Finishers 18: 125 Grand Prix – LIVE RESULTS

Today, Sunday, January 15, 2023, starting at 2 pm on Flograppling and kicking off live at 10th Planet Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is Finishers 18. This event in particular will be switching up the typical format a bit with the first Finishers Grand Prix, featuring 8 women at 125 pounds. For the Grand Prix, instead of doing a typical single elimination bracket, the 8 women will be divided into two teams – Team A and Team B, as seen below.

GRAND PRIX TEAM A

Grace Gundrum, Nicole Mathew, Cindy Ung, Erin Brinew

GRAND PRIX TEAM B

Alex Enriquez, Chrissy Briggs, Cece Mena, Gabi Maslanka

The teams will compete against each other round robin style, so each woman on Team A will go against the other 3 women on Team A, and the same applies for Team B. The matches themselves will be 10 minutes, with EBI overtime if needed. Points will be awarded to the competitors based on how they win their matches. 3 points will be awarded for a submission win in regulation, 2 points for a submission win in overtime, and 1 point for a win in overtime by escape time. Once the Team A and Team B matches are complete, the competitor from each team with the most points will move on to the finals. The finals will be 15 minutes, with a potential for EBI overtime. The winner of the Grand Prix will take home $2,000, and the other finalist will take home $500.  There will also be superfights and multiple title defenses to break up the Grand Prix action. Doors open at 12 pm and spectators can pay $20 at the door to watch the event live.  

FINISHERS 18 LIVE RESULTS BELOW:

GRAND PRIX TEAM A

Grace Gundrum v Cindy Ung
Result – Gundrum earns 3 points for a heel hook in regulation

Erin Brinew v Nicole Mathew
Result – Mathew earns 3 points for a kneebar in regulation

GRAND PRIX TEAM B

Alex Enriquez v Gabi Maslanka
Result – Enriquez earns 3 points for a rear naked choke in regulation

Chrissy Briggs v Cece Mena
Result – Briggs earns 3 points for a darce choke in regulation

GRAND PRIX TEAM A

Grace Gundrum v Erin Brinew
Result – Gundrum earns 3 points for a choi bar in regulation for a total of 6 points

Nicole Mathew v Cindy Ung
Result – Mathew earns 1 point for a win by ride time in overtime for a total of 4 points

GRAND PRIX TEAM B

Alex Enriquez v Cece Mena
Result – Enriquez earns 3 points for a darce choke in regulation for a total of 6 points

Chrissy Briggs v Gabi Maslanka
Result – Briggs earns 1 point for a win by ride time in overtime for a total of 4 points

GRAND PRIX TEAM A

Grace Gundrum v Nicole Mathew
Result – Gundrum earns 3 points for an armbar in regulation for a total of 9 points and will be moving on to the finals

Erin Brinew v Cindy Ung
Result – Ung earns 3 points for a rear naked choke in regulation

GRAND PRIX TEAM B

Alex Enriquez v Chrissy Briggs
Result – Enriquez earns 3 points for a triangle armbar in regulation for a total of 9 points and will be moving on to the finals

Cece Mena v Gabi Maslanka
Result – Mena earns 3 points for an armbar in regulation

SUPERFIGHTS

Jayden Perez (Unity Jiu Jitsu) v Antonio Javier-Bompartito (Padilla BJJ)
Result – Javier-Bompartito by rear naked choke in overtime

Xavier Berrios (10P Long Island) v Dylan Harnish (Mid World Martial Arts)
Result – Berrios by triangle in regulation

Abdullah Saleem (Zenith) v Joseph Rodriguez (Renzo Gracie Rockland)
Result – Rodriguez by ride time in overtime

Dylan Brown (10P Bethlehem) v Paul Smith (Vault BJJ)
Result – Brown by toehold in regulation

Ian Weingaertner (The Lab Easton) v Frankie Rodriguez (10P Long Island)
Result – Rodriguez by rear naked choke in overtime

Jess Johnson (10P NYC) v Amy Lynn Camilli (Taphouse BJJ)
Result – Camilli by armbar in regulation

Jack Stapleston (GF Team) v Tom Digirolamo (Notorious MMA)
Result – Stapleton by guillotine choke in regulation

Ellis Karadag (Vault BJJ) v John Vena (Silver Fox)
Result – Karadag by flying triangle armbar in regulation

Matt Cantwell (American Submission Grappling) v Kyle Myers (Saga BJJ)
Result – Cantwell by flying triangle in regulation

Vanny the Sun (10P Long Island) v Connor Kennedy (Renzo Gracie Middleton)
Result – Vanny by kimura in regulation

David Garcia (10P Lombard) v Jonathan Lopez (302 BJJ)
Result – Garcia by rear naked choke in regulation

John Lyons (Vault BJJ) v Billy Tiger
Result – Lyons by triangle in regulation

GRAND PRIX FINALS

Grace Gundrum v Alex Enriquez
Result – Enriquez by ride time in overtime

Alex Enriquez takes home the 125 lb Grand Prix title and $2,000! Grace Gundrum will take home $500 for being a finalist.

170 LB TITLE MATCH

Ricky Pena (Berks County JJ/10P Allentown) v Dylan Garafolo (10P Long Island)
Result – Garafolo by ride time in overtime takes home the 170 lb title

170 LB TITLE MATCH

Brittney Elkin (10P Bethlehem) v Jillian Peterson (MPR MMA)
Result – Elkin by armbar in regulation to retain the 170 lb title

105 LB TITLE MATCH

Faye Cherrier (Atos Atlanta) v Theresa Calloway (10P San Diego)
Result – Calloway by armbar in overtime to win the 105 lb title

145 LB TITLE MATCH

Trinity Pun (Orange County Fight Club) v Molli Zborowski (Daniel Gracie)
Result – Pun by arm armbar in regulation to retain the 145 lb title

HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH

Pat Shahgholi (10P Long Island) v Steve Joachim (Illuminati Grappling Club)
Result – Shahgholi by ride time in overtime to retain the Heavyweight title

Laura Kent

Laura Kent is a 10th Planet jiu jitsu brown belt who trains at 10th Planet Bethlehem and 10th Planet Allentown under the Finishers MMA banner. She competes regularly and is an avid follower and fan of the submission only competition scene. Laura tries to make an effort to cover some of the local submission only events that get less coverage from mainstream MMA and jiu jitsu news outlets and will regularly cover the Eddie Bravo Invitational and Combat Jiu Jitsu events. Laura is an MMA fan as well, which is a large part of what led her to start her jiu jitsu training.

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