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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Peter Dinklage (ranked 1302 p4p, 1299 weight class) and Giacomo Bandolero (ranked 104 p4p, 103 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bandolero's choice of entrance music: Bandolero. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Peter Dinklage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Giacomo Bandolero!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dinklage showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bandolero.
Bandolero connects with a jab.
Dinklage throws a hook to the side of Bandolero's head but Bandolero sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bandolero shoots in looking for a takedown but Dinklage manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bandolero's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Dinklage appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bandolero slips a straight right by Dinklage.
And Bandolero tries to counter it with a takedown but Dinklage pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Bandolero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bandolero is looking to clinch but Dinklage is avoiding it.
Bandolero fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Dinklage misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bandolero shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dinklage pinned against the cage. Dinklage gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dinklage throwing a counter right hand but Bandolero manages to avoid it.
Peter Dinklage has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Giacomo Bandolero.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinklage ducks right into an uppercut from Bandolero.
Dinklage just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bandolero! But no joy.
Bandolero throws an overhand right that lands on Dinklage's shoulder, as Dinklage tries to avoid the shot.
Bandolero's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dinklage under the eye.
Bandolero uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dinklage.
Despite the aggression on Bandolero's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Dinklage cracks a nice hook into Bandolero's ribs.
Bandolero swinging wildly here.
Dinklage gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bandolero being controlled here momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dinklage is on top in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bandolero looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bandolero is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dinklage is aware though and is defending well.
Bandolero working for submissions but it's allowed Dinklage to get to half guard.
Bandolero wants to improve his position but Dinklage is controlling well.
Bandolero looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage slows the pace down in half guard.
Bandolero is trying to maintain the position but Dinklage is very close to passing his half guard.
Dinklage passes to side control.
Bandolero struggling a bit here.
A lull in the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bandolero tries to escape but Dinklage is in control.
Bandolero wants to control but Dinklage postures up.
Bandolero tries to buck Dinklage off but Dinklage is having none of it.
Dinklage content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Bandolero is trying to improve his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bandolero is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Dinklage has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
We've been told by Dinklage's head coaches at Is It Avatary Enough? that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bandolero throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Peter Dinklage will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dinklage misses with an uppercut.
Bandolero throws a series of punches but Dinklage moves out of range.
Bandolero tries to move into range but Dinklage moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bandolero throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dinklage.
Dinklage throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dinklage misses with a body shot.
Bandolero tries to counter by closing the distance.
Bandolero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dinklage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bandolero cracks Dinklage with a good jab.
Bandolero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinklage clobbers Bandolero with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dinklage takes a swing at Bandolero's ribcage but misses.
Bandolero throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dinklage's waist but Dinklage gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bandolero off to one side.
Dinklage swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dinklage misses with a body punch
and Bandolero counters with a stiff right hand.
Bandolero looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dinklage is fending him off so far but Bandolero persists. Nope, Dinklage circles away and we're back to standing.
Giacomo Bandolero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandolero tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dinklage defends well and Bandolero ends up having to push Dinklage into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dinklage throwing a counter right hand but Bandolero manages to avoid it.
Peter Dinklage has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Giacomo Bandolero.
Dinklage slips a jab and a cross from Bandolero.
Nice jab there from Dinklage.
Dinklage connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dinklage throws a jab when Bandolero was well out of range.
Bandolero has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bandolero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bandolero misses with a combination
and Dinklage counters with a left to the body.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bandolero or perhaps it was just good defense by Dinklage, which made it look bad.
Dinklage was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dinklage keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A little feinted left hand from Dinklage on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandolero closes the distance and clinches up with Dinklage, looking for a takedown. Bandolero pushes Dinklage against the cage but Dinklage circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bandolero looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bandolero throws a poor cross that misses
and Dinklage counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dinklage paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bandolero shoots in for a takedown but Dinklage shows good takedown defense.
Bandolero defending well as Dinklage loads up on a big left hand.
Nice defenses there by Dinklage.
Peter Dinklage is winning the standup battle so far.
Sloppy strikes from Bandolero. Those never looked like landing.
It looked like Dinklage was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bandolero.
Bandolero shoots in and drives through. Dinklage sprawls well.
Bandolero connects with a body shot.
Bandolero needs to keep his hands up - Dinklage had a free shot at his head there.
Bandolero darts in looking for a takedown but Dinklage gets double underhooks and turns Bandolero into the cage.
Nice jab there from Dinklage.
Bandolero is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandolero slips under a jab from Dinklage.
Bandolero is still on wobbly legs! Can Dinklage finish him?
Some wild striking there from Bandolero.
Bandolero seems to have recovered his senses.
Dinklage ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dinklage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bandolero.
Bandolero closes the distance and clinches.
Dinklage cracks Bandolero with a nice body shot.
Dinklage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bandolero shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dinklage pinned against the cage. Dinklage gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bandolero misses with a two punch combination.
Bandolero blocks a jab.
Bandolero moves away from the strike by Dinklage.
Dinklage pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Giacomo Bandolero is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bandolero just misses with a punch to the body.
Bandolero walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dinklage pounces like a tiger and cracks Bandolero with a vicious hook! Bandolero is down but not out! Dinklage follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Peter Dinklage!
A victorious Peter Dinklage thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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