Nationality American Name Jason Reinhardt | Reach 64.0 in (163 cm) Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Team Wanderlei Silva | |
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Weight 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb) Division BantamweightFeatherweightLightweight Profiles | ||
Jason reinhardt mma highlights
Jason Reinhardt (born October 31, 1969) is an American mixed martial artist. A professional MMA competitor since 2000, Reinhardt fought in regional promotions before signing with Zuffa in 2007. He fights out of the Wand Fight Team based in Las Vegas, Nevada, by way of Decatur, Illinois.
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- Jason reinhardt mma highlights
- Ufc 127 s jason reinhardt the doctors said i d never train again
- Early career
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Return to UFC
- Other Media
- References
Ufc 127 s jason reinhardt the doctors said i d never train again
Early career
Reinhardt won the SFC Submission Fighting Championships professional bantamweight title on 11/3/2000 defeating Arizona fighter Ray Duke. He went on the following year to win the RSF Reality Submission Fighting Championships professional bantamweight title defeating WEC veteran Del Hawkins on 3/30/2001. He would have fights in many American organizations before fighting for King of the Cage in Calgary Alberta, Canada in 2005. From there Reinhardt faced Japanese star Hideo Tokoro in the main event of ZST 9 in Tokyo, Japan. This fight was changed to a grappling only match after Tokoro signed a contract the week prior to ZST 9, to face Royce Gracie in K-1: Premium 2005 Dynamite.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Reinhardt made his UFC debut against submission specialist Joe Lauzon at UFC 78. He lost the fight via submission due to a rear naked choke in the first round.
Return to UFC
After a 2-year layoff due to injury Reinhardt made his return to the UFC at UFC 127 in Australia facing Tiequan Zhang being defeated by guillotine choke at 0:48 of round 1.
Reinhardt faced Edwin Figueroa on August 14, 2011 at UFC on Versus 5. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round.
Following his loss to Figueroa, Reinhardt was released from the promotion.
Other Media
Reinhardt featured in the documentary "The Man in the Arena," which profiles a fellow MMA fighter.