Jason Reinhardt

Jason Reinhardt Biography

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.

MMA career

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 also appeared in the documentary The Man in the Arena about fellow MMA fighter.

Mixed martial arts record

|- | Loss | align=center| 20-3 | Edwin Figueroa | TKO (elbows and punches) | UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 0:50 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 20-2 | Zhang Tiequan | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC 127 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:48 | Sydney, Australia | |- | Win | align=center| 20-1 | Cody Larson | Submission (armbar) | Iowa Challenge 46 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:37 | Iowa, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 19-1 | Marcus Hermann | Submission (punches) | Revolution Cage Fighting 10 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:55 | Quincy, Illinois, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 18-1 | Joe Lauzon | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC 78 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:14 | Newark, New Jersey, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 18-0 | Theodore Reynol | TKO | Courage Fighting Championships 8 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:00 | Decatur, Illinois, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 17-0 | Jorge Conger | Submission (armbar) | Legends of Fighting 8 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 0:57 | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 16-0 | Ed Meyers | Submission (punches) | Courage Fighting Championships 5 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:59 | Decatur, Illinois, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 15-0 | Mike Lindquist | Submission (rear-naked choke) | KOTC: Redemption on the River | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:14 | Moline, Illinois, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 14-0 | Joe Santiago | Submission (armbar) | KOTC: Firestorm | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:30 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | |- | Win | align=center| 13-0 | Brad Cottrell | TKO (punches) | KOTC: Xtreme Edge | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:37 | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 12-0 | Tom Logsdon | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Courage Fighting Championships 2 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:42 | Decatur, Illinois, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 11-0 | Mike Lindquist | Submission (armbar) | Iowa Fighting Organization | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:36 | Davenport, Iowa, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 10-0 | Trent Bibbs | Submission (armbar) | Iowa Fighting Organization | | align=center| N/A | align=center| N/A | Davenport, Iowa, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 9-0 | Josh Delaney | Submission (strikes) | Extreme Challenge 55 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:16 | Lakemoor, Illinois, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 8-0 | Ryan Sotter | Submission (triangle choke) | Ultimate Submission Challenge | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:28 | Bethalto, Illinois, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 7-0 | Ben Carlson | Submission (rear naked choke) | Extreme Challenge 40 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:36 | Springfield, Illinois, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 6-0 | Del Hawkins | Submission (armbar) | Reality Submission Fighting 3 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:20 | Belleville, Illinois, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 5-0 | Ray Duke | Submission (armbar) | Submission Fighting Championships 12 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| N/A | Collinsville, Illinois, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 4-0 | Zack Welker | Submission (triangle choke) | SC 2: Gladiators | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 0:42 | Illinois, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 3-0 | Charlie Hutchison | KO | SC 1: The Awakening | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:00 | Canton, Illinois, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 2-0 | Scott March | Submission (armbar) | GMAP | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:11 | Springfield, Illinois, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 1-0 | Sean Yoshida | Submission (guillotine choke) | Submission Fighting Championships 9 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:32 | Belleville, Illinois, United States |