PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Don Diego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Donnelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diego comes to the cage accompanied by Tupac - I'm a Soldier. Brian Donnelly will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Diego
vs
Donnelly

170 cm
35
185 lbs
30 - 15 - 2

190 cm
34
200 lbs
26 - 11 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 30 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Don Diego!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Donnelly!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diego is looking to slow Donnelly down with leg kicks.
Donnelly lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Diego staying out of range there.
Brian Donnelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice straight punches there by Diego. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diego.
Donnelly connects with a body shot that sends Diego's belly button to the back.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Donnelly goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Diego connects with a solid leg kick.
Diego tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diego definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Donnelly throws a shot from downtown. Diego moves away and avoids it.
Diego looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Diego thumps Donnelly with a low kick.
Donnelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diego moves away.
Donnelly goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donnelly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Donnelly scores with a crisp jab that stopped Diego in his tracks.
Diego takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Diego swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Decent striking displayed by Donnelly there.
Donnelly misses with a wild body shot.
Diego fires out a quick counter leg kick but Donnelly just manages to avoid it.
Donnelly throws a hook but Diego avoids it easily.
Donnelly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diego thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Donnelly!
Diego on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Donnelly lands a lovely overhand right.
Donnelly throws a lazy right hand but Diego sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donnelly ducks right into an uppercut from Diego.
Donnelly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diego sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diego blocks a head kick by Donnelly.
Donnelly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Diego throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donnelly takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Diego blocks the body kick.

Diego clinches.
Donnelly lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donnelly is struggling to control the position.
Diego lands a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Donnelly - that landed with a thud.
Diego blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diego.
A right handed body shot lands from Diego.
Diego goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diego softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Donnelly lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Diego.
Donnelly takes a shot to the head.
Diego blocks a body shot from Donnelly.
Donnelly lands a body punch.
Diego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Donnelly backwards.
Donnelly will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Diego up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Donnelly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Diego fails to land.
Diego misses with a short punch on the inside.

Donnelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Donnelly connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diego's hands.
Donnelly lands with a kick to the ribs.
Donnelly dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diego. That did some damage!
Donnelly lands a slapping body shot.
Donnelly is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Diego had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Diego is looking to chop away at Donnelly's legs.
Some wild striking there from Donnelly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Donnelly does it's job there.
Diego throws a chopping leg kick but Donnelly manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Diego on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Diego looks to land a body kick but Donnelly moved away.
Donnelly connects with a leg kick. Diego looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Donnelly throws a leg kick
and Diego counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Donnelly connects with an inside leg kick.
Diego scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diego checks the leg kick.
Diego getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Diego cracks Donnelly with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Diego on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Donnelly is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A punch lands to the side of Diego 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Diego. Donnelly does a little dance to reset his feet.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diego.
Donnelly lands with a thumping leg kick.
Diego takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Donnelly darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly moves out of range of the body kick.
Donnelly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Diego lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Donnelly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diego manages to avoid it.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses.
Donnelly throws a body punch but Diego moves out of range.
Donnelly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Diego's calf.
Donnelly has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Diego's corner calls for a 1-2. Diego obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Donnelly gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Diego makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Diego connects with an inside leg kick.
Donnelly scores with a push kick.
Donnelly keeps the fight on the outside.
Donnelly throws a head kick but Diego moves out of range.
Donnelly pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diego lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice body punch from Donnelly.
Donnelly lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Donnelly.
Diego slips a straight right by Donnelly.
Diego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donnelly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Donnelly dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Donnelly connects with a solid leg kick.
Diego pivots, looking for a leg kick but Donnelly is out of range and Diego settles back down.
Diego throws a leg kick but Donnelly sees it coming and moves out of range.
Donnelly connects with a leg kick. Diego looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Donnelly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diego throws out the jab.
Diego avoids the body shot from Donnelly.
Donnelly looks to land a combination. Diego sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diego.
Donnelly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diego lands with a right hand.
Donnelly changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Diego takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Diego avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Donnelly's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diego misses with a wild body shot.
Donnelly lands a nice looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donnelly misses the jab.
Diego fails in his attempt to clinch.
Donnelly misses with a body kick.
Diego slips under a jab.
Donnelly moves out of range as Diego throws a body kick.
Brian Donnelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Donnelly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego throws a front kick aimed at Donnelly's knee but Donnelly avoids it well.
Diego misses with a wild body shot.
Donnelly tries to land a leg kick but Diego saw it coming and moves away.
A swing and a miss from Donnelly.
Diego missing with a left hand there. Donnelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donnelly 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.
Donnelly checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Diego checks a leg kick nicely.
Diego throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A punch combination from Donnelly misses.
Donnelly throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Diego's head.
Diego fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Donnelly checks it well.
Diego takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Donnelly looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Donnelly throws out a powerful jab.
Donnelly checks a low kick from Diego.
Diego checks a low kick from Donnelly.
A telegraphed right hand from Donnelly misses the target.
Donnelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly delivers a nice body kick.
Diego swings for the body but Donnelly moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diego turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diego missing with a left hand there. Donnelly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Donnelly lands a jab.
Diego looks for the body kick but Donnelly saw that one coming.
Donnelly connects with a right hand. Diego shakes it off.
Diego throws the left hand but Donnelly avoids the punch easily.
Donnelly tries to score with a low kick but Diego moves his leg out of the way.
Diego connects with a body shot.
Donnelly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diego attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Diego has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donnelly.
Diego misses with a body kick.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Donnelly moves away.
Diego defending well as Donnelly loads up on a big left hand.
Donnelly throws a series of punches but Diego moves out of range.
Donnelly looks to throw the jab but Diego is out of range.
Diego swings for the body but Donnelly moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Donnelly! But no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly moves out of range of the body kick from Diego.
Donnelly throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Diego lands with an uppercut that bounces Donnelly off the cage and back into range.
Diego doesn't manage to clinch there - Donnelly circles away.
Donnelly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Donnelly finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Donnelly scores with a hook.
Diego misses with a leg kick.
Donnelly feints and then cracks Diego's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diego down.

Diego clinches.
Don Diego has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Donnelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donnelly misses with a two punch combination.
Donnelly connects with a crisp jab.
Donnelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diego lands with a kick to the ribs.
Diego looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donnelly attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Donnelly misses with a few strikes there.
It appears Diego was looking to counter with a kick there.
Diego scores with a hook.
Diego throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Diego scores with the left hand. Donnelly knows he should have avoided that one.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diego, right into the meat.
A swing and a miss from Diego.
Diego throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Diego needs to keep his hands up - Donnelly had a free shot at his head there.
Donnelly scores with a jab to the jaw.
Donnelly looks to land a combination but Diego avoids it well.
Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donnelly plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Diego connects with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donnelly. Diego does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diego is looking to counter punch.
Diego throws a nice inside leg kick.
Donnelly throws the kick towards the body but Diego avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego defending well as Donnelly loads up on a big left hand.
Diego keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Diego jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diego throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donnelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donnelly. Diego does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Donnelly 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.

Diego goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Diego has Donnelly up against the cage in a clinch.
Donnelly lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Diego.
Donnelly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Donnelly breaks the clinch.
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.
A slow jab from Donnelly misses its intended target.
Diego misses with a looping left.

Diego closes the distance and pushes Donnelly back into the cage.
Donnelly throws a punch but it's blocked by Diego.
Diego misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Donnelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Diego controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diego swings wildly with an uppercut but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego can't find room to land a body shot as Donnelly controls the action.
Diego has Donnelly pressed against the cage, preventing Donnelly from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Donnelly breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly 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.
Donnelly throws out a leg kick but Diego moves out of range and Donnelly only half commits.
Diego takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Donnelly moves out of range of the body kick.
Diego tries to close the distance and clinch but Donnelly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Donnelly checks a low kick from Diego.
Diego tests Donnelly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Donnelly attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Donnelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diego is looking to counter punch.
Donnelly throws a leg kick but Diego sees it coming and moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donnelly. Diego does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diego will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Diego throws a nice inside leg kick.
Donnelly connects with the punch.
Donnelly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Donnelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donnelly misses with a hook. Diego ducked under it nicely.
Diego works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Diego finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Diego shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego is looking to slow Donnelly down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diego scores with a shot to the side of Donnelly's head.
A nice left hand lands by Donnelly.
Donnelly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Donnelly trying to stall but Diego improves his position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Donnelly blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Donnelly.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Donnelly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diego blocks a low kick nicely.
Diego misses with an uppercut.
Donnelly throws a leg kick but Diego sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Donnelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diego moves away.
Diego walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Donnelly checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Donnelly only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Diego on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Donnelly. Donnelly obviously looking to wear him down.
Diego misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donnelly is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Donnelly.
Diego closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Diego throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Diego cracks the inside of Donnelly's front leg.
Diego throws a shot from downtown. Donnelly moves away and avoids it.
Diego misses with a hook. Donnelly ducked under it nicely.
Donnelly walks into a straight right hand from Diego.

Diego has taken the fight to the clinch.
Donnelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Donnelly lands a left hand.
Diego has a couple of punches blocked by Donnelly.
A short left from Donnelly.
Diego lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donnelly misses with the head strike.
Diego has Donnelly pressed against the cage, preventing Donnelly from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly working aggressively here.
Diego is working Donnelly over against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Donnelly scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diego stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Diego lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diego.
Diego working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donnelly.
Diego digs a right hand underneath Donnelly's ribcage. Donnelly let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Diego lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Diego lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Diego.
Diego works on Donnelly's body with a couple of short punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diego.
Diego lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diego works on Donnelly's body with a couple of short punches.
Diego working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diego lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Diego clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Diego moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Diego throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Donnelly throws a solid leg kick but Diego takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Donnelly.
Donnelly looks to land a body kick but Diego moved away.
Diego tries to clinch up.
Diego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donnelly.
Diego bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Diego gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Diego lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donnelly.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Donnelly.
A head punch on the inside from Diego fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Diego.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donnelly scores with a shoulder strike.
Diego tries to work over Donnelly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diego blocking some punches.
Donnelly misses with a punch to the body.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diego keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Donnelly's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Diego scores with a hook to the body.
Donnelly is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A short uppercut from Diego.
A right hand to the body from Diego.
Diego lands a left hand.
Diego misses with a punch on the inside.
Diego lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diego.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diego creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Donnelly misses with some punches.
Donnelly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good body shot from Diego.
Diego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diego lands a hook that snaps the head of Donnelly backwards.
Donnelly is trying to push Diego away but Diego has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short body shot lands from Diego as the two fighters clinch.
Diego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Donnelly backwards.
Still in the clinch, Diego scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Donnelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Diego rushes Donnelly and presses him up against the cage.
Donnelly is trying to break the clinch but Diego is controlling him.
Diego prevents Donnelly from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donnelly.
Donnelly misses with the head strike.
Donnelly misses with a body punch.
Diego doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diego softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Donnelly prevents a body shot from Diego.
Diego scores with a hook to the body.
Diego lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diego lands a right hand that snaps the head of Donnelly backwards.
Donnelly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diego backwards.

Donnelly breaks the clinch.
Donnelly cracks Diego with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Diego throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Diego fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Donnelly checks it well.
Donnelly blocks a low kick nicely.
Diego pivots, looking for a leg kick but Donnelly is out of range and Diego settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego misses with a kick to the body.
Donnelly wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Donnelly lands a nice looking body shot.
Donnelly throws a front kick aimed at Diego's knee but Diego avoids it well.
Donnelly misses with a straight left.
Diego tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Donnelly manages to circle out of the way.
Good leg kick by Diego there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Diego loads up on a big right hand but Donnelly slips the punch.
Diego ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donnelly looks to land a left hand but Diego moved out of range nicely.
Diego tries to counter by clinching up but Donnelly breaks away and moves out of range.
Donnelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A low kick from Donnelly misses
and Diego counters with a leg kick.
Donnelly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Donnelly throws a body shot but no joy.
Diego checks the leg kick.
Donnelly dips to his left and cracks Diego with an uppercut!
Donnelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diego tries a low kick but Donnelly avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Donnelly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diego checks a low kick from Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A leg kick checked by Diego.
Donnelly misses with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donnelly throws a half hearted mid kick.
Donnelly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diego was well out of range. Poor timing from Donnelly.
Donnelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diego is looking to clinch but Donnelly is avoiding it.
Donnelly throws a poor cross that misses
and Diego counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Donnelly looks to land a combination but Diego avoids it well.
Donnelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Donnelly.
Donnelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diego throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diego cracks a nice hook into Donnelly's ribs.
Donnelly fails to land with a series of punches.
Donnelly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Diego had his way with Brian Donnelly in that round.
That's time! Diego's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diego, right into the meat.
Donnelly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diego at a distance.
Donnelly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diego is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Donnelly.
Donnelly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donnelly connects with a jab.
Donnelly lands a leg kick that knocks Diego off balance momentarily.
Diego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donnelly looks to land a right hand but Diego moved out of range.
Diego feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Donnelly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Diego.
Diego changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Diego lands a leg kick that knocks Donnelly off balance momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donnelly flicks out a counter leg kick but Diego steps away.
Donnelly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Donnelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Donnelly swinging wildly here.
Donnelly misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donnelly misses with a low kick.
Donnelly misses with an uppercut
and Diego counters with a straight right hand.
Donnelly staying out of range there.
Diego throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Donnelly throws a head kick but Diego moves out of range.
Diego blocks a jab.
Donnelly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Donk. Donnelly catches Diego right on the button with a cross.
Diego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Diego. That's going to slow Donnelly down.
Diego thumps Donnelly with a low kick.
Diego stuns Donnelly with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diego fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Donnelly is out of range.
Donnelly misses with a double jab
and Diego counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Diego throws a front kick that sends Donnelly stumbling back into the cage.
Donnelly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donnelly throws a right and a left that Diego avoids nicely.
Donnelly is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diego is out of range and Donnelly settles back down.
Diego is looking to counter the offense by Donnelly and move into the clinch.

Diego instigates a clinch.
Donnelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Donnelly is trying to break the clinch but Diego has him pressed against the cage.
Diego scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diego lands a shot to the body.
Donnelly is trying to break free.
Diego softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Donnelly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego lands a body punch.
Diego throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Donnellys head.
Diego misses with a body punch.
Diego keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Donnelly's efforts to push away.

Donnelly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diego scores with a sloppy right hand. Donnelly should have avoided that one.
Donnelly connects with a leg kick. Diego looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Donnelly missing with a left hand there. Diego was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego throws out a loose jab but Donnelly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donnelly fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
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 tries to land a front kick but Donnelly steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Diego steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Donnelly.
Donnelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diego.
A leg kick checked by Diego.
Donnelly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Diego's calf.
Donnelly throws a hook but Diego avoids it easily.
Diego throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Donnelly throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Donnelly thumps Diego with a low kick.
Diego is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Donnelly blocks a low kick nicely.
Donnelly blocks a low kick nicely.
Donnelly 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 half committed to a counter leg kick.
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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donnelly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Donnelly scores with a nice head shot.
Donnelly lands with an overhand left.
Donnelly on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donnelly checks a leg kick.
Donnelly throws a shot from downtown. Diego moves away and avoids it.
Diego throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donnelly dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Donnelly lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Diego looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Diego slips under a jab.
Donnelly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donnelly swats away the attempt to clinch by Diego.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diego.
Diego throws a nice outside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Brian Donnelly.
I think Donnelly 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 47:48
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 47:48
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Donnelly!
Brian Donnelly is the new middleweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Brian Donnelly gave a big smile as he said '*to audience* Who liked what they saw here tonight? Who wants to see more fights like this?! I bring the heat, I bring the pain, NO ONE CAN STAND WITH ME!!!!!'.
In defeat, Don Diego stepped up to the mic, saying 'WOW, rematch please.'.