PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Victor Concen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Taquses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Concen
vs
Taquses

173 cm
25
151 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
158 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

NUTROID

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Concen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oliver Taquses!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taquses moves out of range as Concen strikes.

Concen instigates a clinch.
Concen misses with the head strike.
Concen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Concen.
Taquses tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Concen just stands there and leans against the cage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Taquses has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Concen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Taquses missing with knees to the body.
Concen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Taqusess head.
A head punch on the inside from Taquses fails to land.
Taquses misses with a body punch.

Taquses pulls Concen into guard.
Concen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Taquses is looking to cinch up a triangle. Concen throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Taquses's body to avoid the submission. Taquses has instead reached around Concen's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Taquses arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Oliver Taquses!
Oliver Taquses is the new featherweight champion!
Oliver Taquses was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.