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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 . The crowd seem to be enjoying Burke's choice of entrance music: Highway Star-Deep Purple. This should be fireworks!
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peyton Kraze!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Solomon Burke!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kraze avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kraze blocks a low kick nicely.
Burke throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kraze's head.
It looks like Peyton Kraze has been cut.
Kraze moves into the clinch.
Burke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Burke lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burke is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Burke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kraze misses with a hook to the ribs.
Burke blocks the elbow strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kraze stalling.
Burke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kraze is looking to clinch but Burke is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kraze wants to clinch.
Kraze takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Burke attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kraze darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kraze tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Burke counters with a good low kick that Kraze was not able to check.
Kraze doesn't manage to clinch there - Burke circles away.
Burke tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kraze tries to clinch
and Burke counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kraze on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burke is looking to slow Kraze down with leg kicks.
Kraze closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kraze makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Burke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kraze misses with some punches.
Burke misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kraze.
Kraze letting Burke take a breather here.
Kraze works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Burke looks gassed!
Kraze lands a left hand.
Kraze prevents a body shot from Burke.
Kraze softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Burke tries a body shot but Kraze blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kraze.
Burke breaks from the clinch.
Kraze wants to clinch up but Burke keeps it at a distance.
Kraze closes the distance looking to clinch
and Burke counters with a thumping low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burke misses with a low kick as Kraze jumps back.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kraze looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kraze's sensitive parts.
Kraze tries to clinch up but Burke circles away and keeps his distance.
Kraze tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Burke misses the shot to the body.
Burke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kraze tries to clinch up but Burke circles away and keeps his distance.
Burke keeps the fight on the outside.
Burke jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Burke connects with a solid leg kick.
Kraze is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Burke throws a wild body kick that Kraze sees coming a mile off.
Burke swings for the body but Kraze moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burke scores with a sloppy right hand. Kraze should have avoided that one.
Kraze has Burke up against the cage in a clinch.
Kraze stalling.
Kraze pushes off an throws an elbow but Burke leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kraze leaning his opponent against the cage.
Burke is trying to maintain a safe position but Kraze gets an underhook and turns Burke into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kraze lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Burke or not.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kraze - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A head punch on the inside from Burke fails to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kraze goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kraze has a couple of punches blocked by Burke.
Burke lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Kraze on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Peyton Kraze will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Peyton Kraze's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Burke misses with a head kick.
Burke swats away the attempt to clinch by Kraze.
Kraze has closed the distance and engaged Burke in a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kraze - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Burke is trying to break free.
Kraze throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kraze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kraze misses with some punches.
Kraze looking to slow down the pace here.
Kraze misses with a punch on the inside.
Burke goes for a takedown attempt but Kraze pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kraze moves in looking to clinch but Burke pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kraze's calf.
Burke lands with a nice body kick.
Peyton Kraze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kraze takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Burke throws a leg kick which misses Kraze's front leg but catches the back leg as Kraze tries to avoid it.
Kraze is looking to clinch.
Kraze looks to clinch
and Burke counters with an inside leg kick.
Burke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burke is looking to slow Kraze down with leg kicks.
Some wild striking there from Burke.
Kraze throws a shot to the body.
Kraze wants to clinch
and Burke counters with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kraze uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kraze fails in his attempt to clinch.
Burke circles away from the clinch attempt
and Burke counters with a thumping low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Burke.
Burke scores with a head kick. Kraze tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Burke cracks a nice hook into Kraze's ribs.
Kraze tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kraze fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kraze tries to clinch up but Burke circles away and keeps his distance.
Burke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kraze closes the distance and clinches.
Burke breaks the clinch.
Burke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kraze tries to clinch up.
Burke ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kraze throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Burke.
Burke lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Burke swats away the attempt to clinch by Kraze.
Burke keeps the fight on the outside.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Burke.
Burke scoring well with a low kick there.
Burke doesn't manage to clinch there - Kraze circles away.
Kraze throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burke scores with a push kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burke is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kraze rather than just go for the knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kraze darts in trying to clinch
and Burke counters with a nice leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Burke.
Kraze wants to clinch up but Burke keeps it at a distance.
Burke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Burke connects with an inside leg kick.
Burke gets tackled into the cage by Kraze. Kraze maintains the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kraze throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Burke is looking to break free of the clinch but Kraze has double underhooks.
Burke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Burke.
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.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kraze wants to clinch.
Kraze fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kraze darts in trying to clinch
and Burke counters with a low kick, right behind Kraze 's knee.
Burke lands a leg kick that knocks Kraze off balance momentarily.
Kraze tries to clinch up.
Burke lands a head shot.
Kraze tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Burke instigates a clinch.
Kraze taking a breather.
Kraze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kraze creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kraze tries to clinch up
and Burke counters with a leg kick.
Kraze wants to clinch.
Kraze rushes Burke and presses him up against the cage.
Kraze is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Burke taking a breather.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Burke throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kraze misses with an elbow over the top.
Burke breaks the clinch.
Burke lands a leg kick that knocks Kraze off balance momentarily.
Kraze tries to clinch up.
Kraze throws an off balance right hand
and Burke counters with a low kick, right behind Kraze 's knee.
Kraze throws a looping overhand right but Burke ducks down to avoid it.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Burke. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Burke on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kraze tries to clinch but Burke moves out of range.
Burke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kraze.
Kraze misses with a right hand
and Burke counters with a head kick. That will keep Kraze thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kraze pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Burke back to the cage. Kraze follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Burke with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Burke lands the left hand.
Kraze scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burke swats away the attempt to clinch by Kraze.
Kraze gets tackled into the cage by Burke. Burke maintains the clinch.
Burke letting Kraze take a breather here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kraze.
Burke managing to block the knees to the body from Kraze.
Kraze throws an elbow that misses.
Kraze tries to land a knee to the head but Burke blocks with his arms.
A right handed body shot lands from Burke.
Burke is looking to break free of the clinch but Kraze has double underhooks.
Burke lands a nice shot to the body.
Burke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kraze in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kraze stalling in the clinch but Burke improves position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burke lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burke tries to clinch there but Kraze circles away.
Kraze tries to clinch but Burke moves out of range.
Kraze tries to clinch
and Burke counters with a series of strikes. Kraze will be more careful next time no doubt.
Peyton Kraze's cut is getting worse.
Kraze moves to clinch but Burke breaks away
and Burke counters with an inside leg kick.
Burke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kraze's sensitive parts.
Kraze tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Burke makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kraze waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Burke.
Kraze takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice straight punches there by Burke. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Burke.
Burke gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Burke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Burke has Kraze up against the cage in a clinch.
Burke tries a body shot but Kraze blocks it.
Burke blocks a body shot from Kraze.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Peyton Kraze has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Burke lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burke throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kraze blocks it with crossed arms.
Kraze's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kraze is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Burke is keeping busy.
Burke landing knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kraze just misses with a elbow thrown towards Burke's brow.
Burke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kraze is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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 throws a punch but it's blocked by Burke.
Burke tries to circle away but Kraze has him pinned against the cage.
Kraze has a couple of punches blocked by Burke.
A right handed body shot lands from Burke.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Burke misses with a punch to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Burke.
Burke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Burke.
A good leg kick by Burke.
Kraze wants to clinch.
Burke connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burke defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kraze.
Burke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kraze on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Burke moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Burke.
Kraze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Burke blocks it with crossed arms.
Burke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burke lands a nice hook to Kraze's body. Kraze takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Burke swats away the attempt to clinch by Kraze.
Kraze stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Burke.
Burke throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Burke lands a jab to Kraze's midsection.
Kraze swats away the attempt to clinch by Burke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Burke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Burke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Burke instigates a clinch.
Burke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kraze is looking to clinch but Burke is avoiding it.
Kraze wants to clinch.
Burke lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kraze tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Burke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good leg kick by Burke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burke lands a leg kick that knocks Kraze off balance momentarily.
Burke lands with a slapping head kick.
Kraze closes the distance looking to clinch
and Burke counters with a thumping low kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Burke lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Burke walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kraze takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Solomon Burke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burke keeps the fight on the outside.
Kraze tries to clinch but Burke moves away
and Burke counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kraze tries to close the distance and clinch but Burke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kraze moves in looking to clinch but Burke pushes him off.
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 minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Kraze moves in looking to clinch but Burke pushes him off.
Kraze is looking to clinch.
Kraze throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Burke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kraze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kraze looks to score with a jab to the body but Burke is just out of range.
Burke throws a push kick but Kraze slaps the foot to one side.
Burke tries to clinch but Kraze is having none of it.
Kraze tries to clinch but Burke moves out of range.
Kraze wants to clinch
and Burke counters with a thumping low kick.
Kraze gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Kraze fails to land.
Kraze trying to land knees to the body.
Kraze trying to stall but Burke improves his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burke has had enough of the clinch but Kraze keeps him there for the moment.
Burke misses with a knee strike.
Burke tries a body shot but Kraze blocks it.
Burke can't find room to land a body shot as Kraze controls the action.
Burke gets through Kraze's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kraze ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kraze no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Kraze wants to stand but Burke is controlling the position.
Burke postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Kraze is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Burke, into his guard.
Burke looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Kraze puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Solomon Burke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Kraze is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Burke is trying is best to control the position here.
Burke wants to control but Kraze is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Burke wants to control the action here but instead Kraze manages to pass to full mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kraze controlling the pace for now.
Kraze dominating with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kraze raining down shots from the mount!
Kraze wants to control the pace but Burke is squirming around nicely.
Kraze landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kraze tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kraze working Burke over with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kraze with a couple of short strikes.
Burke tries to hold on but Kraze pushes him away.
Burke is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Burke is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kraze tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Burke tries to lock up and control but Kraze gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Peyton Kraze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kraze cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kraze lands a heavy elbow.
Kraze working for a submission but Burke is keeping him at bay.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peyton Kraze showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Burke has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Solomon Burke!
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Solomon Burke!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Solomon Burke!
Solomon Burke wins by unanimous decision!
Solomon Burke is the new heavyweight champion!
Solomon Burke tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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