PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curt Tramadore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kullervo Hikipera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tramadore
vs
Hikipera

202 cm
18
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

215 cm
18
290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Curt Tramadore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kullervo Hikipera!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Lou da Vinci and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tramadore chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hikipera misses with a head kick.
Curt Tramadore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tramadore tries a head kick but it misses.
Hikipera throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tramadore throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tramadore tries to land a body kick
and Hikipera counters with a nice kick to the body.

Hikipera gets a clinch.
Hikipera tries to land a knee to the head but Tramadore blocks with his arms.
Hikipera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tramadore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hikipera blocks an uppercut.
Tramadore is trying to stall.
Hikipera blocks an uppercut.
Hikipera looking to throw knees to the head but Tramadore is blocking nicely.
Hikipera tries a knee to the head but Tramadore blocks it.
Tramadore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tramadore misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hikipera tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tramadore throws a head punch that misses.
Hikipera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tramadore blocks it with crossed arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tramadore.
Hikipera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hikipera tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hikipera looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hikipera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tramadore wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hikipera misses with a knee to the head.
Tramadore trying to stall but Hikipera improves his position.
Tramadore throws a punch but it's blocked by Hikipera.
Hikipera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Tramadore fails to land.
Tramadore has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hikipera blocks an elbow strike from Tramadore.
Hikipera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tramadore tries to break the clinch but Hikipera is controlling the position.
Tramadore has a couple of punches blocked by Hikipera.
Hikipera looking to throw knees to the head but Tramadore is blocking nicely.
Tramadore wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tramadore misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tramadore misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tramadore.
Tramadore misses with the head strike.
A frustrated look appears on Tramadore's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hikipera has Tramadore pressed against the cage, preventing Tramadore from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tramadore tries to throw a body punch but Hikipera avoids it by throwing Tramadore back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hikipera.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hikipera tries a knee to the head but Tramadore blocks it.
Hikipera looking to throw knees to the head but Tramadore is blocking nicely.
Tramadore tries to break the clinch but Hikipera is controlling the position.
Tramadore struggles to land a body shot inside as Hikipera controls his hands.
Hikipera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hikipera keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tramadore's efforts to push away.
Tramadore misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tramadore tries to break free but Hikipera pushes him back against the cage.
Tramadore tries to throw a body punch but Hikipera avoids it by throwing Tramadore back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tramadore is trying to break free.
Tramadore can't break the clinch.
Tramadore misses with a punch on the inside.
Tramadore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tramadore throws a punch but it's blocked by Hikipera.
Hikipera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hikipera tries a knee to the head but Tramadore blocks it.
Tramadore is trying to force a seperation but Hikipera has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Tramadore's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tramadore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tramadore misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tramadore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hikipera tries to land a knee to the head but Tramadore blocks with his arms.
Tramadore misses with the head strike.
Tramadore looking to slow down the pace here.
Hikipera blocking some punches.
Tramadore tries a body shot but Hikipera blocks it.
Hikipera keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tramadore's efforts to push away.
Hikipera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Tramadore fails to land.
Hikipera looking to throw knees to the head but Tramadore is blocking nicely.
Hikipera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tramadore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tramadore trying to control the position but instead, Hikipera has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tramadore into the cage.
Hikipera misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tramadore.
Hikipera misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hikipera avoids a wild elbow strike from Tramadore.

Tramadore breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tramadore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tramadore throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tramadore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tramadore.
Hikipera sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tramadore throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tramadore.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tramadore.
Hikipera takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tramadore throws a head kick that Hikipera semi-blocks.
Hikipera blocks a head kick by Tramadore.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tramadore throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tramadore.
An inside leg kick lands from Tramadore.
Tramadore throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Curt Tramadore dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A head kick from Tramadore lands but Hikipera takes it in his stride.
Curt Tramadore is winning the standup battle so far.
Hikipera takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Kullervo Hikipera has been cut.
Tramadore throws a sloppy head kick and Hikipera moves out of range easily.
Tramadore tries a head kick but it misses.
Tramadore avoids the head kick by Hikipera.
Tramadore throws the kick towards the body but Hikipera avoids it.
Tramadore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tramadore feints and then cracks Hikipera's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hikipera down.
Hikipera lands with a slapping head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tramadore wants to slow Hikipera down by chopping away at his legs.

Hikipera moves into the clinch.
Tramadore is trying to push Hikipera away but Hikipera has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tramadore is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tramadore tries to break free but Hikipera pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hikipera tries a knee to the head but Tramadore blocks it.
Tramadore is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hikipera is keeping busy.
Curt Tramadore has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hikipera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tramadore blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tramadore wants to stall.
Tramadore missing with knees to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hikipera in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Tramadore is trying to force a seperation but Hikipera has the dominant position.
Hikipera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hikipera misses with a knee to the head.
Hikipera tries a knee to the head but Tramadore blocks it.
Tramadore misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tramadore.
Tramadore misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hikipera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tramadore misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tramadore is trying to break free.
Tramadore misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tramadore is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tramadore.
Tramadore misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tramadore tries to stall but Hikipera uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hikipera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hikipera tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hikipera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tramadore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tramadore throws an elbow but it misses.
Tramadore is trying to break free.
Tramadore wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hikipera has him pressed against the cage.
Hikipera tries a knee to the head but Tramadore blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Tramadore fails to land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hikipera blocks an elbow strike.
Hikipera misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hikipera blocks an uppercut.
Tramadore trying to control the position but instead, Hikipera has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tramadore into the cage.
Tramadore missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Tramadore fails to land.
Tramadore is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hikipera is keeping busy.
Tramadore tries to break free but Hikipera pushes him back against the cage.
Hikipera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hikipera avoiding damage as Tramadore throws knees to the body.
Tramadore using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hikipera has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hikipera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tramadore wants to stall.
Tramadore is trying to break the clinch but Hikipera is controlling him.
Tramadore is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tramadore swings wildly with an uppercut but Hikipera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hikipera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tramadore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hikipera avoids a wild elbow strike from Tramadore.
Hikipera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tramadore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tramadore tries to break free but Hikipera pushes him back against the cage.
Hikipera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Tramadore fails to land.
Tramadore wants to stall.
Hikipera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tramadore has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hikipera throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tramadore goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tramadore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hikipera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tramadore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hikipera prevents Tramadore from breaking the clinch.
Tramadore misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Curt Tramadore dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kullervo Hikipera's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hikipera tries to land a leg kick but Tramadore saw it coming and moves away.
Hikipera takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tramadore.
Tramadore bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tramadore avoids the head kick by Hikipera.
Hikipera throws a chopping leg kick but Tramadore manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hikipera misses with a series of wild punches.
Tramadore feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hikipera's calf.
Hikipera has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tramadore.
Tramadore feints and then cracks Hikipera's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hikipera down.
Tramadore connects with a leg kick. Hikipera looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tramadore lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tramadore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hikipera's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tramadore keeps Hikipera at a distance using the push kick.
Tramadore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tramadore throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hikipera.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tramadore is looking to slow Hikipera down with leg kicks.
Tramadore lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tramadore lands with a nice body kick.
Tramadore feints and then cracks Hikipera's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hikipera down.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tramadore.
Hikipera tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hikipera avoids the head kick by Tramadore.
Tramadore throws the kick towards the body but Hikipera avoids it.
Hikipera avoids a kick to the body.
Tramadore tries a low kick but Hikipera avoids it.
Tramadore is looking to slow Hikipera down with leg kicks.
Tramadore misses with a head kick.
Hikipera stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tramadore.
Hikipera lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tramadore will feel that in the morning.

Hikipera moves into the clinch.
Hikipera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tramadore has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tramadore looking to slow down the pace here.
Tramadore has a couple of punches blocked by Hikipera.
Hikipera has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tramadore.
Tramadore takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tramadore tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tramadore is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tramadore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tramadore is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tramadore is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hikipera can do to turn this around?
Hikipera misses with a knee strike.
Tramadore tries to break the clinch but Hikipera is controlling the position.
Hikipera tries to land a knee to the head but Tramadore blocks with his arms.
Tramadore swings wildly with an uppercut but Hikipera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hikipera tries to land a knee to the head but Tramadore blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hikipera.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hikipera.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tramadore misses with a body punch.
Hikipera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tramadore blocks it with crossed arms.

Tramadore breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tramadore throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Tramadore throws a low kick but Hikipera moves out of range easily.
Hikipera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tramadore lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tramadore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Hikipera rushes Tramadore and presses him up against the cage.
Tramadore taking a breather.
Hikipera tries to land a knee to the head but Tramadore blocks with his arms.
Hikipera scores with a knee to the head.
Hikipera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tramadore throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hikipera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tramadore wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hikipera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tramadore blocks it with crossed arms.
Tramadore tries to break the clinch but Hikipera is controlling the position.
Hikipera tries to land a knee to the head but Tramadore blocks with his arms.
Hikipera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tramadore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tramadore misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hikipera looking to throw knees to the head but Tramadore is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hikipera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tramadore swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hikipera tries to land a knee to the head but Tramadore blocks with his arms.
Tramadore is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tramadore swings wildly with an uppercut but Hikipera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tramadore trying to control the position but instead, Hikipera has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tramadore into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hikipera scores with a knee to the head.
Kullervo Hikipera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hikipera blocks a body shot from Tramadore.

And that's the end of the fight!
Curt Tramadore showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tramadore has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Curt Tramadore!
Curt Tramadore seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Kullervo Hikipera had this to say: 'He was better tonight.'.