PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brad Pickett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Vesala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vesala comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Timo Vesala has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pickett
vs
Vesala

167 cm
26
143 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

160 cm
33
140 lbs
11 - 10 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brad Pickett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timo Vesala!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pickett tries to land a body kick
and Vesala counters with an inside leg kick.

Vesala pushes Pickett up against the cage in a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Vesala.
Vesala lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vesala blocks a body shot from Pickett.
Nice body punch from Vesala - that landed with a thud.
Vesala lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Vesala scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vesala avoiding damage as Pickett throws knees to the body.
Vesala working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vesala is stalling here.
Vesala connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pickett's face.
Vesala lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vesala landing knees to the head.

Pickett is rocked!
Vesala lands a damaging elbow.
Oh Pickett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vesala blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Vesala.
Vesala lands an elbow inside.
Pickett throws a punch but it's blocked by Vesala.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vesala cracks Pickett with a nice body shot.
Vesala works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vesala gets through Pickett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vesala blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pickett has a couple of punches blocked by Vesala.
Vesala lands an elbow inside.
Pickett misses with an elbow over the top.
Vesala pushes Pickett back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pickett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vesala taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Vesala creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pickett's defenses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vesala.
Vesala lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pickett is trying to break free.
Vesala lands a left hand.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vesala takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pickett misses with a punch on the inside.
Vesala landing knees to the head.
Pickett looking to slow down the pace here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vesala.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Vesala.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Vesala.
Vesala lands a shoulder strike.
Vesala lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pickett takes an elbow to the temple.
Vesala is struggling to control the position.
Vesala lands a shoulder strike.
Vesala lands a big right hand that drops Pickett! The killer instinct kicks in and Vesala finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Vesala!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Timo Vesala!
An out of breath Timo Vesala thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.