Jason Reinhardt | |
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Born |
Decatur, Illinois, United States |
October 31, 1969
Nationality | American |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb) |
Division |
Bantamweight Featherweight Lightweight |
Reach | 64.0 in (163 cm) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Fighting out of | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Team | Wand Fight Team |
Rank | Purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
Years active | 2000–present |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 23 |
Wins | 20 |
By knockout | 3 |
By submission | 17 |
Losses | 3 |
By knockout | 1 |
By submission | 2 |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Reinhardt also appeared in the documentary The Man in the Arena about fellow MMA fighter.