission – Heel Hook
Ben Smith defeats Ethan Saylors via Submission – Armbar
Men’s 185lbs Round-robin Tournament
Luke Shiomos defeats Mike Padilla via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Enrique Galarza defeats Nick Craton via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Enrique Galarza defeats Mike Padilla via Submission – Triangle Choke
Luke Shiomos defeats Nick Craton via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Nick Craton defeats Mike Padilla via Submission – Anaconda Choke
Enrique Galarza defeats Luke Shiomos via Submission – Estima Lock
Enrique Galarza wins the men’s 185lbs round-robin tournament
Women’s 125lbs Round-robin Tournament
Laylah Watkins defeats Ina Alivio via Submission – Heel Hook
Lily Ramos defeats Emily Sanchez via Decision – Fastest Escape in EBI Overtime
Emily Sanchez defeats Ina Alivio via Submission – Kimura
Laylah Watkins defeats Lily Ramos via Submission – Kimura
Lily Ramos defeats Ina Alivio via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Laylah Watkins defeats Emily Sanchez via Submission – Armbar
Laylah Watkins wins the women’s 125lbs round-robin tournament
Preliminary Card
Alejandra Paz defeats Jess Johnson via Submission – Armbar
Trevor Humphries defeats Fredo Pimentel via Submission – Armbar
Dylan Brown defeats Efrain Garcia via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Kris Frank defeats Emanuele Surace via Submission – Heel Hook
Omar Castro defeats Kevin Darroyo via Submission – Guillotine
Cody Gamble defeats Cody Mason via Decision – Fastest Escape in EBI Overtime
Trevor Price defeats Ivan Perez via Submission – Heel Hook
The full Finishers 20: Money In The Bank 2 event replay is available to watch on FloGrappling.
