PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Danger (ranked 1260 p4p, 197 weight class) and Mohsin Zaidi (ranked 2430 p4p, 338 weight class). Carlos Danger could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mohsin Zaidi's chin.

Danger
vs
Zaidi

193 cm
23
215 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

187 cm
21
220 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlos Danger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mohsin Zaidi!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaidi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Danger connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zaidi scrambles back to his feet.
Zaidi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Danger clobbers Zaidi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Zaidi gets a takedown into half guard.
Zaidi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Danger defending well though.
Danger blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zaidi.
Danger on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Danger avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zaidi.
Danger keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Zaidi is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Danger has managed to free his arm - good work.
Zaidi wants to pass the guard but Danger is defending well.
Danger blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zaidi.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zaidi is looking for a kimura but Danger is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Zaidi to get the leverage.
Zaidi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Zaidi is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Danger avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zaidi.
Zaidi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Zaidi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Danger avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zaidi.
Danger blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zaidi.
Zaidi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danger wants to get back to his feet.
Zaidi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Zaidi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Danger defends it well.
Danger is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zaidi scores with a couple of nice shots.
Zaidi uses his free foot to push down on Danger's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Danger.
Danger is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Zaidi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Danger wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Zaidi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaidi scoring with strikes but Danger is staying in there.

Danger is rocked!
Zaidi drops a big elbow. That's hurt Danger! More shots from Zaidi and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mohsin Zaidi!
A relieved looking Mohsin Zaidi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.