Pictures that define the sport (Archive version, sans bullshite)

[Drastic]

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[SpacePotato]

Some favorite "atmosphere shots" I have taken at Pride events:

Opening of NYE 2004 Show

Rodrigo Gracie Entrance

Bushido 2 Stage

 

[SpacePotato]

Here are a few from the "Agony of Defeat" series:

Nino walks away from loss to Sakuraba

Arona pauses to stare at the ground for a moment while leaving the ring after The Slam

Semmy heads home after being beaten bloody by Sergei

 

[SpacePotato]

The "Randleman in Shock After Losing to Fedor" Series

On the way out of the arena, Kevin looks up to see the replay of Fedor submitting him on the big screen

After a few more steps he just stops and stares at the screen as they roll more replays

Still can't believe it happened; starts heading back to ring

Finally his buddies convince him it's time to give up on it and head back to the locker room

 

[SpacePotato]

Some Happy Moments:


Wandy Wins!

Gomi Wins!

Everybody Loves Saku!

 

[SpacePotato]

Saku and Mirko's cornermen assess the wreckage after Mirko beats Yamamoto

Ho-Hum, another day at the office (after beating Yamamoto)

 

[GoldenBoy]

 

[SpacePotato]

Some good pics from Bas vs TK in UFC

 

[SpacePotato]

And Bas vs Randleman. This series ends with one of my favorites

And I just love this one:
"Sure I took a hell of a beating; but at the end, I'm the one wearing the belt."

 

[Last Call]

To hell with those commercial pics, I shot all of these myself -

Erickson vs Monda

Burnell taps Jonet

'Sugar' Shane armbars Ed Herman:

BJ shook up the woooooooorld!

 

[Bill Parcells]

The personalities of Rampage and Wand can be summed up in this photo.

 

[elgorilla630]

heres some more

 

[Bill Parcells]

Dont mess with Russia

 

[FFA]

 

[FFA]

smashing machine

 

[FFA]

Wanderlei vs. Rampage

 

[x__stylez__x]

I love how Randleman scooped up Fedor after he was subbed....go show or respect

 

[Ancient Warrior]

Beautiful work Magnum. Great stuff.

 

[Magnum_TA]

No prob warrior. Plenty more where that came from...

 

[Castanza]

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