FRAMES: Mixed Martial Arts Championships
July 27th, 2012 by Meegan ReidI’m finally getting around to posting a few of Larry’s shots from the recent Mixed Martial Arts fight at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion.
Covering MMA is fun but also tough because:
1) It can be a really tricky lighting situation with only those ring spotlights.
2) It can get pretty bloody and we can’t show that kind of gore in the paper.
3) You can get stuck shooting through the ring fence since above
the ring photo positions are very limited (and all I have to say
about that is, if you are in one of those coveted
“card-carrying/real-life” photographer shooting positions, and an
actual accredited newspaper photographer asks to shoot 1 bout from
that position because they have a job to do, don’t give them
attitude and deny them access to that position since that it
ACTUALLY what the spot is for and it’s their job to be there, so
just share the space and let them get the shots they need…trust me
we are very nice and we will not hog your coveted spot nor will we
be there for long, we just need a few shots from that angle and we
will move on to a new one…I mean geez, we’d make room for you. Okay
I’m stepping off of my soap box now). 
Anywho, here are a few from Larry’s shoot:
MMA fans watch at ringside as Brock Gorang, of Bremerton, battles Adam Loredo, of Aberdeen, in the cage at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion Saturday night. (LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN)
MMA fighter Brock Gorang, of
Bremerton, tangles up Adam Loredo in their 185 pound match at
the Kitsap Sun Pavilion Saturday night. (LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP
SUN)
MMA fighters warm up backstage
before the bouts begin at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion Saturday night.
(LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN)
MMA fighter Jeremy Potter
blocks a kick from Terran Mace at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion Saturday
night. (LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN)
MMA fighter Eugene Mullens Jr.,
of Tacoma, gets pinned in a corner by Freddy Bauman, of Eatonville,
in his bout at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion Saturday night. (LARRY
STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN)
MMA fighter Brock Gorang, of Bremerton, enters the ring for his bout at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion Saturday night. (LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN)
MMA fighters Dane Drake and
Kyle Kautzman meet in a 155 pound bout at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion
Saturday night. (LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN)
MMA fighter Terran Mace, of
Eatonville, warms up in the lockerroom with his coach Brad Pole
before his bout at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion Saturday night. (LARRY
STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN)
Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group
August 1st, 2012 at 8:44 am
Sweet! I was at that fight and saw Larry. I can’t believe the people posted above the cage were so snooty! Well, there goes my facebook “like”.
How did Larry get the shots without the chainlink?
August 1st, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Great shots, wondering if there are more photos from this event as well?