PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Reinegger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Reinegger
vs
Brown

185 cm
19
205 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

180 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Reinegger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Brown!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Brown looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reinegger moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Brown misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reinegger avoids a punch combination nicely.

Reinegger forces Brown back against the cage and clinches.
Reinegger scores a nice knee to the body.

Reinegger has hold of one of Brown's legs. Brown is fighting the takedown attempt but Reinegger gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Reinegger sitting in guard here, content to control.
Brown is trying to hold Reinegger in close to prevent damage but Reinegger has managed to pass into half guard.
Reinegger takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Brown is trying to stand back up but Reinegger is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinegger is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Brown is looking to escape.

Reinegger escapes and gets back to his feet.
Kevin Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reinegger avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reinegger doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
Brown throws a body punch but Reinegger moves out of range.
Reinegger slips a jab and a cross from Brown.
Brown looks gassed!

That's two 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.
Brown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brown throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reinegger.
No luck for Brown with that takedown attempt.

Reinegger drives through and clinches with Brown against the cage.
Brown takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reinegger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Reinegger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Reinegger clinches with his opponent.

Reinegger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Reinegger forces Brown back against the cage and clinches.
Reinegger with a knee to the head.
Reinegger lands a knee to the head.
Reinegger lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Reinegger to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reinegger turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Reinegger stands up.
Reinegger lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Reinegger closes the distance and clinches.
Brown wants to break free but Reinegger has control.
Reinegger pushes Brown back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Reinegger lands with a left to the head.
Reinegger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reinegger lands an elbow inside.
Reinegger lands an elbow that stopped Brown in his tracks for a moment.
Reinegger lands an elbow inside that Brown shrugs off.
Reinegger lands a knee to the body.
Reinegger is stalling here.

Reinegger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reinegger wants to clinch.

Reinegger moves into the clinch.
Reinegger comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown takes an elbow to the forehead.
Reinegger lands a nice elbow.
Reinegger lands with a short shot to the head.
Reinegger stalling.
Reinegger lands a damaging elbow.
Reinegger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Reinegger uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reinegger comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown tries to pull guard but Reinegger won't allow it.

Reinegger breaks the clinch.

Reinegger clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Reinegger forces Brown back against the cage and clinches.
Reinegger throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Reinegger has double underhooks.
Reinegger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reinegger has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Brown avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Brown takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brown wants a takedown but no success here.
Reinegger lands a nice uppercut.
Reinegger tries to score a body lock takedown but Brown shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Reinegger keeps control of Brown as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brown fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Reinegger lands an elbow just above Brown 's eye.
Brown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reinegger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.
Reinegger pushes off an throws an elbow but Brown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reinegger manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Reinegger throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Reinegger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Reinegger instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinegger trying to land knees to the body.
Reinegger slows down the pace here.
Reinegger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reinegger lands a knee to the body.
Reinegger scores with a hook to the body.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reinegger is keeping busy.
Reinegger avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the fighters up against the cage, Reinegger throws an elbow but misses.
Reinegger controlling the action here for a moment.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Reinegger has him pressed against the cage.
Reinegger lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reinegger lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Reinegger lands an elbow inside that Brown shrugs off.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Reinegger has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Reinegger has clasped his hands together around Brown's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

Reinegger decides to stand up, so the ref orders Brown to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Reinegger as Brown shoots in.
Tom Reinegger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Brown.
Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Reinegger has managed to clinch.
Reinegger lands a damaging elbow.
Reinegger drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brown gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Brown can't break the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Brown avoids the elbow strike from Reinegger, against the cage.
Reinegger unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinegger landing knees to the head.
Reinegger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Reinegger smiles and moves away.
A combination from Brown does no damage.
Reinegger wants to clinch.
Brown misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Reinegger moves into the clinch.

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.
Reinegger lands a nice uppercut.
Reinegger is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Brown is looking to control Reinegger's arms but Reinegger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brown has his back to the cage.
Reinegger lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brown wants a takedown but no success here.
Reinegger leaning his opponent against the cage.
Reinegger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Reinegger lands an elbow inside that Brown shrugs off.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reinegger creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reinegger lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brown or not.
Reinegger connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Reinegger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Brown's defenses.

Reinegger has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Brown uses from the top position.
Reinegger utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Brown wants to stand but Reinegger has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Reinegger dominated that second round.
That's time! Reinegger's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Reinegger drives through and clinches with Brown against the cage.

Brown breaks from the clinch.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reinegger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Reinegger moves into the clinch successfully.

Reinegger is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Brown can't fight it off and eventually Reinegger manages to take the fight to the floor. Brown looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Reinegger won't allow Brown to get back to his feet.

Brown pushes Reinegger off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Reinegger avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tom Reinegger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reinegger drives through and clinches with Brown against the cage.
Reinegger landing knees to the body.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reinegger effectively controlling the action here.

Reinegger gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Brown wants to control but Reinegger passes easily into half guard.
Brown wants to stand back up but Reinegger manages to pass into side control.
Brown trying to remain calm as Reinegger controls from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Brown is trying desperately to improve position.
Brown is trying to stand.
Brown is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinegger controlling from mount.
Kevin Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Reinegger is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Reinegger controlling from mount.
Tom Reinegger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Reinegger's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Reinegger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reinegger 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Reinegger!