PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Reinhart (ranked 4867 p4p, 487 weight class) and Sin Zhao (ranked 4990 p4p, 492 weight class). Zhao is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bodies. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Reinhart
vs
Zhao

179 cm
25
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
178 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Reinhart!
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, Sin Zhao!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reinhart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhao was well out of range. Poor timing from Reinhart.

Zhao closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Reinhart fails to land.
Zhao is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Reinhart pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Zhao has hold of one of Reinhart's legs. Reinhart is fighting the takedown attempt but Zhao gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Zhao stopping the sweep attempt from Reinhart.
Zhao content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Reinhart has his foot on Zhao's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Zhao works his way back into a safe position though.

Reinhart has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Zhao doesn't defend quickly enough and Reinhart has managed to lock this one up! Can Zhao escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Reinhart on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). John Reinhart!
Our winner, John Reinhart, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.