PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dwayne Michael Carter II (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vos Reinaert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vos Reinaert struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Vos Reinaert is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Michael Carter II
vs
Reinaert

186 cm
20
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dwayne Michael Carter II!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vos Reinaert!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter II cracks Reinaert with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Carter II stuffs the takedown attempt from Reinaert. Reinaert gets slowly back to his feet.

Carter II shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Reinaert napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Reinaert is trying to control Carter II's posture but Carter II avoids it.

Carter II tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Carter II has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Reinaert is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Carter II is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Carter II punishing his opponent with strikes.
Reinaert tries to hold on but Carter II pushes him away.
Reinaert is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter II working Reinaert over with strikes here.
Carter II lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Reinaert hang on?
Reinaert is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Carter II has hold of Reinaert's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Reinaert manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Reinaert tries to lock up and control but Carter II gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Reinaert is wriggling around trying to escape.
Carter II landing strikes from the mount and Reinaert is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinaert is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Reinaert wants to hold on but Carter II pushes him away.
Reinaert looks gassed!
Reinaert taking shots to the head.
Reinaert really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carter II landing strikes from the mount.
Carter II raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter II in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Carter II raining down shots from the mount!
Carter II with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Reinaert that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carter II dominating with strikes here.
Carter II connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Carter II putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reinaert really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Carter II avoids the attempt from Reinaert to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Carter II is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Reinaert can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Carter II lands a heavy elbow.

Carter II looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Reinaert wants to control but Carter II is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwayne Michael Carter II dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Reinaert takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Reinaert closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Carter II to the mat! Carter II manages to get full guard.
Carter II managing to control the position.
Carter II manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Reinaert is looking to get to half guard.
Carter II with good strikes from the mount here!
Reinaert is breathing heavily.

Carter II is working for a guillotine from mount but Reinaert frees his head quite easily.
Reinaert tries to hold on but Carter II pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter II looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Reinaert tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Carter II with a couple of short strikes.
Carter II has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Reinaert's face.
Reinaert is squirming around, avoiding Carter II's attempts to control the action.
Carter II postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Reinaert looks a forlorn figure.
Carter II scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Reinaert?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinaert takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Carter II cracks Reinaert with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Reinaert can't escape the position.
Carter II is landing with some decent strikes but Reinaert is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Reinaert is looking to improve his position but Carter II isn't that keen on the idea.
Carter II unloading with bombs!
Reinaert tries to hold on but Carter II postures up.
Carter II landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reinaert is desperately trying to improve his position but Carter II has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carter II swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dwayne Michael Carter II!
Dwayne Michael Carter II is the new middleweight champion!