PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Waldorf Astoria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Reinhardt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Astoria's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Waltz from Les Sylphides. Waldorf Astoria has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Astoria
vs
Reinhardt

180 cm
26
174 lbs
24 - 6 - 0

184 cm
25
165 lbs
19 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent, Inc.™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Waldorf Astoria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Reinhardt!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reinhardt throws a head kick but Astoria moves out of range.
Reinhardt tries a head kick but it misses.
Astoria lands a leg kick that knocks Reinhardt off balance momentarily.
Reinhardt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Astoria.

Astoria gets a clinch.
Astoria scores with a shot to the side of Reinhardt's head.
Reinhardt scores with a shot to the side of Astoria's head.
Reinhardt prevents a body shot from Astoria.
Astoria swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reinhardt lands a shot to the body.
Reinhardt misses with a punch on the inside.
Reinhardt misses with the head strike.
Astoria connects with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reinhardt.
Reinhardt lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Astoria unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reinhardt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Astoria digs a right hand underneath Reinhardt's ribcage. Reinhardt let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinhardt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Astoria working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Reinhardt blocking some punches.
Reinhardt blocking some punches.
Astoria tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reinhardt avoids it.
Reinhardt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Astoria or not.
Astoria lands an uppercut.
Reinhardt is trying to drag Astoria to the mat but Astoria just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Astoria tries to throw a body punch but Reinhardt avoids it by throwing Astoria back against the cage.
Reinhardt's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Astoria tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Astoria tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reinhardt avoids it.
Reinhardt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reinhardt tries to work over Astoria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt can't find room to land a body shot as Astoria controls the action.
Astoria goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Astoria lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reinhardt.
Astoria scores with a shoulder strike.
Reinhardt tries to throw a body punch but Astoria avoids it by throwing Reinhardt back against the cage.
Reinhardt has a couple of punches blocked by Astoria.
Reinhardt tries to throw a body punch but Astoria avoids it by throwing Reinhardt back against the cage.
Astoria tries to work over Reinhardt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Astoria goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reinhardt blocks a body shot from Astoria.
Astoria lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Astoria lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reinhardt backwards.
Reinhardt prevents a body shot from Astoria.
Reinhardt misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt is trying to drag Astoria to the mat but Astoria just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Astoria blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reinhardt tries to throw a body punch but Astoria avoids it by throwing Reinhardt back against the cage.
Astoria swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reinhardt has a couple of punches blocked by Astoria.
Astoria lands a left hand.
Reinhardt drops down looking for an ankle pick but Astoria pulls his leg out and moves away.
Waldorf Astoria has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Reinhardt.
Reinhardt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Reinhardt misses with a body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Astoria.
Astoria scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt misses with a hook
and Astoria counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Astoria tries to bum rush Reinhardt with a series of wild strikes but Reinhardt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Astoria thows a leg kick but Reinhardt checks it
and Astoria takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Astoria misses with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Astoria throws a head kick that misses.
Astoria scores with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Astoria.
Astoria jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Reinhardt scores a takedown into full mount!
Astoria tries to hold on but Reinhardt postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Waldorf Astoria dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Astoria on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Astoria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reinhardt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Astoria was well out of range. Poor timing from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt slips a straight right by Astoria.
Reinhardt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Reinhardt shoots in looking for a takedown. Astoria tries to sprawl out of it but Reinhardt keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Astoria manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Good leg kick by Astoria there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Astoria connects with an inside leg kick.
Reinhardt lands with a good body shot.
That kick from Astoria tenderised Reinhardt's leg. Reinhardt is trying to keep his angry face on.
A jab from Reinhardt finds it's way through Astoria's defenses.
Astoria tests Reinhardt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Waldorf Astoria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Astoria cracks Reinhardt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Reinhardt has a takedown stuffed.
Reinhardt throws a good cross that connects.
Astoria delivers a nice body kick.
Reinhardt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Reinhardt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Astoria is looking to chop away at Reinhardt's legs.
Reinhardt misses with a leg kick.

Astoria pushes Reinhardt up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astoria throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reinhardt blocks it with crossed arms.
Reinhardt misses with a punch to the body.
Astoria can't find room to land a body shot as Reinhardt controls the action.
Astoria tries to land a knee to the head but Reinhardt blocks with his arms.
Astoria tries a body shot but Reinhardt blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reinhardt.
Reinhardt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Astoria throws a head punch that misses.
Astoria misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reinhardt has a couple of punches blocked by Astoria.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Reinhardt.
Astoria throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reinhardt blocks it with crossed arms.
Astoria misses with a body punch.
Astoria lands a left hand.
Astoria swings wildly with an uppercut but Reinhardt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Astoria missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Astoria tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reinhardt prevents a body shot from Astoria.
A right hand to the body from Astoria.
Astoria blocks an uppercut.
Astoria digs a right hand into Reinhardt's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Reinhardt's gas tank.
Reinhardt pushes Astoria back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Reinhardt tries to work over Astoria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Astoria working Reinhardt over with knees to the body.
Astoria misses with a hook to the ribs.
Astoria tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reinhardt.
A short left from Astoria.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reinhardt misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt lands a hook that snaps the head of Astoria backwards.
Astoria is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reinhardt is defending well for now.
Reinhardt takes a shot to the head.
Reinhardt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Astoria or not.
Astoria throws a head punch that misses.
Reinhardt misses with some punches.
Reinhardt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Astoria.
Reinhardt can't find room to land a body shot as Astoria controls the action.
Reinhardt swings wildly with an uppercut but Astoria uses good head movement to avoid it.
Astoria misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Astoria misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Astoria lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reinhardt backwards.
Astoria misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Waldorf Astoria dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Astoria scores with a one two! Reinhardt had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Astoria misses with a body kick.
Astoria misses with a hook.
Astoria keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Astoria ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Astoria paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Astoria lands a jab to the nose.
Astoria with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Reinhardt throws a jab but it's blocked by Astoria.
Astoria slips under a jab from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt throws out a loose jab but Astoria uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reinhardt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reinhardt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astoria on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Reinhardt misses with a kick to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Reinhardt as he connects with a hook.
Astoria avoids the head kick by Reinhardt.
Astoria throws a low kick but Reinhardt avoids it.
Waldorf Astoria is winning the standup battle so far.
Astoria fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Reinhardt has managed to clinch.
Astoria lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Reinhardt backwards.
Astoria has a couple of punches blocked by Reinhardt.
Reinhardt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reinhardt throws a punch but it's blocked by Astoria.
Reinhardt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Astoria's elbow.
Reinhardt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Astoria lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reinhardt avoiding damage as Astoria throws knees to the body.
Reinhardt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reinhardt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reinhardt.
Waldorf Astoria has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Astoria misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reinhardt avoiding damage as Astoria throws knees to the body.
Reinhardt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Astoria.
Reinhardt works on Astoria's body with a couple of short punches.
Astoria tries to work over Reinhardt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Astoria tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reinhardt blocks a body shot from Astoria.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astoria tries to land a knee to the head but Reinhardt blocks with his arms.
Reinhardt lands a hook to the side of the head.
Astoria misses with a punch on the inside.
Astoria lands a body shot in the clinch.
Reinhardt misses with a punch to the body.
Reinhardt cracks Astoria with a nice body shot.
Astoria lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Astoria tries to throw a body punch but Reinhardt avoids it by throwing Astoria back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt lands a nice shot to the body.
Reinhardt can't find room to land a body shot as Astoria controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Astoria.
Astoria with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reinhardt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reinhardt tries a body shot but Astoria blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Reinhardt on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Astoria can't find room to land a body shot as Reinhardt controls the action.
Astoria lands an uppercut.
Astoria throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reinhardts head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reinhardt.
Reinhardt tries to work over Astoria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reinhardt.
Astoria tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Astoria tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Astoria tries to land a knee to the head but Reinhardt blocks with his arms.
Astoria throws a punch but it's blocked by Reinhardt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reinhardt misses with a punch to the body.
Astoria tries to work over Reinhardt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reinhardt tries to work over Astoria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Waldorf Astoria.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Astoria, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight for Waldorf Astoria!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Waldorf Astoria!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Waldorf Astoria!

Waldorf Astoria wins by unanimous decision!