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The first round began. Page got a single immediately to guard landing a right hand. Page landed a right hand again. Page worked an armbar after landing an upkick and stood. Pickett blocked a high kick. Page took the back landing a blocked high kick, slipped, ate a left hook. Wow. Page landed a nice body shot. Page kneed the body and landed a body kick, got a nicely timed double to side control. Pickett stood to the clinch working a double and slammed Page to half-guard nicely defending a guillotine. He popped out. Pickett landed a left elbow. The Swedish crowd cheered for Pickett. Page thought about a kimura. Pickett landed four or five big rights. Another big right. Pickett landed a big right. Pickett landed a left elbow and a nice right one, short but hard. Pickett landed a good right hand there. Pickett landed a right elbow and a right hand. Page thought of another armbar and stood. He landed a leg kick there. And a jab. Page landed a body kick. He missed a flying knee, Pickett got a double to side control. He was mounting. Pickett landed a big right and they stood. Fifteen seconds. Page seemed tired. Pickett dropped Page with a right to half-guard. Page's mouth was open. The first round ended. 10-9 Pickett.
The second round began and they touched gloves. Pickett stuffed a single easily. Pickett worked a big double and got it, Page reversed kneeing the face twice, very nice. Very nice. They broke. Page seemed very tired now. Pickett dropped Page with a big left hook and pounced to guard with four big right hands, two right elbows, two right hands. Page closed guard securely. He was hurt and tired there. The crowd was pumped. Pickett landed two rights and another and another and another. He passed to half-guard. Three big rights and three more, he had the back. Another right and another. Page's nose was bleeding. Pickett worked a front choke against the cage. Pickett kneed the thigh. Page reversed to side control defending the guillotine. Pickett regained guard with it. Page popped out. Page landed a left hand. Great fight. Pickett wanted another guillotine. Page passed to side control, turtled him up, worked a front choke himself. The crowd was really pumped. Both men were taking a little well-deserved breather as Pickett was turtled up. Pickett reversed to side control. Page stood to the clinch nicely and they broke. Page kneed the face, Pickett stuffed a single. Pickett landed a left uppercut and a left hook, stuffed a double sprawling. Wow. Pickett took the back again. Pickett had both hooks now. Page was tired. Pickett landed a left. He worked a choke here. He had it tight and Page tapped, very nice victory, Pickett's first in the UFC. Nice.

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