PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Krzysztof Trampolina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Pickett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brad Pickett acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Trampolina
vs
Pickett

168 cm
25
140 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

168 cm
20
135 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Krzysztof Trampolina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brad Pickett!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trampolina takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Krzysztof Trampolina seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trampolina shoots in looking for a takedown. Pickett tries to sprawl out of it but Trampolina keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pickett manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pickett scores with a nice head shot.
Pickett shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Trampolina eats them both and turns towards Pickett to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pickett lands a really nice looking cross but Trampolina seems unphased.
Trampolina shoots for a double leg takedown but Pickett sprawls well. He's pushed Trampolina's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Trampolina fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Krzysztof Trampolina. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pickett lands the left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trampolina takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Trampolina shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Trampolina is looking for a kimura but Pickett is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Trampolina to get the leverage.
Trampolina is breathing heavily.

Trampolina is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Pickett to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trampolina wants to control from the top but Pickett keeps moving.
Pickett controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pickett wants to stand up but Trampolina is controlling him.
Trampolina is fighting to break Pickett's control of his arms but Pickett is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Pickett is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Trampolina won't allow Pickett to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pickett connects with a body shot.
Trampolina takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pickett lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pickett scores with a one two! Trampolina had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pickett scores with a jab to the head.
Pickett scores with a decent looking hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trampolina takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pickett scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Trampolina is rocked!
Pickett's jab looks to have found its range, popping Trampolina under the eye.
Oh Trampolina is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pickett displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Trampolina.
Trampolina on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Trampolina get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Trampolina stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Pickett runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brad Pickett!
After winning the bout, Brad Pickett thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.