La Boxing and Sugar Han Promotions Boxing at ABC
Ben from LA Boxig Arlington poses with the Sugar Han girls after winning his belt.
Andy Woods covered the night of fights at ABC in Springfield. Here is a link to his images and a brief recap will be up shortly.
http://www.mmafightpics.com/LA-Boxing-Fight-Night
Thanks to everyone for fighting and sorry I missed it.
Fairfax HS vs McLean
So last Friday night I had the chance to shoot my first HS football game, well half of it but either way here is my story.
I got to the HS early so I could check in and make sure everything was ok with me shooting from the field. I walk around taking warm-up picks, practice shots, check lighting, talk to a few regulars and wait for the game to begin.
The game starts off with Fairfax kicking off to McLean and had one of the hardest pops of the game that I saw. The game uptil half time was pretty much a back and forth battle.
Even with a slow start Fairfax’s Quarterback Jack Bechert has a career game with 153 yards with 4 touchdowns. Two of the touchdowns were to senior Alex Young who has amazing hands and at 6′1 is a great target. Running Back Anton Burns finished the night with 16 carries for 115 yards and a TD.
At halftime I went into the locker room and as the Rebels were celibrating as if they “just won the superbowl” assistant head coach Kevin Simonds put them in thier places and made them refocus on the game at hand. Coach reminded them that the week before Mclean was down 17-0 at the half and came back to win. I think his pep talk helped the Fairfax Rebels coming out and handing McLean a 55-17 loss.
It has been a while…
Well sorry I haven’t posted anything in a while. I have been busy trying to get everything in order for a full on assualt of local shows. By that I mean boxing, mma, bands, weddings and anything else in life you can think of that you would consider a show.
I have invested in new gear, made some new contacts and is really exciting about making an end of the year run.
Since I have been gone I have shot Pro Boxing from the Patriot Center, Pro MMA also at the Patriot Center, numerous amature mma events around the area. And it is not going to stop. Our sister site www.ThroughTheCage.com is taking off like a rocket and if you are interested in going to the next Pro/Am MMA event at the Dulles Sports Complex on Nov. 7 head on over there for a link to buy tickets and get the special TTC discount!!!
Valhalla 10 Collision
Valhalla Fights brought a packed card to the Dulles Sportsplex on Saturday night. The doors opened at 6 and the fights were scheduled to start at 7. With the amount of people that showed up the fights had to start a little late. That was no problem there were plenty of vendors on hand including Chokem, the US Air Force several others and the band The Gypsy Sons.
Once the fights started it was on!!! From the first round of Mike Butler who defeted Marcus McCain with an arm-bar to the 19th and final fight of the night Caleb Ball who won the Valhalla 170lb title over Tyler Hopkins with a TKO in the second due to elbows. The night was packed.
I will have images up shortly so stay tuned!
Images are available now for purchase and digital download. If you would like a bulk purchase please contact me at mike@weshootshows.com
Mike
Operation Octagon
Operation Octagon at Hoop Magic in Chantilly VA on March 14th was a jam packed 17 bout, three title fight night. There was a packed house that showcased some of the best MMA fighters in the DC metro area. Every fight was filled with action for the entire fight including several tap outs and knock outs.
Event coverage by Andy Woods email @ andy@weshootshows.com
Boxing at the Winchester Sportsplex
Last night was a great night of boxing at the Winchester Sportsplex thanks to Left Hook Promotions, No Offseason Wear and LA Boxing.
The card was packed with 6 action packed bouts. Fighters from all over the world entered the ring including Mongolia, Nigeria and states from Michigan, North & South Carolina, Maryland and of course Virginia!
The night started out with Justin Ridgway’s pro boxing debut against Calvin Aughtry. The fight was a 4 rounder that went the distance. Ridgway won a unanimous decision for his first pro win. The next fight was Danny Shull from Lancaster, VA and Abashi Adbloyt pro debut from Nigeria. This was another 4 rounder that went the distance with Danny pulling a unanimous decision on the cards to send him to 1-5-0. Next fight up was Scott Hossaflook and John Stewart. Scott edged out another unanimous decision after 4 rounds to give him his first win. Next for the evening was John Haggler vs. Benito Fernandez. Haggler KO’d Fernandez in the second round to boost his record to 19-3-0. Next on the card for the evening was Warren Clatterbuck vs. Dave Spercher. This was the co-main event. This fight was action packed from Round 1 till the final bell rang in round 6. Clatterbuck pulled out the decision to boost him to an undefeated 8-0-0. The main event was scheduled for 8 rounds. “The Mongolian Mongoose” Bayan Jargal vs Reggie Nash (9-21-1). Mongoose KO’d Nash in the 3rd round to improve his record to 11-0-1.
Winchester Sportsplex is a great venue and I look forward to shooting more fights there. I am currently editing over 1000 pictures that I took last night so keep checking.
I just finished editing the images from the fights, yes it is 1am and I am still doing this. To view the images CLICK HERE!!!
If you have any questions about the pictures feel free to contact me at mike@weshootshows.com
Mike
MMA in the Valley XV
MMA in the Valley XV
Once again Squared Circle Promotions put on a night of fights that was worth the trip. The night was packed with ten fights two of which were title fights and two exhibitions.
The first three fights of the night did not make it out of the first round and were fast pasted hard hitting fights. The action all night was so fast pasted I did not have time to keep track of all the wins and losses, but the pictures will tell the story.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at mike@weshootshows.com
Squared Circle Promotions Boxing/Kickboxing 01-17-2009
The fights all went off last night without a hitch. Andy Woods was the photographer and has posted the images. Andy took some great shots. If you would like to check them out or purchase a few feel free. You can get to the images by CLICKING HERE.
VFL 14
Last night in Winchester, VA I witnesses some of the areas best up and coming MMA fighters. The show was great, the staff was great and everything went great. There was not a bad fight the whole night. Now, with 15 fights that is a great ratio.
I will have the images from the night up shortly. I have the images up, I want to thank “The WildChild” CR Hess for lighting a fire under my ass first thing this morning to get the images done.
If you would like to shoot me an email.
10-18-2008 NoVa vs MD Boxing
This was supposed to be a great event for me. I was actually supposed to be fighting in this event. Bad news when you tear a rotator cuff, the docs just dont seem to want to let you fight.
In any event it was a great time. All the fighters put on a great show and there was even an exhibition match with 10 year olds.
Special thanks to ABC Sports Complex in Springfield, VA and to everyone who helped make this event a success.
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