PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Diggler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Hendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diggler comes into the arena with kick my ass......rehab blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Diggler
vs
Hendo

185 cm
26
200 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

180 cm
22
190 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dirk Diggler!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Hendo!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggler throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hendo counters by clinching up.
Hendo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hendo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hendo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Diggler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Diggler throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hendo blocks it with crossed arms.
Hendo misses with a knee strike.
Hendo avoiding damage as Diggler throws knees to the body.
Diggler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hendo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diggler misses with a knee strike.
Diggler is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Diggler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hendo is defending well for now.
Hendo working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diggler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hendo.
Diggler is pressed up against the cage. Hendo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Diggler down to the mat. Diggler avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hendo misses with a series of wild punches.
Hendo wants to clinch up but Diggler keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diggler closes the distance and pushes Hendo back into the cage.
Hendo can't get the takedown.
Diggler lands a knee to the head.
Hendo managing to block the knees to the body from Diggler.
Hendo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Diggler scores a nice knee to the body.
Hendo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diggler backwards.
A knee to the head by Diggler.
Diggler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hendo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Hendo breaks the clinch.
Hendo tries to clinch but Diggler is having none of it.
Diggler moves in looking to clinch but Hendo pushes him off.
Hendo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hendo looking to land some kicks to the body here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diggler misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Hendo avoids the damage to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hendo.
Hendo lands with a left to the head.
Hendo is trying to break the clinch but Diggler is controlling him.
Hendo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hendo is trying to break free.
Hendo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hendo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diggler looking to throw knees to the head but Hendo is blocking nicely.
Hendo is working for takedown but Diggler is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dirk Diggler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Hendo.
Diggler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hendo.
Diggler displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hendo up against the cage.
Hendo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Diggler throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendo avoiding damage as Diggler throws knees to the body.
Hendo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hendo avoiding damage as Diggler throws knees to the body.
Diggler manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hendo can't find room to land a body shot as Diggler controls the action.
Diggler misses with a knee strike.
Diggler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hendo.
Diggler crunches a lovely knee into Hendo's ribcage.
Hendo has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Diggler after a bit of a struggle.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but Hendo blocks it.
Hendo controlling the action here for a moment.
Diggler misses with an elbow strike.
Hendo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Diggler avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hendo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggler misses with a knee to the head.
Hendo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diggler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hendo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
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!
Diggler looking to throw knees to the head but Hendo is blocking nicely.
Hendo connects with a knee to the head.
Diggler is breathing heavily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Diggler obliges.

Hendo is trying to trip Diggler. He has hold of a leg but Diggler is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Hendo persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Diggler is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hendo is controlling him.
Diggler trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Hendo connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hendo prevents Diggler from getting back to his feet.
Hendo wants to control from the top but Diggler keeps moving.
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 Dirk Diggler will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hendo takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Diggler throws a right and a left that Hendo avoids nicely.
Diggler throws a series of punches but Hendo avoids them all with ease.
Diggler misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hendo tries to bum rush Diggler with a series of wild strikes but Diggler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diggler throws a nice looking combination but Hendo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hendo tries to clinch but Diggler is having none of it.
Diggler throws a right hand that Hendo ducks under and follows up with a left that Hendo also avoids with ease.
Diggler swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hendo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diggler blocks a head kick by Hendo.
Diggler fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hendo misses with a wild body shot.
Diggler misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggler throws a leg kick that misses.
Diggler throws a right and a left that Hendo avoids nicely.
A big right from Diggler misses.
Diggler throws out a powerful jab.
Hendo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diggler tries to bum rush Hendo with a series of wild strikes but Hendo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An inside leg kick lands from Diggler.

Hendo moves into range and clinches up with Diggler.
Hendo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diggler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hendo.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Hendo blocks with his arms.
Hendo is working for takedown but Diggler is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hendo wants a takedown but no success here.
Diggler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hendo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hendo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diggler throws a nice looking combination but Hendo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hendo takes a swing at Diggler's ribcage but misses.
Diggler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hendo circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diggler tries to close the distance and clinch but Hendo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diggler misses with a two punch combination.
Hendo thows a body shot but no joy.
Diggler throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diggler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hendo misses with a hook. Diggler ducked under it nicely.
Diggler swinging wildly here.
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!
Diggler defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hendo.
Dirk Diggler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Hendo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler misses with a few strikes there.
Hendo slips a jab and a cross from Diggler.
Hendo tries to close the distance and clinch but Diggler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hendo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hendo dodges the punch combination from Diggler.
Diggler doesn't manage to clinch there - Hendo circles away.
Diggler throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hendo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hendo.
Diggler keeping full guard, as Hendo tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hendo stands up over Diggler, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hendo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hendo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hendo stops Diggler from standing up.
Hendo landing with the ground and pound.
Diggler is looking to stand up but Hendo isn't so interested in that idea.
Hendo throws a big elbow that misses.
Hendo trying to control but Diggler is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hendo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Diggler's head.
Hendo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Hendo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hendo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hendo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dirk Diggler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diggler tries to land a front kick but Hendo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Hendo takes the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Diggler.
Hendo managing to block the knees to the body from Diggler.

Hendo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diggler keeps the fight on the outside.
Hendo throws a lazy right hand but Diggler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hendo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hendo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Diggler pushes Hendo up against the cage in a clinch.
Hendo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diggler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo stalling the fight.
Diggler is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hendo is trying to break free.
Diggler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hendo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Hendo avoids the damage to the body.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Hendo blocks with his arms.
Hendo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diggler backwards.
Hendo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hendo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Diggler is rocked!

Hendo breaks the clinch.
Oh Diggler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Hendo closes the distance and pushes Diggler back into the cage.
Hendo blocks the elbow strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Hendo.

Hendo lands a takedown into guard.
Hendo wants to control from the top but Diggler keeps moving.
Diggler wants to stand up but Hendo is controlling him.
Hendo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Diggler. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hendo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hendo with a nice head shot there.
Hendo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hendo cracks Diggler with a solid left hand.
Hendo connects with a couple of short punches.
Hendo postures up and lands a big shot to Diggler's brow.
Hendo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hendo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendo is in close to Diggler's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hendo wants to control from the top but Diggler keeps moving.
Diggler is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hendo with a nice head shot there.
Hendo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Diggler is looking to stand up but Hendo isn't so interested in that idea.
Hendo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hendo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Diggler wants to stand up but Hendo is controlling him.
Hendo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Diggler's head.
Diggler wants to stand and escape but Hendo is having none of it.
Hendo engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hendo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hendo controlling from the top position.
Hendo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Diggler's head.
Hendo won't allow Diggler to get back to his feet.
Hendo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hendo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Diggler's guard.
Diggler is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hendo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Danny Hendo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Diggler is trying to stand.
Hendo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hendo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Diggler kicks Hendo off and gets back to his feet.
Hendo connects with a body shot that sends Diggler's belly button to the back.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diggler.
Hendo looks to land a combination but Diggler avoids it well.
Diggler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hendo circles away quickly and effectively.
Diggler takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diggler is looking to clinch but Hendo is avoiding it.
Hendo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Diggler misses with a double jab.
Diggler shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Hendo clinches up against the cage.
Hendo misses with a knee to the head.

Hendo gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hendo is taking a breather. Diggler says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diggler scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Hendo manages to mount him!
Hendo with a couple of short strikes.
Hendo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hendo won't let Diggler get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Hendo lands a nice shot to the head.
Diggler is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Hendo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hendo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hendo unloading with bombs!
Hendo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hendo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hendo with shots to the head and body - Diggler looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hendo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hendo raining down shots from the mount!
Hendo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hendo landing strikes from the mount.
Hendo landing punches.
Diggler is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendo working the ground and pound effectively.
Hendo landing strikes from the mount and Diggler is in trouble!
Hendo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Diggler is working to get back to half guard.
Hendo with shots to the head and body - Diggler looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hendo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Diggler looks a forlorn figure.
Hendo looking to control but Diggler is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hendo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Diggler's face.
Diggler trying desperately to get to his feet.
Hendo with the ground and pound from mount.
Diggler really wants to buck Hendo off and get back to his feet.
Hendo tries to control but Diggler wriggling away.
Hendo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Diggler is bucking up trying to escape but Hendo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Hendo with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Diggler is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Hendo with the ground and pound from mount.
Diggler seems to have got his legs back now.
Diggler is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hendo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Diggler looks a forlorn figure.
Hendo wants to control the pace but Diggler is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Hendo really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Diggler moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Diggler falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hendo counters with a left and a right that stings Diggler.
Diggler shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hendo as he jumps to the side.
Diggler throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hendo dodges the punch combination from Diggler.
Diggler thuds a left hand into Hendo's body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diggler misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo has Diggler pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Diggler manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hendo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hendo as Diggler tries to tie him up.
Diggler utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hendo is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Hendo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Diggler gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but Hendo blocks it.
Hendo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dirk Diggler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Hendo.
Diggler looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggler crunches a lovely knee into Hendo's ribcage.
Hendo tries to break the clinch but Diggler is controlling the position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Diggler obliges.
Diggler landing knees to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diggler connects with a knee to the head.
Diggler with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Diggler displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hendo up against the cage.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Diggler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hendo.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Hendo avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diggler as Hendo tries to tie him up.
Hendo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendo goes for a takedown attempt but Diggler pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Hendo instigates a clinch.
Diggler missing with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Diggler.
Diggler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dirk Diggler has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diggler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hendo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diggler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hendo is defending well for now.

Hendo has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Diggler is trying to keep an underhook but Hendo manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Diggler is looking to escape.
Hendo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Diggler defending well though.
Diggler wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendo working Diggler over with strikes.
Diggler wants to get back to his feet.
Hendo thows a huge punch but Diggler dodges it nicely.
Diggler wants to get back to his feet.
Hendo is nestled in close to Diggler, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diggler is trying to stand back up but Hendo is controlling him
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hendo slips a nice elbow through Diggler's hands, connecting with Diggler's forehead.
Hendo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Diggler's head.
Hendo seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirk Diggler had his way with Danny Hendo in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Hendo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diggler fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hendo is looking to clinch.
Hendo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diggler throws a one two combo.
Diggler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hendo's sensitive parts.
Dirk Diggler is winning the standup battle so far.
Diggler fails in his attempt to clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Hendo scores with a four punch combination!
Diggler lands a lovely overhand right.
Diggler cracks Hendo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hendo tries to clinch up but Diggler circles away and keeps his distance.
Hendo swinging wildly here.
Hendo misses with a wild combination.
Hendo is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggler throws a nice looking combination but Hendo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diggler misses with a few strikes there.
Diggler feints and then cracks Hendo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hendo down.
Hendo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hendo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dirk Diggler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diggler tries to clinch there but Hendo circles away.

Diggler instigates a clinch.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hendo avoids it.

Hendo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hendo throws a jab when Diggler was well out of range.
Diggler misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggler slips a jab and a cross from Hendo.
Diggler throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Diggler tries to bum rush Hendo with a series of wild strikes but Hendo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Diggler.
Diggler misses with a two punch combination.
Hendo misses with a series of wild punches.
Hendo is looking to clinch.
Hendo slips a jab and a cross from Diggler.
Diggler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from Hendo. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler throws a series of punches but Hendo moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diggler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diggler is looking to clinch but Hendo is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Hendo.
Hendo lands a really nice looking cross but Diggler seems unphased.
Diggler throws a right and a left that Hendo avoids nicely.
Hendo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Diggler clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diggler as Hendo tries to tie him up.
Diggler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diggler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Hendo turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Hendo landing a few strikes.
Diggler is pushing Hendo's head away, looking to escape. Hendo manages to hold on to the position though.
Hendo wants to control but Diggler is keeping him busy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diggler regains half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Danny Hendo.
I think Hendo 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 47:48
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 47:48
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 48:48

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Danny Hendo!
Danny Hendo is the new middleweight champion!
A victorious Danny Hendo thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.