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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Donnelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Diego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diego has chosen Tupac - I'm a Soldier as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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200 lbs
27 - 11 - 1 |
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185 lbs
30 - 16 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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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
27 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Donnelly!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Don Diego!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donnelly is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Diego lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diego misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donnelly thuds his shin into the meat of Diego's side.
Diego misses with a body shot.
Donnelly jabs at Diego's body.
Donnelly is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Donnelly scores with a head kick. Diego tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Donnelly throws a jab but it's blocked by Diego.
Diego pushes Donnelly away with a front kick.
Diego uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donnelly.
Donnelly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Diego wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donnelly fails to land with a series of punches.
Diego swings for the body but Donnelly moves out of range.
Donnelly thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Diego if he has to take too many more of those.
Diego tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Donnelly is looking to score with low kicks.
Diego steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Donnelly.
Donnelly is looking to score with low kicks.
Donnelly fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diego has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Donnelly throws a sloppy head kick and Diego moves out of range easily.
Diego wants to counter the offense by Donnelly and move into the clinch position.
Diego takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Diego clinches up against the cage.
Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diego as Donnelly tries to tie him up.
Donnelly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A hook to the body from Diego.
Donnelly misses with some punches.
Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
Diego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Donnelly backwards.
Diego's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Donnelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Diego controls his hands.
Diego is trying to stall.
Diego goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diego scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Donnelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Diego tries to work over Donnelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Donnelly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A big right from Diego misses.
Donnelly blocks a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Donnelly blocks the leg kick.
Donnelly blocks a low kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A cross from Donnelly lands.
Diego cracks Donnelly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Donnelly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diego wants to clinch.
Diego blocks a leg kick.
Donnelly misses with a head kick.
Diego scores with a head kick.
Diego misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Donnelly.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diego.
Diego throws a body kick that misses.
Diego has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donnelly.
Donnelly wants to slow Diego down by chopping away at his legs.
Donnelly throws a push kick but Diego slaps the foot to one side.
Donnelly is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Donnelly connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Donnelly is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Diego closes the distance and clinches.
Diego misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diego.
Diego keeps control of Donnelly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Donnelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diego throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Donnellys head.
Diego works on Donnelly's body with a couple of short punches.
Diego lands a body shot in the clinch.
Donnelly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Donnelly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diego.
Diego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diego uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Diego wants to clinch up but Donnelly keeps it at a distance.
Donnelly tries to move into range but Diego moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Donnelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Donnelly paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Diego looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A slow jab from Diego misses its intended target.
Donnelly throws a push kick but Diego slaps the foot to one side.
Diego is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donnelly lands a nice shot that snaps Diego's head back.
Donnelly throws a low kick, looking for Diego's leg but Diego calmly moves out of range.
Donnelly checks a leg kick.
A jab from Diego misses.
Donnelly is looking to counter punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a body shot but no joy.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Donnelly throws a big shot that misses.
Donnelly moves out of range of the body kick from Diego.
Donnelly dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diego. That did some damage!
Diego tries to clinch but Donnelly is having none of it.
Donnelly defending well as Diego loads up on a big left hand.
Diego avoids a kick to the body.
Diego swings for the body but Donnelly moves out of range.
Donnelly tries a low kick but Diego avoids it.
Donnelly tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Diego is able to avoid easily.
Diego avoids a kick to the body.
Diego replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Donnelly blocks it well.
Diego misses with a wild combination.
Diego instigates a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego swings wildly with an uppercut but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donnelly manages to break the clinch.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses.
Donnelly buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
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 Brian Donnelly will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Diego misses with a low kick.
Diego checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Diego looks to land a right hand but Donnelly moved out of range.
Diego checks a leg kick nicely.
Donnelly wants to land a leg kick but Diego is out of range.
Diego connects with a nice looking jab.
Donnelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Donnelly takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Diego tries to clinch but Donnelly is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Donnelly.
Diego checks a leg kick.
Diego tries to counter by closing the distance.
Donnelly throws a nice head kick!
Diego clinches up against the cage.
Donnelly can't find room to land a body shot as Diego controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donnelly breaks the clinch.
Donnelly throws a lazy right hand but Diego sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diego has Donnelly up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donnelly.
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!
Donnelly blocks a body shot from Diego.
Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly lands with a left to the head.
Donnelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diego misses with a hook. Donnelly ducked under it nicely.
Diego 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.
Diego takes a swing at Donnelly's ribcage but misses.
Donnelly tried to counter with a leg kick but Diego avoided it.
Donnelly throws a low kick but Diego avoids it.
Brian Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donnelly throws out a loose jab but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Diego.
Diego throws a body shot but no joy.
Donnelly misses with an attempted mid kick.
Diego tries to counter with a clinch but Donnelly shakes him off and moves away.
A shot to the body from Donnelly misses
and Diego counters with a nice uppercut.
Donnelly motions for Diego to come forward. Donnelly throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diego checks the leg kick nicely there.
Diego scores with a hook to the body. Donnelly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Donnelly misses with a straight right.
Donnelly throws a leg kick but Diego checks it.
Diego throws a right hand that Donnelly ducks under and follows up with a left that Donnelly also avoids with ease.
Donnelly looks to land a body kick but Diego moved away.
Diego feints and then cracks Donnelly's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Donnelly down.
Donnelly throws a leg kick but Diego sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donnelly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diego attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Diego throws a body punch but Donnelly moves out of range.
Diego throws a leg kick but Donnelly sees it coming and moves out of range.
A jab from Donnelly does it's job there.
Diego tries to work over Donnelly's front leg with a kick but Donnelly checks it.
Donnelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diego wants to counter with a clinch but Donnelly pushes him away.
Diego wants to clinch up but Donnelly keeps it at a distance.
Decent striking displayed by Diego there.
Donnelly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A bone on bone clash there as Diego blocks the leg kick.
Donnelly gets tackled into the cage by Diego. Diego maintains the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Donnelly creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diego tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Donnelly's elbow.
Diego misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Donnelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diego scoring well with a low kick there.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Donnelly throws a leg kick but Diego sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly swats away the attempt to clinch by Diego.
Brian Donnelly is winning the standup battle so far.
Diego throws a nice looking combination but Donnelly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diego.
Donnelly misses with a low kick.
Diego closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Donnelly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diego's elbow.
Don Diego seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right hand to the body from Diego.
Donnelly breaks the clinch.
No joy there for Donnelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That kick from Diego tenderised Donnelly's leg. Donnelly is trying to keep his angry face on.
Diego misses with a hook.
Donnelly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Donnelly is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Diego is looking to clinch.
Diego keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Diego catches Donnelly with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Diego scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diego, right into the meat.
Donnelly throws a low kick but Diego avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Donnelly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Diego ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diego tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diego gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Donnelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Donnelly manages to break the clinch.
Diego uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donnelly.
Diego tries to counter by closing the distance.
Donnelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Donnelly wants to land a leg kick but Diego is out of range.
Diego tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Donnelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As Diego backs away, Donnelly returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Donnelly wants to land a leg kick but Diego is out of range.
Donnelly digs a good body shot into Diego's ribs.
Diego closes the distance and clinches.
Donnelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Diego.
Donnelly is looking to break free of the clinch but Diego has double underhooks.
Diego lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diego lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Donnelly is trying to force a seperation but Diego has the dominant position.
Diego works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Diego showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Diego takes the fight into the clinch.
Diego lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Diego.
Diego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diego blocks a body shot from Donnelly.
Donnelly can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Donnelly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diego scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diego scores with a shot to the side of Donnelly's head.
Diego scores with a shoulder strike.
Donnelly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Diego has him pressed against the cage.
Diego is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Donnelly misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diego swings wildly with an uppercut but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego lands with a light punch inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Donnelly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Diego lands a right hand that snaps the head of Donnelly backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego lands with a left to the head.
Diego scores with a shoulder strike.
Donnelly is looking to break free of the clinch but Diego has double underhooks.
Diego blocking some punches.
Donnelly misses with a punch to the body.
Diego taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Diego prevents Donnelly from breaking the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Donnelly.
Diego dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Donnelly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diego tries to close the distance and clinch up but Donnelly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A jab from Diego misses.
Donnelly throws a quick counter head kick but Diego was just out of range.
Donnelly uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Diego misses with a low kick as Donnelly jumps back.
Donnelly lands a front kick.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses.
Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from Diego.
Donnelly throws a quick counter head kick but Diego was just out of range.
Diego lands a jab to Donnelly's midsection.
Diego throws a hook but Donnelly blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego lands a nice hook to Donnelly's body. Donnelly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donnelly will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Donnelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diego moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Donnelly scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Diego scores with a jab to the body.
Donnelly gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Donnelly cracks the inside of Diego's front leg.
Donnelly takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Donnelly lands with a kick to the ribs.
A telegraphed right hand from Diego misses the target.
Diego throws a leg kick but Donnelly checks it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diego, right into the meat.
Diego lands a glancing blow to the side of Donnelly's head.
Diego missing with a left hand there. Donnelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diego scores with a crisp jab that stopped Donnelly in his tracks.
Donnelly throws a hook but Diego avoids it easily.
Donnelly sets himself, and Diego steps forward looking for the clinch! Donnelly avoids it this time.
Donnelly takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Diego connects with a leg kick. Donnelly looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Donnelly misses with an attempted mid kick.
Donnelly fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Diego is out of range.
Diego lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Diego thumps Donnelly with a low kick.
Diego cracks the inside of Donnelly's front leg.
Donnelly misses with a body kick.
Diego checks the leg kick nicely there.
Diego is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diego ducks under a wild hook from Donnelly.
Diego misses with a body kick.
Diego throws an overhand right that lands on Donnelly's shoulder, as Donnelly tries to avoid the shot.
A big right from Donnelly misses.
Donnelly looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Donnelly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diego misses with a wild body shot.
Donnelly throws a right and a left that Diego avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego looks to score with a jab to the body but Donnelly is just out of range.
Diego has Donnelly up against the cage in a clinch.
Diego keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Donnelly's efforts to push away.
Diego lands an uppercut.
Donnelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diego goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diego lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diego tries to throw a body punch but Donnelly avoids it by throwing Diego back against the cage.
Donnelly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Donnelly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diego has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Donnelly seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Diego can turn it around.
Donnelly misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Diego.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diego.
Diego lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diego works on Donnelly's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego is leaning against Donnelly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Diego really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Diego wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Donnelly throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Donnelly needs to keep his hands up - Diego had a free shot at his head there.
Donnelly moves out of range of the leg kick from Diego.
Diego connects with a solid leg kick.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Diego wants to land a leg kick but Donnelly is out of range.
Diego's jab looks to have found its range, popping Donnelly under the eye.
Donnelly walks forward, straight into a front kick from Diego.
Diego feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Donnelly's calf.
Donnelly takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Diego tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Donnelly counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Diego is looking to land body kicks.
Donnelly closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donnelly lands with a hook. Diego tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Diego has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diego takes the fight into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A right hand to the body from Diego.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Donnelly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diego working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Donnelly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Donnelly jabs at Diego's body.
Some bone on bone action there as Diego checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Diego scoring well with a low kick there.
Donnelly throws the left hand but Diego avoids the punch easily.
Diego is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Diego has closed the distance and engaged Donnelly in a clinch.
Donnelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Donnelly looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A left hand lands to the body for Diego.
Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
Donnelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego has a couple of punches blocked by Donnelly.
Diego lands a hook that snaps the head of Donnelly backwards.
Diego prevents a body shot from Donnelly.
Donnelly blocking some punches.
Diego lands a hook that snaps the head of Donnelly backwards.
Diego throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego stalling in the clinch but Donnelly improves position.
Diego misses with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Diego is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Donnelly is keeping busy.
Diego working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Donnelly stalling in the clinch but Diego improves position.
Diego misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Diego.
Diego misses with a body punch.
Donnelly breaks the clinch.
Donnelly turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Donnelly throws a solid leg kick but Diego takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Donnelly.
Donnelly slips under a jab.
Donnelly scores with a jab. Diego acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Donnelly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Donnelly ducks under a wild hook from Diego.
Diego tries to close the distance and clinch but Donnelly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diego throws a leg kick but Donnelly moved away.
Donnelly looks for the body kick but Diego saw that one coming.
Diego dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Donnelly. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diego checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Donnelly cracks Diego with a right hand to the side of the head.
Donnelly wants to slow Diego down by chopping away at his legs.
Diego blocks a low kick nicely.
Donnelly lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Diego lands a jab to Donnelly's midsection.
Diego avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diego.
Diego lands a slapping body shot.
Diego throws the left hand but Donnelly avoids the punch easily.
Donnelly takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Diego throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Donnelly stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Donnelly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Diego.
Diego tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Donnelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diego.
Diego checks the leg kick.
Donnelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diego.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab lands there for Donnelly.
Donnelly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Diego darts in and clinches Donnelly up against the cage.
Diego stalls.
A short right from Diego on the inside.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Donnelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diego keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Donnelly's efforts to push away.
Donnelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Donnelly moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diego lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Donnelly misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diego creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Donnelly is looking to break free of the clinch but Diego has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Diego dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Diego takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Diego wants to slow Donnelly down by chopping away at his legs.
Donnelly throws a chopping leg kick but Diego manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Diego throws a low kick but Donnelly moves out of range easily.
Donnelly throws a big counter combination but Diego scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Donnelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diego.
Diego throws a hook to the side of Donnelly's head but Donnelly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diego moves out of range as Donnelly throws a body kick.
A head kick misses from Donnelly.
Diego on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Donnelly misses with a hook.
Diego slips under a jab from Donnelly.
Diego lands a jab.
Diego slips under a jab from Donnelly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego lands a jab to the head.
Diego swings for the body but Donnelly moves out of range.
Diego lands with a thumping leg kick.
Donnelly fakes the leg kick and cracks Diego in the body.
Donnelly throws a front kick that sends Diego stumbling back into the cage.
A good leg kick by Donnelly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Diego throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Donnelly.
Donnelly thinks about countering with a head kick.
Diego throws a body kick that misses.
Diego scores with a decent looking hook.
Diego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donnelly.
Diego catches Donnelly with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Donnelly cracks Diego with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Diego cracks Donnelly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Diego tries to clinch but Donnelly moves out of range.
Diego has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Donnelly.
Donnelly wants to slow Diego down by chopping away at his legs.
Donnelly backing away here, and Diego unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Donnelly throws a solid leg kick but Diego takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Donnelly.
Donnelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Diego tries to score with a low kick but Donnelly moves his leg out of the way.
Diego takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Donnelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diego.
Donnelly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diego blocks a head kick by Donnelly.
Donnelly staying out of range there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diego connects with the punch.
Brian Donnelly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Donnelly finds it's way through Diego's defenses.
Diego with a hook.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Diego checks a leg kick.
Diego clobbers Donnelly with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Diego moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Donnelly throws a low kick but Diego moves out of range easily.
Diego throws an overhand right that lands on Donnelly's shoulder, as Donnelly tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Donnelly wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A cross from Donnelly lands.
Diego closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Donnelly tries to work over Diego's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diego keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Donnelly's efforts to push away.
Donnelly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Donnelly throws out a leg kick but Diego moves out of range and Donnelly only half commits.
Diego scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Donnelly doesn't seem bothered though.
Diego throws a sloppy head kick and Donnelly moves out of range easily.
Donnelly throws the kick towards the body but Diego avoids it.
Donnelly misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego misses the jab.
Donnelly jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Diego misses the shot to the body.
Donnelly misses with a head kick.
Diego takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Diego connects with an inside leg kick.
Diego checks the leg kick nicely there.
Diego changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Donnelly looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Diego connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Diego walks into a stiff left hand from Donnelly.
Diego lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Diego misses with a looping right.
A slapping body kick lands there for Donnelly.
Donnelly takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Diego. That's going to slow Donnelly down.
Donnelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A telegraphed right hand from Donnelly misses the target.
Nice uppercut lands for Diego. That snapped Donnelly's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diego moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Donnelly cracks the inside of Diego's front leg.
Diego looks to score with a jab to the body but Donnelly is just out of range.
Diego scores with a leg kick.
Diego bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Donnelly's head backwards.
Donnelly throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Diego counters with a stiff right hand.
Diego lands a right hook to the body.
Nice cross by Diego.
Diego avoids the head kick by Donnelly.
Donnelly sets himself, and Diego steps forward looking for the clinch! Donnelly avoids it this time.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diego.
Donnelly cracks the inside of Diego's front leg.
Donnelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Diego ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab from Diego.
Donnelly takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Donnelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diego manages to avoid it.
Don Diego is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Donnelly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diego at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Don Diego comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diego has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 46:49
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 46:49
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Diego!
Don Diego is the new middleweight champion!
Post fight, an emotional Don Diego said 'I'll finally speak, my English no very good so my apologize. I work very hard for dis, and thank you to my trainers, and people back home. I will KO anybody...Sorry to my opponent, I do feel bad for him, that was no fun time for him..'.
The defeated Brian Donnelly had this to say: 'Well shit.'.
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