BigTime!! Zerodog shoots Bellator MMA

ZerodogZerodog Registered Users Posts: 1,480 Major grins
edited March 1, 2013 in Sports
Bellator came to SLC and I was there to shoot it for MMAMadhouse, an online MMA news site. I was on Spike TV! Or at least my camera and arms were. It was a cool experience to be there. Fights were not bad. The production was impressive. In the end it was just another night of guys beating each other up and a good time was had all around. Sounds like they will be coming back to SLC again in the future too.

1. Armbar city
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2 Almost awesome. I wish they were not diagonal to me along the fence. Makes it really show in the shot.
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3.
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4. Amaya is getting rocked in this pic. To bad backs are facing me.
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5. Not all bad though because it lined me up for nap time.
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6. Better times for King Mo
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7. Mo no mo. Out cold after Newton's spinning backfist. Damn stand in the way made miss the shot. It was so weird and happened so fast. Everyone around the ring looked pretty much like the ref.
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8. Rad Martinez losing $100,000. Knocked out cold with this devastating right hand by Shamhalaev.
I was really pulling for Rad. But it was not his night. Here is that damn stand again.
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9. My friend Sean winning his fight. He eventually finished with a rear naked choke. It can be hard watching friends fight. It is good to see them win though!
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10. Who doesn't like ring girls?
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Comments

  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,939 moderator
    edited March 1, 2013
    Awesome!

    Do you have the ability to move around or are you locked in position?
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  • ZerodogZerodog Registered Users Posts: 1,480 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2013
    No moving at all for this event. I had my spot and could not even stand up during the fights. For most fights there is not much room to move any way. And if you get up to get a better shot, it never fails. They change position and you HAD the perfect spot.
  • MDalbyMDalby Registered Users Posts: 697 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2013
    Very nice! Great job
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  • KikopriceKikoprice Registered Users Posts: 153 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2013
    Great job Rob. How was it being that close to the action?
  • ZerodogZerodog Registered Users Posts: 1,480 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2013
    Thanks guys!

    Kikoprice, to tell you the truth it is the only way I have ever been to a live fight of any kind. Ringside shooting! So this was just another night of fights and time to do work. But yes, ringside is pretty awesome. And this was the biggest production i have ever shot. You hear the guys talk to each other, hear the ref, hear the punches and kicks. You even feel really hard shots through the floor of the ring. I have been sprayed with water, sweat and blood. The first fight I ever shot I got sprayed with blood from a guy getting hit in the mouth in about the first 30 sec of the fight. That made it all pretty real really fast.
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