PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luther Reinhardt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell's entrance music is Just Another Victim by Helmet & House of Pain. A fine choice. Reinhardt comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mein Herz Brennt by Rammstein kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Luther Reinhardt will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Liddell
vs
Reinhardt

177 cm
23
193 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
185 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

White Gorilla Nutrition
Convicted

Demonic Clothing
Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kurt Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luther Reinhardt!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Reinhardt looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Liddell connecting with a few gentle strikes.

Liddell looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Reinhardt works his way into side control.
Reinhardt tries to move to mount but Liddell blocks the move with his legs.
Reinhardt trying to control the action but Liddell is working from the bottom.

Reinhardt tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Reinhardt has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Liddell striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Liddell tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Liddell sneaks back into half guard.
Liddell landing strikes from the bottom.
Reinhardt passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell tries to reverse the position but Reinhardt maintains control.

Reinhardt with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Liddell is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Liddell is working hard here to advance position.

Reinhardt wants to finish this one by submission but Liddell is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Reinhardt.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Reinhardt is working for a guillotine from mount but Liddell frees his head quite easily.
Reinhardt can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Liddell is looking to escape.
Liddell throwing hammer fists to the chest of Reinhardt. What's that going to do exactly?
Liddell manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Reinhardt prevents Liddell from improving his position.
Liddell lands with a few short shots to the body.
Reinhardt trying to pass the guard but Liddell defending well.
Reinhardt throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Reinhardt thows a huge punch but Liddell dodges it nicely.
Reinhardt tries to pass to full mount but Liddell defends it.
Reinhardt is looking to take a break and control but Liddell is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Liddell on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Liddell tries to get out of the position.
Reinhardt looks gassed!

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Reinhardt scores with a jab. Liddell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Liddell doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Reinhardt counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Liddell throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Reinhardt escapes and throws Liddell's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Liddell tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Liddell tries to improve position but can't.

Reinhardt looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Liddell wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Reinhardt prevents Liddell from escaping the position.
Liddell tries to bench press Reinhardt off him but Reinhardt keeps the position.
Reinhardt cracks Liddell with a big elbow.
Liddell wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reinhardt looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Liddell is avoiding damage well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Liddell manages to work his way to half guard, despite Reinhardt's best efforts.
Liddell is trying to get back to full guard.
Reinhardt blocks the strikes from Liddell.
Reinhardt blocks the strikes from Liddell.

Reinhardt wants to work for an arm triangle but Liddell is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Liddell throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reinhardt is looking to clinch but Liddell is avoiding it.
Reinhardt misses with a head kick.
Reinhardt scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luther Reinhardt dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Reinhardt feints and as Liddell raises his hands in defense, Reinhardt changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Liddell throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Liddell is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Reinhardt won't allow Liddell to get back to his feet.
Reinhardt throwing strikes from guard but Liddell blocks nicely.
Liddell wants to sweep here but Reinhardt controlling him for the moment.
Reinhardt trying to control the position from guard on top but Liddell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reinhardt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Liddell is keeping the position for now.

Liddell is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reinhardt misses with a takedown attempt

and Liddell decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Reinhardt's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinhardt wants to sweep but no luck.
Liddell is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Liddell cracks Reinhardt with a solid left hand.
Luther Reinhardt has got the better of the ground game so far.
Liddell distracts Reinhardt with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Liddell landing some decent shots from guard.
Liddell content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Reinhardt escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Liddell gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Liddell keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reinhardt's head.

Reinhardt has his feet on Liddell's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Liddell closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liddell working the head with strikes.
Liddell working the ground and pound from side control.
Reinhardt struggling a bit here.
Liddell working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Reinhardt is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Reinhardt is working to avoid the ground and pound but Liddell connects with a decent elbow.
Liddell scoring with punches from side control.
Reinhardt manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Reinhardt regains full guard. Nicely done.
Liddell keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reinhardt's head.
Liddell preventing the sweep.
Liddell advances to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt tries to get to full guard but Liddell has control of the leg.
Reinhardt is trying to control but can't.

Liddell is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Reinhardt has managed to free his arm - good work.
Liddell thows a huge punch but Reinhardt dodges it nicely.
Reinhardt moves into full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Reinhardt is on top in guard.
Liddell trying to strike off his back.
Liddell trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Liddell throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Reinhardt drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Reinhardt seems to have locked his on tight now - Liddell screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Reinhardt, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Luther Reinhardt!