Midwest Finishers 21 took place on March 8th, 2025 and the main attraction for the event was an excellent grand prix tournament at under 170 lbs. The final superfight of the night was definitely worth a mention too though, as Joseph Alexander notched up an incredibly quick armbar finish. Harrison Woods made it through one side of the bracket by getting a submission win in his first match, before taking out the promotion’s reigning champion Kevin Beuhring in a tough battle that went to EBI overtime. Another EBI overtime win against Jake Straus in the semi-final took him within just one match of the $2,500 grand prize.
The second half of the bracket was really all about one man, the early favorite Gavin Corbe. He started off like lightning with a quick ankle-lock finish in the first round and he was able to build on that in the quarter-final by hitting another ankle-lock early on there. That meant that Corbe came into the semi-final relatively fresh compared to everyone else and he maintained his perfect record of ankle-lock finishes to secure a place in the final opposite Woods. That proved to be his toughest match of the night but Woods couldn’t stop Corbe’s incredible run, and Corbe submitted him with a heel hook to win the title.
Midwest Finishers 21 Full Results
Joseph Alexander defeats Lucas Pasiewicz via Submission – Armbar
Luis Diaz defeats Ryan Sample via Submission – Heel Hook
Tameem Syed defeats Zach Richmond via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Justin Coggins defeats James Hackett via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Bishop Slabaugh Mikel Free via Submission – Armbar
Askar Imanbekov defeats Isaac Akrongold via Submission – Armbar
Isabel Dawson defeats Chelsea Cayemberg via Submission – Kneebar
Cory Barnes defeats Michael Rizkallah via Submission – Heel Hook
Lucas Barnes defeats Nick Bordis via Submission – Heel Hook
Mike Thompson defeats Sean Thompson via Decision – Ride-time in EBI Overtime
Under 170lbs Tournament
Kevin Beuhring defeats Anthony Silva via Submission – Heel Hook
Harrison Woods defeats Wellington Andrade via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Jake Straus defeats Kyle Kemp via Decision – Ride-time in EBI Overtime
Nick Craton defeats Michael Crow via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Gavin Corbe defeats Lucas Jones via Submission – Heel Hook
Jason Roberts defeats Luke Renk via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Jayden Groner defeats Stephen Carlisle via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Kyle Perkins received a bye through to the quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals
Harrison Woods defeats Kevin Beuhring via Decision – Ride-time in EBI Overtime
Jake Straus defeats Nicholas Craton via Submission – Short Choke in EBI Overtime
Gavin Corbe defeats Jason Roberts via Submission – Straight Ankle-Lock
Jayden Groner defeats Kyle Perkins via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Semi-Finals
Harrison Woods defeats Jake Straus via Submission – Armbar in EBI Overtime
Gavin Corbe defeats Jayden Groner via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Final
Gavin Corbe defeats Harrison Woods via Submission – Heel Hook
The full Midwest Finishers 21 event replay, including all of the above results, is available to watch on the promotion’s official YouTube channel:
