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 acdc back in black blaring out of the sound system. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Diggler
vs
Hendo

185 cm
26
200 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

180 cm
23
190 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
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 14 - 9 - 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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Hendo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hendo clinches with his opponent.
Diggler is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Diggler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hendo tries to break free but Diggler pushes him back against the cage.
Hendo can't break the clinch.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Hendo avoids the damage to the body.
Diggler lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Diggler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Diggler looking to throw knees to the head but Hendo is blocking nicely.
Hendo lands a damaging elbow.

Hendo breaks the clinch.
Hendo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diggler.
Hendo misses with a body kick.
Diggler misses with a double jab.
Hendo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diggler at a distance.

Diggler clinches with his opponent.
Hendo wants to take the fight to the mat but Diggler manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

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 has one foot on Hendo's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Diggler misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hendo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diggler.
Hendo misses with a head kick.
Diggler lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Diggler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Some wild striking there from Diggler.
Diggler moves out of range of the body kick from Hendo.
Diggler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diggler throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A thudding body kick lands there by Diggler!
Hendo tests Diggler's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hendo tries to clinch up
and Diggler counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hendo's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Oooh a lovely combination from Hendo sends Diggler down but not out. Hendo dives into side control looking to finish.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Hendo wants to stand but Diggler is controlling his arm.
Hendo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Hendo prevents Diggler from escaping the position.
Hendo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Diggler keeps working.
Diggler is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
An elbow from Hendo crashes against the mat.
Diggler is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hendo is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Diggler is trying to get back to half guard.

Diggler throws Hendo to one side and escapes!
Diggler throws a nice inside leg kick.
Diggler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diggler fails to land with a series of punches.

Hendo bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Hendo decides to stand back up.
Hendo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diggler misses with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diggler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diggler avoids the head kick by Hendo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggler lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Diggler moves away from the strike by Hendo.
Diggler throws a right hand that Hendo ducks under and follows up with a left that Hendo also avoids with ease.
Hendo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diggler throws a series of punches but Hendo avoids them all with ease.

Hendo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hendo avoids it.
Diggler misses with a knee to the head.
Diggler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hendo stalling in the clinch but Diggler improves position.
Hendo is trying to drag Diggler to the mat but Diggler just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dirk Diggler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Hendo.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Diggler connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hendo's face.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Hendo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hendo throws a left and a right that both miss

and Diggler holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hendo avoiding damage as Diggler throws knees to the body.
Hendo has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Diggler after a bit of a struggle.
Diggler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hendo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diggler misses with an elbow strike.
Hendo avoiding damage as Diggler throws knees to the body.
Diggler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Diggler missing with knees to the body.
Hendo tries to break the clinch but Diggler is controlling the position.
Hendo avoiding damage as Diggler throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Diggler.
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 managing to block the knees to the body from Diggler.
Diggler lands an elbow just above Hendo 's eye.
Hendo can't break the clinch.
Hendo is working for takedown but Diggler is calmly controlling the position for now.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Diggler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hendo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hendo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.

Hendo has hold of one of Diggler's legs. Diggler is fighting the takedown attempt but Hendo gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Diggler is looking to stand up but Hendo isn't so interested in that idea.
Hendo stands up over Diggler, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hendo stops Diggler from standing up.
Hendo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hendo trying to control but Diggler is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Hendo won't allow Diggler to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hendo gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Horrible takedown by Hendo or perhaps it was just good defense by Diggler which made him look bad.
Dirk Diggler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Hendo.
Hendo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Diggler swivels and escapes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diggler misses with a series of wild punches.
Diggler fails to land with a series of punches.
Diggler lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hendo backs up against the cage.
Hendo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hendo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diggler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slapping body kick lands there for Diggler.
Danny Hendo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hendo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Diggler is rocked!
Diggler throws a nice looking combination but Hendo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Oh Diggler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Diggler throws a right hand that Hendo ducks under and follows up with a left that Hendo also avoids with ease.
Hendo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hendo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hendo ducks under a wild hook from Diggler.
Hendo plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Diggler to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Diggler just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Danny Hendo!
Danny Hendo is the new middleweight champion!
Danny Hendo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.