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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Reinhardt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn comes to the cage accompanied by BJ Penn. BJ Penn could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Victor Reinhardt's chin.
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169 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BJ Penn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Reinhardt!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reinhardt throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Reinhardt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reinhardt misses with a wild combination.
Penn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reinhardt moves out of range of the body kick.
Reinhardt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Penn misses with a wild body shot.
Penn throws and low kick but Reinhardt moves out of range easily.
Reinhardt tries to work over Penn's front leg with a kick but Penn checks it.
Penn throws a jab but it's blocked by Reinhardt.
Reinhardt throws a leg kick but Penn sees it coming and moves out of range.
Penn thows a body shot but no joy.
Penn closes this distance looking for a takedown but Reinhardt circles away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Reinhardt.
Penn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reinhardt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinhardt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Penn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Penn works Reinhardt's body with a nice hook.
A thudding body kick lands there by Reinhardt!
Penn avoids the head kick by Reinhardt.
Penn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reinhardt.
Penn misses with an uppercut. Reinhardt saw that one coming.
Penn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Penn throws a leg kick
and Reinhardt finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Reinhardt avoids a kick to the body.
Penn misses with a wild body shot.
Reinhardt lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Penn works over Reinhardt's head and body with a nice combination.
Penn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Reinhardt counters with an inside leg kick.
Penn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penn misses with a straight right.
Reinhardt tries a head kick but it misses.
Penn with a lazy takedown attempt
and Reinhardt counters with a low kick, right behind Penn 's knee.
Penn checks a low kick from Reinhardt.
Penn throws a hook but Reinhardt blocks it.
Penn has his takedown stuffed
and Reinhardt makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for BJ Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Penn throws a leg kick
and Reinhardt counters with an outside leg kick.
Penn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt looks for the body kick but Penn saw that one coming.
Reinhardt misses with a jab to the body
and Penn counters with an outside leg kick.
Reinhardt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Penn.
Penn throws a combination that misses
and Reinhardt counters with a body kick that stops Penn in his tracks momentarily.
Penn is breathing heavily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Reinhardt. That's going to slow Penn down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Penn on the side of the head.
Reinhardt throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like BJ Penn has been cut.
Penn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Reinhardt looks to land a right hand but Penn moved out of range.
A swing and a miss from Penn.
A solid leg kick lands there for Reinhardt.
Penn looks to throw the jab but Reinhardt is out of range.
Reinhardt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reinhardt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Penn defending well as Reinhardt loads up on a big left hand.
Penn with a lazy takedown attempt
and Reinhardt counters with a left to the body.
Reinhardt cracks Penn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Penn missing with a left hand there. Reinhardt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Reinhardt has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Reinhardt counters with a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Penn has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Penn there as he acknowledges the shot.
Penn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reinhardt scores with a push kick.
Penn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reinhardt can pounce on him.
Reinhardt feints and then cracks Penn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Penn down.
Penn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reinhardt.
Victor Reinhardt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Penn misses with a takedown attempt
and Reinhardt counters with a leg kick.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Penn. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Reinhardt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Penn is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Reinhardt's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Reinhardt scores with a decent looking hook.
Reinhardt lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penn needs to keep his hands up - Reinhardt had a free shot at his head there.
Reinhardt lands with a nice body kick.
Reinhardt is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Penn had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Reinhardt keeps Penn at a distance using the push kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Reinhardt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on BJ Penn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Reinhardt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reinhardt connects with a single shot there.
Reinhardt throws a nice outside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Reinhardt.
Victor Reinhardt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reinhardt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Reinhardt scores with a jab. Penn acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Penn with a poor takedown
enabling Reinhardt to counter with a crisp jab.
Reinhardt throws a quick inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd cheers as Reinhardt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Penn doesn't seem phased though.
Reinhardt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Penn might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Penn throws a leg kick
and Reinhardt counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Reinhardt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Penn.
Reinhardt lands a slapping body shot.
Reinhardt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Penn takes one to the chin there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinhardt cracks Penn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A slapping body kick lands there for Reinhardt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reinhardt.
Reinhardt throws a nice inside leg kick.
Penn takes a kick to the side of the head.
Reinhardt thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Penn if he has to take too many more of those.
Reinhardt scores with the left hand. Penn knows he should have avoided that one.
Penn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Penn is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Reinhardt throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reinhardt scores with a nice head shot.
Reinhardt scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Reinhardt scores with a leg kick.
Reinhardt lands a lovely overhand right.
Reinhardt scoring well with a low kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt scores with a head kick.
Penn is rocked!
Penn throws a jab when Reinhardt was well out of range.
Oh Penn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reinhardt lands with an uppercut that bounces Penn off the cage and back into rage.
Reinhardt tries a head kick but it misses.
BJ Penn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reinhardt lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Penn falls backwards - clearly groggy! Reinhardt dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Reinhardt! Victor Reinhardt retains his lightweight title!
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