PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed Samir (ranked 2531 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Reinhart (ranked 3909 p4p, 0 weight class). Mohammed Samir has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Samir
vs
Reinhart

189 cm
25
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

179 cm
26
179 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mohammed Samir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Reinhart!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Reinhart throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reinhart shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Samir but Samir pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Reinhart throws a body punch but Samir moves out of range.
Samir misses with a hook.

Reinhart darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Reinhart perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
It looks like Reinhart might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reinhart moves nicely into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinhart slows the pace down.
Reinhart has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Buoy Training. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Samir is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Reinhart has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Samir prevents Reinhart from moving into mount.
Reinhart advances nicely into full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Reinhart is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Samir is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Reinhart!
After winning the bout, John Reinhart thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.