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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ray White (ranked 557 p4p, 893 weight class) and Peter Dinklage (ranked 50 p4p, 80 weight class). White's entrance music is HonestKey- Change. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Olympic wrestler
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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 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Peter Dinklage!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dinklage defending well as White loads up on a big left hand.
Dinklage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dinklage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
Dinklage takes one to the chin there.
White shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dinklage pinned against the cage. Dinklage gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dinklage misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinklage throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
Dinklage swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dinklage uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinklage misses with a looping left.
Dinklage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dinklage misses with a series of wild punches.
Dinklage swings for the body but White moves out of range.
White drops down looking for a counter takedown but Dinklage sprawls and moves away.
Dinklage misses with a looping left.
White half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
White takes a swing at Dinklage's ribcage but misses.
Peter Dinklage is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dinklage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White slips under a jab.
White drops down looking for a counter takedown but Dinklage sprawls and moves away.
Dinklage ducks under a wild hook from White.
Dinklage lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage lands a nice shot to the body.
White avoids the body shot from Dinklage.
White swings widly with a right hand
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dinklage leaves White with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dinklage appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Dinklage is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dinklage has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White misses with a lunging right hand
and White takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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 ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donk. White catches Dinklage right on the button with a cross.
Dinklage slips a jab from White.
A big left from Dinklage misses.
White tries for a takedown but Dinklage circles away easily
and Dinklage counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dinklage throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dinklage misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
Dinklage misses with an uppercut.
Good exchange - White coming out on top.
White shoots for a double leg takedown but Dinklage sprawls well. He's pushed White's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White takes one to the chin there.
Dinklage throws a shot to the body.
White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dinklage.
Dinklage throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
Peter Dinklage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dinklage is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
White tries to counter with a takedown but Dinklage is quick to defend against it.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dinklage.
Dinklage lands a glancing blow to the side of White's head.
Dinklage lands a nice shot to the body.
White ducks under a wild hook from Dinklage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a body punch
and Dinklage counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dinklage ducks under a wild hook from White.
Dinklage throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dinklage sprawls well. Dinklage wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. White gets slowly back to his feet.
Dinklage throws out a counter right but White avoids it with no problem.
White misses with a wild body shot.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dinklage unleashes a big counter combination but White bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Dinklage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dinklage defending well as White loads up on a big left hand.
Dinklage missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White feinted with a counter takedown.
White tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dinklage defends well and White ends up having to push Dinklage into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dinklage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dinklage looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
White half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dinklage throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.
White tries to counter with a takedown but Dinklage is quick to defend against it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage takes a swing at White's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from White.
Dinklage cracks White with a right hand to the side of the head.
White lands a jab to Dinklage's midsection.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dinklage.
Dinklage scores with a hook to the body. White takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
White missing with a left hand there. Dinklage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dinklage walks into a jab.
Jab, jab by Dinklage - just one landing.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage misses with a hook.
Nice cross by White.
Dinklage throws an off balance right hand
so White counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Dinklage scrambles and gets back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dinklage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
Dinklage looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
White blocks a jab.
White feinted with a counter takedown.
Dinklage misses the shot to the body.
White throws a shot from downtown. Dinklage moves away and avoids it.
Dinklage looks like he wants to counter punch here.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
Dinklage is clearly trying to counter these attacks from White with a body shot.
Dinklage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
White misses with an uppercut. Dinklage saw that one coming.
Dinklage misses with a looping right.
White dives in for a single leg takedown but Dinklage sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Dinklage appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Dinklage lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dinklage throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
White pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dinklage punishes White's body with a nice straight punch.
White's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dinklage connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! White scrambles back to his feet.
Dinklage misses with an uppercut.
White drops down looking for a counter takedown but Dinklage sprawls and moves away.
White throws a lazy right hand but Dinklage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dinklage looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Dinklage dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dinklage works White's body with a nice hook.
Dinklage scores with a sloppy right hand. White should have avoided that one.
White throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dinklage on the side of the head.
Dinklage has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dinklage.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice side step and Dinklage releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dinklage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinklage ducks under a wild hook from White.
Dinklage takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dinklage swings for the body but White moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinklage gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dinklage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White slips under a jab.
Peter Dinklage seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big right from Dinklage misses.
White throws a jab when Dinklage was well out of range.
White avoids the body shot from Dinklage.
Dinklage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
White ducks under a wild hook from Dinklage.
White attempts a counter takedown but Dinklage avoids it well and moves away.
White misses with a body punch
and Dinklage counters with a nice uppercut.
Dinklage misses with a body shot.
White attempts a counter takedown but Dinklage avoids it well and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dinklage manages to avoid it.
White swings for the body but Dinklage moves out of range.
It seemed like Dinklage was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A swing and a miss from Dinklage.
Dinklage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Dinklage takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dinklage shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. White eats them both and turns towards Dinklage to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dinklage throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
White appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
White takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dinklage scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage lands a nice looking body shot.
Dinklage looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
Dinklage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White attempts a counter takedown but Dinklage avoids it well and moves away.
White takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
White fails with the takedown
and Dinklage counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dinklage looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
White ducks under a wild hook from Dinklage.
White drops down looking for a counter takedown but Dinklage sprawls and moves away.
Dinklage throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
White ducks right into an uppercut from Dinklage.
White gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dinklage just misses with a punch to the body.
White appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
White throws a body punch but Dinklage moves out of range.
Dinklage defending well as White loads up on a big left hand.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dinklage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dinklage swings and misses with a shot to the body
and White counters with a takedown into side control.
White is trying to get an arm triangle but Dinklage is defending well.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to get an arm triangle but Dinklage is defending well.
Dinklage is not content to let White control the position.
White sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Dinklage is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
White taking a breather here.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dinklage tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but White wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
White scoring with punches and elbows.
Check out the look on White's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
White wants to control but Dinklage is keeping him busy.
White creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Dinklage sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
White lands a nice forearm strike.
Dinklage is working to avoid the ground and pound but White connects with a decent elbow.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
White throws a strike aimed at the side of Dinklage's head but Dinklage avoids it well.
White working the ground and pound but Dinklage is defending the strikes.
White wants to control but Dinklage is keeping him busy.
White throws an elbow but Dinklage slips to the side and avoids it well.
Ray White overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dinklage tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but White wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dinklage defending against the ground and pound.
Dinklage is looking to reverse the position.
White in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
White controlling the position from side mount.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
White tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no White has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Dinklage gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
White has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dinklage blocking the ground and pound attempt from White.
Dinklage regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from White.
Dinklage has momentary wrist control but White slips an elbow through the middle.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
White slips a straight right by Dinklage.
Dinklage moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
White misses with an uppercut. Dinklage saw that one coming.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dinklage scores with a nice head shot.
Dinklage misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
White looks for a takedown but Dinklage sprawls well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Dinklage showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Dinklage throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
White tries to counter with a takedown but Dinklage is quick to defend against it.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Dinklage.
Dinklage misses with a series of wild punches.
Dinklage stuffs the takedown attempt from White. White gets slowly back to his feet.
Dinklage lands a jab to White's midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dinklage looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
White changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dinklage tries to avoid it but White manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dinklage to the ground. Dinklage escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White misses with a wild body shot.
Dinklage swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dinklage fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
White slips a straight right by Dinklage.
White misses with a hook.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dinklage moves away.
Dinklage gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Dinklage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
White wants to pass the guard but Dinklage is keeping the position.
White distracts Dinklage with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dinklage is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
White is stalling in the full guard.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Dinklage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage connects with a jab.
White tries for a takedown but Dinklage circles away easily
and Dinklage counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dinklage lands a nice hook to White's body. White takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dinklage avoids the body shot from White.
Dinklage comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
White misses with a takedown
and Dinklage counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage misses the jab.
White tries to counter with a takedown but Dinklage is quick to defend against it.
Dinklage throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
White staying out of range there.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
White drops down looking for a counter takedown but Dinklage sprawls and moves away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from White.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dinklage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
White fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dinklage throws a hook but White blocks it.
Dinklage dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White takes one on the button.
Dinklage misses with a body shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from White.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dinklage.
White throws a looping overhand right but Dinklage ducks down to avoid it.
Dinklage throws out a counter right but White avoids it with no problem.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dinklage jabs White right on the nose. White blinks but takes it well.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dinklage.
White appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dinklage was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Dinklage now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
White throws a jab when Dinklage was well out of range.
Dinklage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
Dinklage throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dinklage uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from White.
White doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dinklage counters with a nice uppercut.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a left hand
and Dinklage cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
White shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dinklage defends it nicely.
Dinklage swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice defenses there by White.
Ray White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White throws a body shot but no joy.
Dinklage throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dinklage defending well as White loads up on a big left hand.
Dinklage connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
White avoids the body shot from Dinklage.
Dinklage connects with a body shot.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dinklage moves away.
Dinklage misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
Dinklage scores with a body shot.
Dinklage looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
Dinklage stuffs the takedown.
Dinklage swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Dinklage misses.
White tries to counter with a takedown but Dinklage is quick to defend against it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for White. That snapped Dinklage's head back.
Dinklage looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
Peter Dinklage is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dinklage avoids the body shot from White.
Dinklage swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dinklage.
White fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White misses with a looping right.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Dinklage comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dinklage winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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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