16 Man Elimination MMA Event

[zerodog]

Last night was weigh ins at a bar in downtown SLC. Tonight is the tournament. This thing should be interesting. One 5min round, winner moves onto next bracket. Should be fast paced action and very cool. 16 guys with 1 winner. All fighters are 155-160lbs.

Some shots from weigh-ins that also happened to involve a bikini contest..... I will post fight shots later.
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#4 Here are the a few fighters. The setup for the chicks was my original setup for the fighters. Combined with 2 chicks in the background. That whole idea went down the tubes in the cluster F that ensued. Ended up doing a fake weigh in, with jeans and all. They set up some shop lights to get video. Had to be flexible and make it work for me too.


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#7 Here is one more chick for you! Flash for the background overheating at this point.

[SmartWombat]

Looking forward to the fight shots, as always.
Oh and the bikini contest - I rate shot #3, who goosed #2?

[zerodog]

Finally had time to post these!

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#6 In the end, the guys have a lot of respect for each other. Pink haired guy (Steve Sharp) ruled this night. In this It was one of those rare athletic performances where you see someone do everything perfect. He destroyed 4 guys in under 8 min total. Busted ribs, dislocated shoulder, broken noses. Knockouts and submissions all around. It was amazing.


#7 Some more girls for good measure......

[Pete7D]

what setup did you use?
Really cool pics.
thanks..

[zerodog]

All of the fight shots are with a D3s and a 70-200 2.8 VRII. I think my settings for the whole night were 1/1000, f3.2, ISO 10,000 WB set with an Expodisk.