PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohsin Zaidi (ranked 2159 p4p, 314 weight class) and Pork Destroyer (ranked 3129 p4p, 418 weight class). Mohsin Zaidi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pork Destroyer's chin.

Zaidi
vs
Destroyer

187 cm
22
220 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

189 cm
28
217 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 5 - 6 - 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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pork Destroyer!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Topper Green and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Destroyer throws a hook but Zaidi avoids it easily.
Zaidi scores with a head kick. Destroyer tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Pork Destroyer has been cut.
Zaidi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Destroyer.
Zaidi feinted with a counter takedown.
Zaidi misses with a kick to the body.
Zaidi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Destroyer tests Zaidi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Destroyer lands a glancing blow to the side of Zaidi's head.
Destroyer stuffs the takedown.
Destroyer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Destroyer scores with a sloppy right hand. Zaidi should have avoided that one.
Zaidi wants to clinch up but Destroyer keeps it at a distance.
Pork Destroyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Destroyer does it's job there.
Zaidi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Destroyer pinned against the cage. Destroyer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Destroyer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zaidi quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A jab from Destroyer misses.
Destroyer is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Zaidi is looking to slow Destroyer down with leg kicks.
Destroyer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Destroyer blocks a jab.
Donk. Destroyer catches Zaidi right on the button with a cross.
Zaidi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Destroyer moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Destroyer scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Zaidi thuds his shin into the meat of Destroyer's side.
Destroyer throws a jab when Zaidi was well out of range.
Zaidi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Destroyer.
Zaidi is looking to score with low kicks.
Destroyer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zaidi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zaidi thinks about countering with a body kick.
Pork Destroyer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Destroyer misses with a straight left.
It appears Zaidi was looking to counter with a kick there.
Zaidi walks into a left hand.
Zaidi dips to his left and cracks Destroyer with an uppercut!
Destroyer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zaidi.
A little jabbing left from Destroyer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Zaidi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zaidi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Destroyer takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Zaidi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Destroyer moves away.
Zaidi sizes up Destroyer with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaidi missing with a left hand there. Destroyer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zaidi throws a body shot but no joy.
Destroyer might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Destroyer misses with a lunging right hand

and Zaidi counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Destroyer is refusing to be controlled, as Zaidi sits in half guard.
Zaidi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaidi thows a huge punch but Destroyer dodges it nicely.
Zaidi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Zaidi is trying to work for a kimura but Destroyer is defending well.
Destroyer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zaidi.
Zaidi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Zaidi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Destroyer with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zaidi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Zaidi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zaidi thows a huge punch but Destroyer dodges it nicely.
Destroyer 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.
Destroyer wants to get back to full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Destroyer can do anything to dispel that myth.
Zaidi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That has opened up Pork Destroyer's cut even more.
Destroyer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zaidi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaidi thows a huge punch but Destroyer dodges it nicely.
Zaidi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zaidi lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Zaidi thows a huge punch but Destroyer dodges it nicely.
Zaidi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Destroyer's head.
Zaidi is nestled in close to Destroyer, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Zaidi passes to full mount!
Zaidi throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Destroyer is in a horrible position here. Zaidi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

The cut above Pork Destroyer's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Destroyer is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaidi with a couple of short strikes.
Zaidi looking to finish Destroyer with some ground and pound. This is bad for Destroyer!

Pork Destroyer's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Pork Destroyer's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mohsin Zaidi!
An out of breath Mohsin Zaidi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.