Midwest Finishers 17 took place on November 11th, 2023 and both of the tournaments taking place at the event produced some excellent results. There was a men’s light-heavyweight bracket and a women’s absolute bracket, both of which were stacked with top competitors. The women’s absolute tournament was half the size, but produced just as much action on the mats as Peyton Letcher stormed to victory by submitting all three of her opponents. Abraham La Montagne proved exactly why he’s one of the top prospects at New Wave Jiu-Jitsu, as he won his first three matches and booked his place in the final of the men’s light-heavyweight tournament.
Andre Porfirio dominated the other side of the bracket, putting in a series of electrifying performances and submitting all three of his opponents to face La Montagne in the final. Porfirio already won the absolute tournament at Midwest Finishers 12 so he was the early favorite in the bracket anyway. La Montagne gave him a good match in the final but in the end, Porfirio kept his perfect record of submission wins on the night and walked away with the promotion’s light-heavyweight title.
Midwest Finishers 17 Full Results
Cash Burgess defeats Adriel Del Torro via Submission – Heel Hook
Kent Hoselton defeats Andre Greco via Submission – Heel Hook
Camila Estrada defeats Marissa Fernandez via Decision – Ride Time in EBI Overtime
Brianna Garcia defeats Mikayla Rieck via Decision – Ride Time in EBI Overtime
Aleq Hunley defeats Ethan Smiley via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Michael Aguirre defeats Isiah Culp via Submission – Armbar in EBI Overtime
Katie Stensgard defeats Isis Perez via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Jorge Ocampo defeats Ty Coleman via Submission – Toehold
Connor Goorsky defeats Spicer Jonas via Decision – Ride Time in EBI Overtime
Men’s Light-heavyweight Tournament
Abraham La Montagne defeats Vernon Miller via Submission – Kneebar
Hunter Edwards defeats Tyler Hartman via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Daniel Smith defeats Michael Nguyen via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Travis Thomas defeats Hussain Bukhari via Submission – Flying Triangle Choke
Andre Porfirio defeats Andrew Thomas via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
CJ Murdock Jacob Howarth via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Jean-Sebastien Dionne-Roy defeats Matt Cantwell via Decision – Ride Time in EBI Overtime
Jared Fekete defeats Dakota Barnes via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Quarter-finals
Abraham La Montagne defeats Hunter Edwards via Submission – Pressure
Daniel Smith defeats Travis Thomas via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Andre Porfirio defeats Jacob Howarth via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Jean-Sebastien Dionne-Roy defeats Jared Fekete via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Semi-finals
Abraham La Montagne Daniel Smith via Decision – Ride Time in EBI Overtime
Andre Porfirio defeats Jean-Sebastien Dionne-Roy via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Final
Andre Porfirio defeats Abraham La Montagne via Submission – Aoki Lock
Women’s Absolute Tournament
Sam Garcia defeats Marissa Fernandez via Submission – Heel Hook
Peyton Letcher defeats Hannah Brewer-Jensen via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Caitlin Murdock defeats Samantha Briss via Submission – Kimura
Taylor Paul defeats Christina Hansen via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Semi-finals
Peyton Letcher defeats Sam Garcia via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Caitlin Murdock defeats Taylor Paul via Submission – Armbar
Final
Peyton Letcher defeats Caitlin Murdock via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
The full Midwest Finishers 17 event replay, including all of the above results, is available to watch on FloGrappling.