PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohsin Zaidi (ranked 8342 p4p, 696 weight class) and Lukasz Patryk (ranked 22989 p4p, 743 weight class). Mohsin Zaidi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lukasz Patryk's chin.

Zaidi
vs
Patryk

187 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
23
209 lbs
2 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mohsin Zaidi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lukasz Patryk!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patryk lands a head kick!

It looks like Mohsin Zaidi has been cut.
Zaidi avoids a punch combination nicely.

Zaidi closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Zaidi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Zaidi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Patryk is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Zaidi lands some shots froms side control.
Patryk is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Zaidi working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaidi works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Zaidi working the ground and pound.
Patryk is trying to control Zaidi's posture but Zaidi avoids it.
Zaidi lands an elbow.
Zaidi working the head and body with strikes.
Zaidi scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Patryk to see if he's OK.
Zaidi in side control lands a decent elbow.
Zaidi working the ground and pound.
Zaidi lands a few punches from side control.
Zaidi works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Patryk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zaidi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Patryk takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Patryk is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zaidi scores with a couple of short elbows.
Patryk is still in real trouble! Can Zaidi finish him?
Patryk felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Patryk wants to control but Zaidi postures up.
Zaidi cracks Patryk with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Zaidi immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Patryk is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Zaidi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mohsin Zaidi!