PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Letter (ranked 1233 p4p, 1107 weight class) and Mohsin Zaidi (ranked 171 p4p, 156 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Letter
vs
Zaidi

195 cm
29
215
20 - 14 - 0

187 cm
29
220
17 - 16 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

MKFC
Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

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 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephan Letter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Mohsin Zaidi!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaidi throws a leg kick but Letter sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Letter lands a head shot.

It looks like Mohsin Zaidi has been cut.

Letter has closed the distance and engaged Zaidi in a clinch.
Zaidi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Letter has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A body shot lands from Zaidi.
Zaidi swings wildly with an uppercut but Letter uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've been informed that Zaidi has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Zaidi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Letter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Letter misses with some punches.
Zaidi tries to work over Letter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Letter.
Zaidi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zaidi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Letter pushes Zaidi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zaidi looking for a takedown.
Letter lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Zaidi has hold of one of Letter's legs. Letter is fighting the takedown attempt but Zaidi gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Letter has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Zaidi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Zaidi landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaidi postures up in Letter's guard and throws a big left but Letter blocks it.
Zaidi lands a couple of digs.

Letter has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Zaidi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Zaidi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zaidi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Letter is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Zaidi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Zaidi connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Letter some visible discomfort.
Zaidi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letter taking punishment in the form of punches.
Letter is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Zaidi connects with a nice short shot to Letter's temple.
Letter taking some punishment here, with Zaidi in his half guard.
Zaidi lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Letter! More strikes land and this one is all over! Zaidi jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mohsin Zaidi!
A victorious Mohsin Zaidi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.