PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Victor Reinhardt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Goins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reinhardt kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is On To The Next One. Goins has chosen Jay-Z - Tom Ford as his entrance music. Victor Reinhardt has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Reinhardt
vs
Goins

184 cm
37
166 lbs
45 - 25 - 0

170 cm
37
157 lbs
27 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 45 - 25 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Victor Reinhardt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Leroy Goins!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goins blocks the body kick.
Goins looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Reinhardt misses with a low kick as Goins jumps back.
Reinhardt misses with a looping left.
A low kick from Reinhardt is predictable there
and Goins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Goins misses with a looping left.
Goins throws a head kick but Reinhardt moves out of range.

Goins closes the distance and clinches.
Reinhardt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Goins backwards.
Goins is trying to maintain a safe position but Reinhardt gets an underhook and turns Goins into the cage.
Reinhardt is looking for a takedown.
Reinhardt misses with a body punch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Reinhardt.
Goins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reinhardt avoids the elbow strike from Goins, against the cage.
Goins can't get the takedown.
Reinhardt lands a shot to the body.
Goins stalling in the clinch.
Goins's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Goins gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Reinhardt regains guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinhardt pulls Goins in to control the position.
Goins with a flurry of punches that miss.
Reinhardt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Goins is looking to work some ground and pound but Reinhardt has wrist control.
Reinhardt bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Goins's guard.
Reinhardt scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goins working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reinhardt.
Goins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Reinhardt postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Reinhardt throws a big elbow that misses.
Reinhardt keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Goins's head.
Reinhardt throwing strikes from guard but Goins blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reinhardt trying to control but Goins is working from the bottom.
Reinhardt stopping the sweep attempt from Goins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Goins wants to get back to his feet but Reinhardt is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Goins wants to sweep but no luck.
Reinhardt trying to control the position from guard on top but Goins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reinhardt pushes down on Goins's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Reinhardt is looking to advance position but Goins won't allow it.
Reinhardt passes the guard and advances to mount!
Reinhardt will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Reinhardt fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goins tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Goins tries to hold on but Reinhardt postures up.
Reinhardt has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Goins is in a horrible position here. Reinhardt smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Goins taking shots to the head.
Goins wants to control but Reinhardt is having none of it.
Reinhardt tries to control but Goins wriggling away.
Goins sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Reinhardt moves into full mount! Goins won't be happy about that!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Goins is bucking up trying to escape but Reinhardt cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Goins sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Reinhardt is keen to just control but Goins is a slippery customer.
Reinhardt working Goins over with strikes.
Goins tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Reinhardt has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Reinhardt with the ground and pound from mount.
Reinhardt raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reinhardt prevents Goins from getting the reversal.
Reinhardt fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Goins tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Reinhardt dominated that round.
That's time! Reinhardt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Goins sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Leroy Goins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reinhardt on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Goins. Goins obviously looking to wear him down.
Goins moves out of range of the body kick.

Reinhardt feints and as Goins raises his hands in defense, Reinhardt changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Goins not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Goins keeping moving, preventing Reinhardt from controlling successfully.
Goins looking for a sweep. Not yet Goins, not yet.
Reinhardt is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Reinhardt with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reinhardt lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Goins had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Reinhardt defends it easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Goins is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goins looking to sit in guard and control but Reinhardt gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Reinhardt content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Reinhardt won't allow Goins to sweep him here.
Reinhardt chips away with some ground and pound.
Reinhardt stands up over Goins, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Reinhardt postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Reinhardt connects with a couple of short punches.
Goins is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Reinhardt trying to control but Goins is working from the bottom.
Reinhardt chips away with some ground and pound.
Reinhardt lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reinhardt cracks Goins with a solid left hand.
Reinhardt stands and throws Goins's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Reinhardt scoring with punches from side control.
Goins taking punishment in the form of punches.
Goins is looking to regain half guard here but Reinhardt keeps moving and retains side control.
Reinhardt scoring with punches and elbows.
Goins gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Reinhardt landing strikes from the mount and Goins is in trouble!
Goins regains half guard.
Goins is looking to control Reinhardt's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Goins avoid being mounted?
Goins is trying to control but Reinhardt manages to pass to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goins slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Goins slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Reinhardt postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Reinhardt passes Goins's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Goins is trying to get back to full guard.
Reinhardt lands with a punch from half guard.
Goins wants to get back to full guard but Reinhardt has passed into side control.
Goins is looking for a sweep.
Reinhardt remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt cracks Goins with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Goins takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Reinhardt cracks Goins with a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goins is trying to improve his position.
Goins is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Reinhardt off and has taken his back!
Reinhardt tries to break free.
Reinhardt prevents Goins from getting a body triangle.
Reinhardt has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Goins.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Goins throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Goins is trying to stick to Reinhardt's back but Reinhardt is turning into Goins. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Goins's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Reinhardt.
Victor Reinhardt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Goins looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Reinhardt puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Reinhardt dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A big right from Goins misses.
Goins throws a series of punches but Reinhardt avoids them all with ease.
Goins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reinhardt circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Goins.
Nice body punch from Reinhardt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reinhardt. Goins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reinhardt stuffs the takedown attempt from Goins. Goins gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd cheers as Reinhardt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Goins doesn't seem phased though.
Goins takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Reinhardt throws a push kick but Goins slaps the foot to one side.
Reinhardt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Goins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reinhardt shoots in but Goins avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Reinhardt keeps Goins at a distance using the push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Reinhardt delivers a nice body kick.
Reinhardt scores with a head kick.
Reinhardt throws a front kick that sends Goins stumbling back into the cage.
Goins avoids the body shot from Reinhardt.
Goins shoots in for a takedown but Reinhardt shows good takedown defense.
Goins looks for a takedown but Reinhardt sprawls well.
Victor Reinhardt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leroy Goins.
Reinhardt scores with a decent looking hook.
Goins misses with a left hand
and Reinhardt counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Reinhardt works over Goins's head and body with a nice combination.
Reinhardt wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Reinhardt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Goins's head.
Victor Reinhardt is winning the standup battle so far.
Goins throws a low kick but Reinhardt avoids it.
Reinhardt connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Goins lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goins shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Reinhardt defends it nicely.
Reinhardt lands a front kick.
Goins moves out of range of the body kick from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt thows a body shot but no joy.
Reinhardt lands with a hook. Goins tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Goins misses with a lunging right hand
and Reinhardt counters with an inside leg kick.
Reinhardt slips a straight right by Goins.
Goins looks to land a left hand but Reinhardt moved out of range nicely.
Reinhardt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reinhardt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Goins shoots and misses
and Reinhardt counters with a nice body kick.
Goins has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Goins.
A cross from Reinhardt lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reinhardt shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Reinhardt showed some decent athleticism there.
Goins wants to get back to full guard.
Goins on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Reinhardt trying to mount his opponent but Goins defends it.
Reinhardt landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Reinhardt is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Reinhardt lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Reinhardt throwing shots but Goins is blocking nicely.
Goins is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Goins has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goins has a hand on Reinhardt's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Reinhardt takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Reinhardt wants to control but Goins has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Goins is trying to stand.
Reinhardt is pressing down on Goins's thigh, looking to free his foot. Goins is holding on for now.
Goins is looking to improve his position.
Reinhardt not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reinhardt is nestled in close to Goins, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Reinhardt drops an elbow to the side of Goins's head.
Leroy Goins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Goins is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Reinhardt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reinhardt has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Reinhardt!
Victor Reinhardt seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.