Ultimate Reno Combat 32

I had the pleasure of working Ultimate Reno Combat 32 on Friday the 13th at the GSR. Once again Rick Collup (http://www.ultimaterenocombat.com/Ultimate_Reno_Combat/home.html)  put together a great card with 2 title fights. 9 of 10 bouts ended in either KO or submission as URC proved once again, nobody puts on more exciting MMA shows then them. In the picture above you can see me in my position right after one of the fights. It's a birds eye view that allows me to follow all the action. I can't think of a better thing to do on Friday the 13th then spend it working as a hand held camera operator for Ultimate Reno Combat 32.

Here's a couple of shots of fellow camera op Mark in the ring. And across the way you can see Steven in a similar position to mine. We all love working sports video production but especially MMA fights.  Mark would get all the video shots of the fighters as they entered the showroom and follow them as they entered the ring. He'd also be in the ring for all the after fight interviews and announcing.

Here's a picture of ring announcer, Greg DeLong talking with Craig Moss our Director outside of our burning man production mobile. The stage at the Grand Sierra is so huge we can drive the truck onto it which really makes our cable runs short and allows for a quick setup. We streamed it live on GoFightLive.com.

Here's a couple of pics of me in position and standing outside of my platform. As you can see these are deer hunting platforms that work perfect for our use.

Here's our crew with Rick Collup after the evenings entertainment. In the main event, Brandon Ricetti (5-2) defeated Jesse Romero (2-2) via TKO in round two, to become the new URC Lightweight Champion. It was a back and forth first round with the former champion mixing things up as Ricetti tried to settle in and implement his attack. In the second, after some Greco-Roman clinch work, Ricetti got a takedown on the winded Romero. From there, Ricetti took half mount and delivered a series of punches until the ref finally called a halt to the action. Ricetti's best weapon was his conditioning as the stoppage was more due to the continuation of punches rather than the strength of them. Ricetti took Romero's back and continued to punch. Romero was too tired to defend himself while Ricetti kept punching and punching until the end.

In the co-main event, Terrell Bosen (3-0) defeated Will Hinrichs (1-1) by kimura submission hold in round one to become the new URC Heavyweight Champion. Bosen is a heavy puncher with both previous wins coming via first round KO but he showed he is equally as dangerous on the ground getting a tapout victory in under a minute. Bosen attacked from the opening bell landing a huge right that dropped Hinrichs. Hinrichs got back to his feet and was able to land a takedown himself but when things hit the mat Bosen isolated Hinrichs' left arm to set up the fight ending submission. With only 3 amateur fights under his belt, the sky is the limit on how great Bosen can eventually become. 
It was another great evening of MMA fights and Your Reno Camera Guy was there to capture it all.