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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Dinklage (ranked 442 p4p, 686 weight class) and Hrvoje Palmotic (ranked 62 p4p, 103 weight class). Palmotic has chosen One day I'll be king as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Dinklage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hrvoje Palmotic!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dinklage lands with a cross.
Dinklage lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've been hearing reports that Dinklage has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Dinklage throws a leg kick but Palmotic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Palmotic has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Dinklage misses with a few strikes there.
Palmotic appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dinklage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Palmotic.
Palmotic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dinklage.
Dinklage throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Palmotic counters with a good low kick that Dinklage was not able to check.
A combination from Palmotic does no damage.
Dinklage swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Palmotic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Palmotic ducks right into an uppercut from Dinklage.
Dinklage closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Palmotic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dinklage. That did some damage!
Palmotic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Palmotic closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Palmotic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Dinklage misses with a body shot.
Palmotic lands with a straight right. Dinklage didn't see that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dinklage. Palmotic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dinklage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Palmotic works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dan Dinklage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palmotic scores with a shot to the body.
Dinklage tries to bum rush Palmotic with a series of wild strikes but Palmotic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dinklage missing with a left hand there. Palmotic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dinklage throws a body punch but Palmotic moves out of range.
Palmotic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A low kick from Dinklage misses
and Palmotic counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Dan Dinklage has been cut.
Palmotic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dinklage throws a jab but it's blocked by Palmotic.
Palmotic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dinklage stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sloppy strikes from Dinklage. Those never looked like landing.
Dinklage on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Palmotic. Palmotic obviously looking to wear him down.
Palmotic lands the left hand.
Dinklage is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dinklage walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Dinklage limp body while Palmotic jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hrvoje Palmotic!
Hrvoje Palmotic seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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