Midwest Finishers 15 took place on July 22nd, 2023 and the promotion put together several fun superfights alongside an exciting men’s 135lbs tournament and a 4-woman 105lbs tournament. There was non-stop action all night long with very few matches needing to go to EBI overtime to determine a winner, and only 2 of the 14 matches in the men’s tournament reaching the end of the regulation period. The opening round was lightning-quick with matches finishing one after the other and the quarter-finals were set in the blink of an eye.
Both Andrew DeGraff and Mando Gutierrez finished all three of their opponents in regulation time in order to book their place in the finals of the tournament. They were both pretty fresh coming into the final and they really put on a good pace in the match, taking it all the way to EBI overtime. The young DeGraff managed to submit Gutierrez with a rear-naked choke in the first round of EBI overtime and escape back control very quickly when his opponent tried to return the favor. The other division at Midwest Finishers 15 was even quicker, as Cristal Contreras submitted both her opponents to win the 4-woman 105lbs tournament.
Midwest Finishers 15 Full Results
Samuel Gaier defeats John Mulhern via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Danny Lyons defeats Randy Baker via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Brandon Manarin defeats Blake Klassman via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Musab Raza defeats Mohammad Hakim via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Daniel Jeschke defeats Blake Beavers via Decision – Ride-time in EBI Overtime
Kevin Crunk defeats James Hackett via Submission – Armbar
Courtney LeBuy defeats Kat Thomas via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Gabriel Palos defeats Kody Roy via Submission – Armbar in EBI Overtime
Adam Fernandez defeats Matt Pawlak via Submission – Armbar
Tyler Hartman defeats Ryan Sample via Submission – Heel Hook
Sara Averett defeats Rana Muratoglu via Submission – Kimura
Dom Boggia defeats Ricky Roy via Submission – Toehold
Johnny McCarthy defeats Enoch Thomas via Submission – Arm-in Guillotine
Men’s 135lbs Tournament
Andrew DeGraff defeats Corey Franz via Submission – Tarikoplata
Timmie Carpenter defeats Alejandro Rodriguez via Submission – Heel Hook
Mustafa Sadiq defeats Alex Coronado via Submission – Heel Hook
Tomas Garcia defeats Angel Medina via Submission – D’arce Choke
Dylan Cameron defeats Isiah Culp via Submission – Anaconda Choke
Abdulrahman Rana defeats Ramiro Jimenez via Submission – Calf Slicer in EBI overtime
Mando Gutierrez defeats Sam Loomans via Submission – Guillotine
Conner Hansen receives a bye into the quarter-final
Quarter-Finals
Andrew DeGraff defeats Timmie Carpenter via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Tomas Garcia defeats Mustafa Sadiq via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Dylan Cameron defeats Abdulrahman Rana via Submission – Heel Hook
Mando Gutierrez defeats Conner Hansen via Submission – D’arce Choke
Semi-Finals
Andrew DeGraff defeats Tomas Garcia via Submission – Armbar
Mando Gutierrez defeats Dylan Cameron via Submission – Arm-triangle Choke
Final
Andrew DeGraff Mando Gutierrez
Women’s 105lbs Tournament
Theresa Calloway defeats Masha Bubele via Submission – Guillotine
Cristal Contreras defeats Breanna Rivera via Submission – D’arce Choke
Final
Cristal Contreras defeats Theresa Calloway via Submission – Heel Hook
The full Midwest Finishers 15 event replay, including all of the above results, is available to watch on FloGrappling.
