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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Dinklage (ranked 1361 p4p, 994 weight class) and Limu Emu (ranked 199 p4p, 150 weight class). Dan Dinklage could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Limu Emu's chin.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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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 - 13 - 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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Limu Emu!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dinklage takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
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.
Emu scores with a jab. Dinklage acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dinklage misses with a body shot.
Emu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Emu with a nice calf kick.
A jab from Emu does it's job there.
Dinklage misses with an uppercut.
Emu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dinklage misses the shot to the body.
Emu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dinklage looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Emu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Emu wants to clinch.
Emu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Emu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dinklage slips a jab and a cross from Emu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinklage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dinklage throws a shot from downtown. Emu moves away and avoids it.
Emu throws a body shot but no joy.
Emu catches Dinklage with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dinklage ducks under a wild hook from Emu.
Emu misses with the combination.
Emu misses with a few strikes there.
Dinklage misses with a two punch combination.
Emu defending well as Dinklage loads up on a big left hand.
Emu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dinklage on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Emu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emu is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A left and a right from Emu both land. Nice combination.
Dan Dinklage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emu takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dinklage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Emu circles away quickly and effectively.
A bone on bone clash there as Dinklage blocks the leg kick.
Dinklage went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Emu is looking to clinch but Dinklage is avoiding it.
Emu has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A big right from Dinklage misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Emu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Emu moves away from the strike by Dinklage.
Emu moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dinklage throws a leg kick but Emu checks it.
Dinklage is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Emu's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A solid leg kick lands there for Emu.
Nice cross by Emu.
Emu throws a hook but Dinklage avoids it easily.
Emu cracks Dinklage with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Emu lands a nice shot that snaps Dinklage's head back.
Emu looks to land a combination but Dinklage avoids it well.
Dinklage misses the shot to the body.
Dinklage throws a hook to the side of Emu's head but Emu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Emu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dinklage avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Emu throws a series of punches but Dinklage avoids them all with ease.
Dinklage tries to clinch but Emu is having none of it.
Emu throws a series of punches but Dinklage avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dinklage lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Emu has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Emu and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dinklage takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Emu throws a leg kick
and Dinklage counters with a series of strikes that sends Emu to the canvas! Dinklage follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
Dinklage throws a big elbow that misses.
Emu is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dinklage defends well.
Dinklage scoring with some ground and pound.
Dinklage trying to control but Emu is working from the bottom.
Emu is trying to keep Dinklage in close.
Dinklage working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emu looking to control.
Emu looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dinklage loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Emu escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dinklage gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dinklage's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Our spies down at at The Barn inform us that Emu has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Dinklage working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dinklage pushing down on Emu's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dinklage working Emu over with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Limu Emu dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Emu throws a nice inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Emu.
Limu Emu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Emu with a nice calf kick.
Emu throws a leg kick but Dinklage checks it.
Emu lands with a nice body punch.
Emu scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body punch from Emu.
Dinklage misses with a left hand
and Emu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Emu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dinklage counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Limu Emu has been cut.
Dinklage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Emu misses with a body shot.
Dinklage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Emu circles away quickly and effectively.
Dan Dinklage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emu lands a right hook to the body.
Emu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dinklage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Emu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dinklage's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Dinklage throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Emu. Dinklage does a little dance to reset his feet.
Emu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dinklage takes a swing at Emu's ribcage but misses.
Dinklage misses the body punch
and Emu counters with a left to the body.
Emu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dinklage loads up on a big right hand but Emu slips the punch.
Emu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dinklage. That did some damage!
Emu with a nice calf kick.
Dinklage will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Emu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dinklage tries to land a leg kick but Emu saw it coming and moves away.
Emu misses with a two punch combination.
Emu takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Emu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage misses with a hook.
Dinklage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emu lands a nice looking body shot.
Emu swings for the body but Dinklage moves out of range.
Dinklage takes a swing at Emu's ribcage but misses.
Dinklage misses with an uppercut.
Emu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dinklage is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dinklage throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Emu misses its intended target.
Dinklage is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Emu.
Emu appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Emu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Emu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dinklage was well out of range. Poor timing from Emu.
Dinklage ducks under a wild hook from Emu.
Emu missing with a left hand there. Dinklage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dinklage thinks about countering with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emu throws a leg kick but Dinklage sees it coming and moves out of range.
Emu lands with a straight right. Dinklage didn't see that one coming.
Emu misses with a looping right.
A solid leg kick lands there for Emu.
A combination from Emu does no damage.
Dinklage misses with a straight left.
Emu staying out of range there.
Emu jabs Dinklage to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dinklage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Emu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dinklage misses with a looping right.
Dinklage throws a low kick but Emu avoids it.
Dinklage waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Emu.
Emu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Emu throws a jab but it's blocked by Dinklage.
Dinklage's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Emu connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dinklage scrambles back to his feet.
Dinklage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Emu circles away quickly and effectively.
Dinklage backing away here, and Emu unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Dinklage takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dinklage tries to land a leg kick but Emu saw it coming and moves away.
A punch lands to the side of Dinklage 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dinklage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Emu.
Emu digs a good hook to Dinklage's body.
Emu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Emu digs a good body shot into Dinklage's ribs.
Emu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Emu digs a good hook to Dinklage's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An inside leg kick lands from Emu.
Emu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Emu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dinklage at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emu lands a lovely overhand right.
Emu lands a jab to the head.
Dinklage takes a jab right on the kisser.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Limu Emu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Limu Emu's cut.
That's time! Dinklage's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Dinklage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Emu lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dinklage backs up against the cage.
Dinklage walks into a straight right hand from Emu.
Dinklage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Emu is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dinklage with a body shot.
Dinklage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Emu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dinklage manages to avoid it.
Dinklage tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dinklage has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Dinklage looks to land a combination but Emu avoids it well.
Dinklage fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Emu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Emu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dinklage.
A little jabbing left from Emu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dinklage takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Emu misses its intended target.
Emu looks to score with a jab to the body but Dinklage is just out of range.
Emu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dinklage.
As Emu looks to move away, Dinklage throws a big counter combo but Emu just gets out of the way.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Emu misses.
Dinklage swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Emu with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dinklage.
Emu throws a big shot that misses.
Emu catches Dinklage with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Emu misses with an uppercut. Dinklage saw that one coming.
Emu throws a body shot but no joy.
Dinklage throws a right and a left that both miss.
Emu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Emu cracks Dinklage with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dinklage looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A jab from Emu does it's job there.
Emu's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dinklage under the eye.
A combination from Dinklage does no damage.
Emu with a nice calf kick.
Emu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Emu moves out of range of the strikes.
Emu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dinklage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Emu's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dinklage connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Emu scrambles back to his feet.
Dan Dinklage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage misses the shot to the body.
Dinklage does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Emu moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dinklage is rocked!
Emu fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Dinklage to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Dinklage looks to clinch but Emu throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Dinklage taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Limu Emu!
In his post fight interview, Limu Emu started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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