PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kiyoshi Matsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Reinhardt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Matsumoto might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Carl Douglas - Kung fu fighting. Reinhardt has chosen On To The Next One as his entrance music. Kiyoshi Matsumoto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Matsumoto
vs
Reinhardt

178 cm
37
170 lbs
27 - 13 - 0

184 cm
34
166 lbs
41 - 19 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

LOD: Affordable Quality

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 27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kiyoshi Matsumoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 41 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Victor Reinhardt!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Roger Salmon and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsumoto moves in looking to clinch but Reinhardt pushes him off.
Matsumoto walks forward, straight into a front kick from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt misses with an attempted mid kick.
Reinhardt avoids the body shot from Matsumoto.
Reinhardt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Matsumoto.
Reinhardt just misses with a punch to the body.
Matsumoto misses with a wild body shot.
Reinhardt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Reinhardt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Matsumoto is out of range and Reinhardt settles back down.
Matsumoto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matsumoto was well out of range. Poor timing from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Reinhardt looks for the body kick but Matsumoto saw that one coming.
Matsumoto misses with a low kick.
Matsumoto on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reinhardt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Matsumoto scores with a jab.
Matsumoto swings for the body but Reinhardt moves out of range.
Reinhardt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matsumoto was well out of range. Poor timing from Reinhardt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reinhardt feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Matsumoto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Matsumoto trying to keep a closed guard but Reinhardt is proving a slippery customer.
Matsumoto keeping full guard, as Reinhardt tries to pass.
Reinhardt stopping the sweep attempt from Matsumoto.
Reinhardt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Reinhardt with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Matsumoto tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Matsumoto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Reinhardt trying to control the position from guard on top but Matsumoto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reinhardt has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reinhardt throws a head kick but Matsumoto moves out of range.
Kiyoshi Matsumoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reinhardt throws a leg kick that is checked
and Matsumoto counters with a nice uppercut.
Reinhardt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matsumoto. Reinhardt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reinhardt takes one to the side of the head.
Reinhardt throws a good cross that connects.
Matsumoto is looking to wear down Reinhardt with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Reinhardt just misses with a punch to the body.
Matsumoto lands a really nice looking cross but Reinhardt seems unphased.
Reinhardt lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsumoto misses with a wild body shot.
Reinhardt lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Reinhardt throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reinhardt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Reinhardt throws a wild hook but Matsumoto just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Reinhardt gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Matsumoto raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kiyoshi Matsumoto!
An out of breath Kiyoshi Matsumoto thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.