PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peyton Kraze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Solomon Burke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kraze might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Fight Night . Burke comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Highway Star-Deep Purple kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Kraze
vs
Burke

191 cm
30
277 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

188 cm
30
200 lbs
25 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peyton Kraze!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Solomon Burke!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kraze tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Burke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kraze tries to clinch up but Burke circles away and keeps his distance.

Kraze clinches up with Burke and pushes him back against the cage.
Burke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Burke blocking some punches.
Kraze tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Burke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Burke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kraze's sensitive parts.
Burke throws a leg kick but Kraze moved away.

Burke clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Kraze fails to land.
Kraze has a couple of punches blocked by Burke.
Burke misses with a punch to the body.
Burke trying to control the position but instead, Kraze has worked for underhooks and has pushed Burke into the cage.
Kraze lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kraze is looking to control Burke's arms but Burke gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kraze has his back to the cage.
Kraze creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burke digs a right hand underneath Kraze's ribcage. Kraze let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kraze is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Burke can't get the takedown.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short left from Burke.
Kraze stalling the fight.
Kraze keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burke's efforts to push away.
Kraze throws a punch but it's blocked by Burke.
Kraze pushes off an throws an elbow but Burke leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kraze.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kraze scores with a shoulder strike.
Burke dodges an elbow strike from Kraze.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kraze throws an elbow that misses.
Kraze is trying to stall.
Kraze misses with the head strike.
Burke avoids a wild elbow strike from Kraze.
Burke is pushing Kraze up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kraze is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kraze throws an elbow but it misses.
Burke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kraze's elbow.
Burke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kraze throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kraze tries to stall but Burke uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kraze slows down the pace here.
Kraze throws an elbow that misses.
Burke wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kraze is trying to stall.
Burke lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kraze or not.
Kraze is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Burke tries for a takedown. No joy.
Peyton Kraze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Solomon Burke.
Kraze creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Peyton Kraze.
Burke swats away the attempt to clinch by Kraze.
Burke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Burke scores with a leg kick.
Kraze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burke swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Burke clinches up with Kraze and pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stalling in the clinch from Burke.
Burke avoids a wild elbow strike from Kraze.
A right handed body shot lands from Burke.

Burke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burke scores with a push kick.

Kraze gets in close and instigates a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A right hook to the body lands for Burke.
Kraze is breathing heavily.
A frustrated look appears on Burke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burke wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kraze pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Solomon Burke dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Burke dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kraze. That did some damage!
Good leg kick by Burke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Burke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Peyton Kraze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kraze tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Burke counters with a body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Burke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Burke scores with a sloppy right hand. Kraze should have avoided that one.

It looks like Peyton Kraze has been cut.
Kraze just misses with a punch to the body.

Burke closes the distance and clinches.
Burke tries to work over Kraze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Burke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Kraze moves into range and clinches up with Burke.
Burke lands with a light punch inside.
Kraze keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burke's efforts to push away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burke has Kraze pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Burke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kraze takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kraze tries to clinch but Burke is having none of it.

Burke gets a clinch.
Kraze tries to stall but Burke uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Solomon Burke seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Burke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Burke.
Burke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Burke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kraze tries to close the distance and clinch but Burke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Burke misses with the combination.
Burke swats away the attempt to clinch by Kraze.
Kraze moves to clinch but Burke breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Solomon Burke seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kraze looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kraze chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Burke can pounce on him.
Burke ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Burke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Burke closes the distance and pushes Kraze back into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Burke.
Burke is working Kraze over against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Burke.
Burke lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Burke lands a body shot.
Burke tries a body shot but Kraze blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Burke.

Burke breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burke moves into the clinch.

Burke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Burke rushes Kraze and presses him up against the cage.
Burke looking for a takedown.
Burke lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Burke is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kraze pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Burke works on Kraze's body with a couple of short punches.

Burke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burke. That's going to slow Kraze down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burke. That's going to slow Kraze down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Burke.
Burke jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Burke. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burke feints and then cracks Kraze's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kraze down.
Burke throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kraze takes one to the chin there.
Burke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Burke works Kraze's body with a nice hook.
Burke feints and then cracks Kraze's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kraze down.
Kraze takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Burke lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Burke lands a leg kick that knocks Kraze off balance momentarily.
A lazy left from Burke finds it's target.
Burke connects with a body shot that sends Kraze's belly button to the back.
Peyton Kraze is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Burke pushes Kraze up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burke leaning his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Solomon Burke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Peyton Kraze's cut.
That's time! Kraze's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kraze tries to clinch up
and Burke counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Burke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kraze looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burke scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Burke has taken the fight to the clinch.
Burke tries to stall but Kraze uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Burke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Burke lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kraze.

Burke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kraze tries to clinch up
and Burke counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kraze's knee momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burke moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Kraze misses its intended target.
Burke lands with a slapping head kick.

Peyton Kraze's cut is getting worse.
Burke circles away from the clinch attempt
and Burke counters with an inside leg kick.
Burke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Burke wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A good leg kick by Burke.
Kraze chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Burke can pounce on him.
Burke connects with a solid leg kick.

Burke rushes Kraze and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Burke breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burke throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kraze on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Burke. Burke obviously looking to wear him down.
Burke throws a leg kick which misses Kraze's front leg but catches the back leg as Kraze tries to avoid it.
Kraze takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Burke pushes Kraze up against the cage in a clinch.
Kraze has a couple of punches blocked by Burke.
Burke working Kraze over with knees to the body.
Kraze is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Burke is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kraze is keeping busy.
Kraze gets underhooks to prevent Burke's takedown attempt.
Kraze is looking to control Burke's arms but Burke gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kraze has his back to the cage.

Burke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kraze tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Burke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kraze tries to clinch up
and Burke counters with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Burke fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kraze, pushing him back against the cage.
Burke misses with a body punch.
A short left from Burke.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burke.
Kraze gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Burke.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kraze just misses with a elbow thrown towards Burke's brow.
Burke tries to work over Kraze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kraze blocks a body shot from Burke.
Kraze pressing his opponent against the cage.

Burke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kraze looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kraze doesn't manage to clinch there - Burke circles away.
Kraze moves to clinch but Burke breaks away
and Burke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Peyton Kraze's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kraze has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Burke.
Burke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kraze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Burke swats away the attempt to clinch by Kraze.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Burke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Solomon Burke really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peyton Kraze's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Burke jabs at Kraze's body.
Kraze tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Burke takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That kick from Burke tenderised Kraze's leg. Kraze is trying to keep his angry face on.
Burke connects with an inside leg kick.
Burke slips a jab and a cross from Kraze.
Burke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burke cracks the inside of Kraze's front leg.

Burke forces Kraze back against the cage and clinches.
Burke tries to throw a body punch but Kraze avoids it by throwing Burke back against the cage.
Burke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kraze looking to stall.
Burke struggles to land a body shot inside as Kraze controls his hands.
Kraze's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burke avoids a wild elbow strike from Kraze.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Burke is trying to stall.
Burke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Burke lands a knee to the head.
Burke presses Kraze against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Burke breaks from the clinch.

Burke fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kraze, pushing him back against the cage.
Burke tries a body shot but Kraze blocks it.

Burke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Burke takes the fight into the clinch.
Kraze takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Burke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kraze tries to close the distance and clinch but Burke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burke looks to land a combination. Kraze sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Burke lands a jab to the head.
Kraze tries to clinch but Burke moves out of range.
Burke works Kraze's body with a nice hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burke. That's going to slow Kraze down.
Kraze stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Burke.
Burke throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kraze.
Burke lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Burke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Burke lands a right hook to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kraze crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Burke - the referee stops the clock and Kraze gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Burke. Kraze manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kraze tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burke lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kraze takes a step back to recover.
Burke slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Burke is looking to slow Kraze down with leg kicks.
Kraze closes the distance looking to clinch
and Burke makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Burke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kraze lands with an overhand left.
Kraze wants to clinch
and Burke counters with an outside leg kick.
Kraze avoids the body shot from Burke.
A slapping leg kick lands for Burke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kraze checks a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Burke.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kraze looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burke connects with an inside leg kick.

Kraze moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kraze.
A shot in the inside from Burke.

Jeez, Peyton Kraze's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Kraze gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Burke.
Burke lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kraze tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Solomon Burke dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Peyton Kraze'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!

Kraze tries to clinch but Burke moves away
and Burke makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kraze darts in trying to clinch
and Burke counters with an inside leg kick.
Kraze tries to clinch up but Burke circles away and keeps his distance.
Kraze tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burke was well out of range. Poor timing from Kraze.
Burke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kraze on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Kraze closes the distance and clinches.
Burke lands with a light punch inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Burke misses with a hook to the ribs.

Burke breaks from the clinch.
Burke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burke circles away from the clinch attempt
and Burke counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kraze takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kraze wants to clinch
and Burke counters with a body kick that stops Kraze in his tracks momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Burke, right into the meat.
Kraze misses the shot to the body.
Burke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kraze has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Burke, right into the meat.
Burke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kraze.
Burke is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kraze rather than just go for the knockout.
Kraze steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Burke. That one must have hurt.

Burke forces Kraze back against the cage and clinches.
Solomon Burke is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Burke misses with a punch to the body.
A body shot lands from Burke.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kraze as Burke tries to tie him up.
A short uppercut from Burke.
Kraze is pushing Burke up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Burke is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kraze pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Burke blocks an uppercut.
Burke scores a nice knee to the body.
Burke presses Kraze against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burke stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Burke manages to break the clinch.
Kraze has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kraze there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kraze has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Burke.

Burke moves into the clinch successfully.
Burke taking a breather.
A short left from Burke.
Kraze has a couple of punches blocked by Burke.
Kraze on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kraze scores with a shoulder strike.
Kraze tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Burke just stands there and leans against the cage.

Burke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Burke pushes Kraze up against the cage in a clinch.
Burke wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burke lands an elbow just above Kraze 's eye.
Kraze pushes off an throws an elbow but Burke leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burke.
Kraze throws a punch but it's blocked by Burke.
Burke digs a right hand into Kraze's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kraze's gas tank.
Peyton Kraze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kraze looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Burke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kraze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burke moves away.
Burke is looking to slow Kraze down with leg kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Burke has Kraze up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kraze throws an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Solomon Burke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Burke has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 44:50
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 44:50
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 44:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Solomon Burke! Solomon Burke retains his heavyweight title!
Solomon Burke was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.