MMA Away!

I shot my first MMA match last Friday (Feb. 19th) in Anderson, South Carolina.

It was amazing!!!! I can honestly say I have never been as excited about shooting as I was there!

One of our lower quarter classmates, Charles Wright, got both me and Michael into the event through a participating fighter.

The night was amazing! It was hosted by ISKA (click the hyperlink for more info) and their president, Cory I. Schafer actually gave me his card to send him my best image of the night. I have yet to hear back from him but it was a wonderful opportunity none the less.

We were able to get ring side and I somehow fell into the good graces of one of the refs, Dale Frye. He was so nice! He helped me get a good spot right next to the net, and sitting beside Marty Garner, aka Cham-Pain. He’s an ex(?) wrestler for the WWE and was great company throughout the fights.

I had to delete a lot of images as I went since my SD cards kept filling up so fast, so I didn’t get as many great ones from the night as I would have hoped. It was my first time doing something like this too so I have plenty of room for improvement and, more than that, a driving will to get damn good at this.

Here are a couple of my favorite images of the night:

Quotable Quotes:

“I only want to be known as the best ever. Is that too much to ask?”

~ BJ Penn

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