PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gaia Ky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Reinhardt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ky comes to the cage accompanied by TIAMAT - Gaia. Reinhardt has chosen On To The Next One as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Ky
vs
Reinhardt

176 cm
36
145 lbs
32 - 15 - 3

184 cm
33
166 lbs
40 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 15 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gaia Ky!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Victor Reinhardt!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reinhardt keeps the fight on the outside.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Reinhardt. Ky shrugs it off though.
Ky takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ky moves away from the strike by Reinhardt.
Reinhardt moves out of range as Ky throws a body kick.
Reinhardt throws a big shot that misses.
Ky throws out a loose jab but Reinhardt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ky walks into a left hand.
Ky misses with a straight right.
Reinhardt misses with a low kick.
Reinhardt keeps the fight on the outside.
Ky misses with a series of wild punches.
Ky on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reinhardt looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ky is fending him off so far but Reinhardt persists. Nope, Ky circles away and we're back to standing.
Ky tries to clinch up.
Ky moves in looking to clinch but Reinhardt pushes him off.
Ky throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gaia Ky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reinhardt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Reinhardt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Ky gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ky lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Ky on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ky.

Ky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Ky has Reinhardt up against the cage in a clinch.
Reinhardt pushes Ky back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Reinhardt lands with a light punch inside.
Reinhardt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Ky breaks the clinch.
Reinhardt scoring well with a low kick there.

Reinhardt shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ky manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Ky is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Reinhardt preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Reinhardt has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ky is working away from the top position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Ky has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Reinhardt slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Reinhardt trying to control but Ky postures up.
Reinhardt holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt wants to control but Ky is keeping busy.
Reinhardt tries to get to full guard but Ky has control of the leg.
Ky controlling the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Gaia Ky wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Ky takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ky throws an off balance right hand
enabling Reinhardt to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice straight punches there by Ky. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ky.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt scoring well with a low kick there.
Reinhardt lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ky misses with a straight right.
Ky throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Ky moves into the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Reinhardt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ky can't find room to land a body shot as Reinhardt controls the action.
Ky wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reinhardt is working for takedown but Ky is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ky blocks a body shot from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ky is keeping busy.
Reinhardt has Ky pressed against the cage, preventing Ky from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Ky manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reinhardt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ky.
Ky misses with a body kick.
Ky is looking to clinch.
Reinhardt shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gaia Ky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Reinhardt.
Ky fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reinhardt manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Victor Reinhardt will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Reinhardt shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ky's guard.
Ky utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Ky has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Reinhardt off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Reinhardt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ky just misses with a punch to the body.
Ky tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ky.
Reinhardt misses with a body kick.
Reinhardt lands a leg kick that knocks Ky off balance momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reinhardt explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ky misses with a two punch combination.
Reinhardt closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ky circles away.
Reinhardt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ky cracks Reinhardt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ky moves out of range of the leg kick from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ky sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ky keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gaia Ky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Reinhardt.
A big right from Ky misses.
Reinhardt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ky.
Ky tries to close the distance and clinch but Reinhardt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ky moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ky fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reinhardt, right into the meat.
Reinhardt looks to land a body kick but Ky moved away.
Reinhardt misses with a body kick.
Ky is looking to slow Reinhardt down with leg kicks.
Ky moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Reinhardt is rocked!
Reinhardt drops his hands momentarily and Ky needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Reinhardt just on the top of the head. Reinhardt drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Reinhardt - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Gaia Ky!
Gaia Ky retains his lightweight title!
Gaia Ky took some time post fight to say the following; 'F*** YOU Murphy, ducking punk. I won the first fight, and everyone knows it, f*** Majority decisions, I defending my belt like the Champion I am, you ducked me, you pussy, go home you broke bitch. I AM CHAMPION!'.