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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Hendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Diggler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diggler has chosen kick my ass......rehab as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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190 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
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185 cm
26
200 lbs
13 - 9 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Good knees
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Hendo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dirk Diggler!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendo throws a series of punches but Diggler avoids them all with ease.
Diggler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hendo.
Hendo swinging wildly here.
Diggler throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diggler throws a nice looking combination but Hendo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diggler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diggler works over Hendo's head and body with a nice combination.
A big right from Hendo misses.
Diggler avoids the body shot from Hendo.
Diggler blocks a head kick by Hendo.
Diggler lands a jab-cross combination.
Diggler goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hendo keeps the fight on the outside.
Diggler misses with a two punch combination.
Diggler throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo misses with an uppercut
and Diggler counters with a three punch combo that has Hendo backing up. Hendo nods at Diggler to acknowledge the strikes.
Diggler looks to land a combination. Hendo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A combination from Diggler does no damage.
Diggler lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Diggler throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hendo misses with the combination.
Hendo tries to bum rush Diggler with a series of wild strikes but Diggler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hendo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diggler throws a series of strikes that have Hendo backpedaling.
Hendo misses with a head kick.
Hendo throws a series of punches but Diggler moves out of range.
Diggler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hendo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hendo just misses with a punch to the body.
Hendo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hendo avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Diggler misses.
Diggler tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hendo swivels and escapes.
Hendo tries to bum rush Diggler with a series of wild strikes but Diggler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Hendo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diggler fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hendo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
An inside leg kick from Diggler misses.
Diggler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hendo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diggler tries to keep at a distance but Hendo has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler misses with an elbow strike.
Diggler missing with knees to the body.
Hendo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diggler tries to bum rush Hendo with a series of wild strikes but Hendo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diggler stuffs the takedown.
Hendo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Diggler counters with a series of strikes. Hendo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Diggler lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Diggler lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hendo misses with a series of wild punches.
Diggler tries to clinch up but Hendo circles away and keeps his distance.
Diggler is working the combinations to good effect here.
Diggler shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hendo eats them both and turns towards Diggler to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hendo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diggler.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hendo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Diggler counters with a one-two to the body.
Diggler throws a series of punches but Hendo avoids them all with ease.
Diggler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hendo misses with a body shot.
Hendo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Diggler misses with a two punch combination.
Diggler takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Diggler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hendo tries a head kick but it misses.
Diggler misses with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diggler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diggler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diggler throws a series of punches but Hendo avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Diggler dominated 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.
Hendo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Diggler pinned against the cage. Diggler gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hendo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diggler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hendo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diggler scores with a three punch combo!
Diggler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hendo.
Hendo throws a right hand that Diggler ducks under and follows up with a left that Diggler also avoids with ease.
Diggler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diggler takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Diggler throws a right and a left that Hendo avoids nicely.
Hendo throws a sloppy head kick and Diggler moves out of range easily.
Diggler throws a combination that misses
and Hendo counters with a left and a right that stings Diggler.
Diggler dodges the punch combination from Hendo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo avoids a punch combination nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diggler.
Hendo misses with a series of wild punches.
Hendo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Diggler counters with a nice uppercut.
Hendo scores with a decent looking hook.
Diggler drives through and clinches with Hendo against the cage.
Diggler prevents the takedown attempt.
Diggler utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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.
Diggler looking to throw knees to the head but Hendo is blocking nicely.
Diggler missing with knees to the body.
Diggler creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hendo's defenses.
Diggler working Hendo over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes 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.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny Hendo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diggler unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diggler stalling.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Hendo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diggler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diggler scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Diggler tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hendo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diggler lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Diggler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diggler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hendo circles away quickly and effectively.
Jab by Hendo.
Diggler throws a series of punches but Hendo moves out of range.
Diggler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hendo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hendo misses.
Hendo misses with a series of wild punches.
Hendo tries to bum rush Diggler with a series of wild strikes but Diggler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hendo tries to score a body lock takedown but Diggler shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hendo avoiding damage as Diggler throws knees to the body.
Diggler working Hendo over with knees to the body.
Hendo blocks the elbow strike.
Hendo gets underhooks to prevent Diggler's takedown attempt.
Hendo is working for takedown but Diggler is calmly controlling the position for now.
Diggler is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Diggler using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hendo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hendo avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hendo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but Hendo blocks it.
Diggler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
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.
Diggler with a knee to the head.
Hendo is looking to break free of the clinch but Diggler has double underhooks.
Diggler throws an elbow that misses.
Diggler throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diggler blocking some punches.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hendo works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Diggler kicks Hendo off and gets to his feet.
Hendo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd cheers as Diggler lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hendo doesn't seem phased though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Diggler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Diggler moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Diggler tried to score with a low kick but Hendo checks it.
Dirk Diggler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diggler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diggler on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hendo misses with a combination
and Diggler counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hendo managing to block the knees to the body from Diggler.
Hendo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hendo is looking to take this one to the mat.
Diggler connects with a knee to the head.
Hendo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hendo can't get the takedown.
Diggler landing knees to the head.
Diggler takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hendo avoiding damage as Diggler throws knees to the body.
Hendo tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny Hendo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggler gets underhooks to prevent Hendo's takedown attempt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Diggler takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hendo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diggler tries to land knees in the clinch but Hendo avoids the damage to the body.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hendo avoids it.
Diggler throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hendo blocks it with crossed arms.
Diggler creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hendo's defenses.
Hendo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hendo misses with a series of wild punches.
Hendo connects with a body shot that sends Diggler's belly button to the back.
Diggler moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A big left from Hendo misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hendo is looking to score with low kicks.
Diggler throws a one two combo.
Diggler misses with a series of wild punches.
Diggler tries to clinch but Hendo moves out of range.
Diggler displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hendo gets tackled into the cage by Diggler. Diggler maintains the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hendo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Diggler fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Diggler takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Diggler scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendo tries to clinch up
and Hendo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diggler lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hendo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Diggler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hendo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hendo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hendo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Diggler tries to avoid it but Hendo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Diggler to the ground. Diggler escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hendo misses with a two punch combination.
Hendo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diggler circles away quickly and effectively.
Hendo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Diggler throws a head kick but Hendo moves out of range.
Hendo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diggler.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggler misses with a series of wild punches.
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 throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hendo.
Danga de danga de dang - Diggler scores with a four punch combination!
A low kick from Diggler misses
and Hendo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diggler finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Diggler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diggler misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diggler lands a jab-cross combination.
Diggler slips a jab and a cross from Hendo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Diggler really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Diggler dodges the punch combination from Hendo.
Hendo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diggler moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hendo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Diggler counters with an outside leg kick.
Hendo misses with a wild body shot.
Diggler misses with the combination.
Good work by Diggler as he checks the leg kick.
Diggler misses with a leg kick.
Hendo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Diggler.
Diggler throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diggler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hendo dodges the punch combination from Diggler.
Diggler blocks a head kick by Hendo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Diggler manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hendo prevents Diggler from getting back to his feet.
Hendo postures up in Diggler's guard and throws a big left but Diggler blocks it.
Diggler wants to stand but Hendo is controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hendo wants to get up but he can't break Diggler's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Diggler wants to stand and escape but Hendo is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diggler is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hendo is controlling him.
Hendo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hendo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Diggler keeping moving, preventing Hendo from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Danny Hendo.
Diggler scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hendo.
Hendo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Diggler counters with a leg kick.
Hendo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No luck for Hendo with that takedown attempt.
Hendo keeps the fight on the outside.
Hendo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diggler lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Diggler misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diggler.
Hendo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hendo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggler fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Diggler.
Diggler fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Diggler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab from Diggler.
Diggler takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hendo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diggler fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hendo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hendo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diggler connects with a leg kick. Hendo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hendo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Diggler as he jumps to the side.
No joy there for Diggler, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Diggler dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hendo tries to bum rush Diggler with a series of wild strikes but Diggler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hendo misses the shot to the body.
Hendo tries to score with a low kick but Diggler moves his leg out of the way.
Diggler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hendo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Hendo.
Hendo looks to land a combination but Diggler avoids it well.
Good work by Hendo as he checks the leg kick.
Diggler lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Diggler connects with an inside leg kick.
Diggler dodges the punch combination from Hendo.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Diggler cracks the inside of Hendo's front leg.
Diggler throws a right and a left that Hendo avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendo throws a right hand that Diggler ducks under and follows up with a left that Diggler also avoids with ease.
Diggler uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hendo throws a looping overhand right but Diggler ducks down to avoid it.
Danny Hendo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diggler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hendo.
Diggler cracks the inside of Hendo's front leg.
Nice takedown defense from Diggler. No joy for Hendo on that attempt.
Hendo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diggler.
Diggler throws a leg kick which misses Hendo's front leg but catches the back leg as Hendo tries to avoid it.
Hendo misses with a few strikes there.
Diggler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hendo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diggler.
Diggler throws out a powerful jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendo slips a jab and a cross from Diggler.
Hendo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diggler was well out of range. Poor timing from Hendo.
Hendo misses with a right hand
and Diggler counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Diggler moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Diggler looks to land a combination. Hendo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch combination from Diggler misses.
Hendo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hendo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diggler swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hendo counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Diggler throws a right hand that Hendo ducks under and follows up with a left that Hendo also avoids with ease.
Diggler shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hendo eats them both and turns towards Diggler to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Diggler scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendo works over Diggler's head and body with a nice combination.
Diggler throws a right hand that Hendo ducks under and follows up with a left that Hendo also avoids with ease.
Hendo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hendo throws a head kick that misses.
Diggler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hendo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Danny Hendo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diggler slips a jab and a cross from Hendo.
Diggler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hendo throws a shot to the body.
Hendo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diggler. Diggler obviously looking to wear him down.
Diggler throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hendo slips a jab and a cross from Diggler.
Diggler tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggler throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diggler dodges the punch combination from Hendo.
Diggler misses with a series of wild punches.
Diggler avoids the head kick by Hendo.
Hendo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hendo misses with a double jab.
Diggler closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Dirk Diggler is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Diggler throws a leg kick which misses Hendo's front leg but catches the back leg as Hendo tries to avoid it.
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.
Hendo looks to land a combination but Diggler avoids it well.
Diggler swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Diggler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diggler closes the distance and lands a one-two.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dirk Diggler comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Diggler winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 45:50
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 45:50
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dirk Diggler!
Dirk Diggler is the new middleweight champion!
A victorious Dirk Diggler thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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