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PFC 5 - The Action

PFC 5 is in the books. Once again Prospect Fighting Champions show why they are the premiere amateur mixed martial arts promotion in Ontario. PFC 5 took place at the London Music Hall with VIP tables on the main floor and a great viewing angle on the second floor gallery. There were 13 great fights, an exciting card, and plenty of action. To see all of the images go to https://www.facebook.com/pg/prospectmma/photos/?tab=albums

Prospect Fighting Championships (PFC) is a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Organization based out of London, Ontario. The goal of the PFC is to provide a quality platform that allows Mixed Martial Artists in Ontario to develop and demonstrate their talents and prepare themselves for the professional level. Each year under the direction of C.E.O Jamie Champion, the PFC Corporation hosts a number of competitive Mixed Martial Arts events that showcase fighters from all over Ontario. Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, from a variety of combat sports and martial arts.

Mark Ruddick Photography is a full service London, Ontario photographer who specializes in fitness, boxing and mma photography

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Teaser Images for Athletic Series with MacKenna

Boxer / Kick boxer MacKenna came into studio a couple of weeks ago to shoot some general purpose images and for my implied nude athlete series. MacKenna's a natural athlete with good body awareness in space. We hit the standard poses and then tried for a couple fun ones.

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PAFC 4 - In the Books

Dozens of posters, 14 Fights, 4 title fight, a marathon editing session and PAFC 4 is in the books. I had a great time at the event and the London Music Hall was a wonderful venue. Thanks to Jamie Champion for a great night of fights. Below are a few of my favourites from the night.

If anyone wants prints, just let me know.

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PAFC 4 - Tomorrow Night

Tomorrow night is PAFC 4 at the London Music Hall. You can't buy tickets, but you can watch the PPV. This card is stacked with 4 belts being handed out. Top to bottom exciting fights. I'm really looking forward to the fights which range from Strawweight all the way to Super Heavyweight. I was glad to be part of the team for photographing and making the event posters. In addition I did up a banner for one of the fight teams participating.

Good luck tomorrow to all of the combatants.

Main Event
Light-Heavyweight Title Fight (205)
Nathan Grotenhuis vs. Tyler Kerr

Co-Main Event
Middleweight Title Fight (185)
Michael Guermoudi vs. Tobin Cornelius

Super-Heavyweight Title Fight (265+)
Lawrence Bonds vs. Jeff Fuchs

Strawweight Title Fight (115)
Tia Ardemia Biason vs. Anniestasia Nikolakakos

Calvin Reddick-Primo Vs. Scott Lamont

Leo Rodriguez vs. Gino Ghalehpardaz

Cody Chovancek vs. Jessie McPhee

Noah Crosswell vs. Matty Hovorka

Eugene Frisa vs. Ahmed Shishani

Courtney Hoefnagels vs. Colleen Mayson

Nigel Crosswell vs. Nate Ledger

Justin Ritchie vs. Bruce Miano

Isabelle Lacroix vs. Karolyn Pham

 

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PAFC 4 - VS Posters

I did a series of VS posters for PAFC's upcoming sold out event on August 13th at the London Music Hall. The event is available on Pay-per-View. I'm pretty stoked for some of these fights and I highly recommend buying the PPV.

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PAFC 4 Posters - The Third Batch

Third batch of posters for PAFC 4 at the London Music Hall on August 13. Thanks to Platinum MMA for letting us shoot the fighters for the promotional images. This is going to be a packed card and the fighters came in looking great 4 weeks out, they are going to be ripped come fight night. I know tickets are completely sold out for the event and pay per view is the only way to see it. That night the 145 and 205 belts will be handed out. I will be photographing the show.

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PAFC 4 Posters - The Second Batch

Second batch of posters for PAFC 4 at the London Music Hall on August 13. Thanks to Platinum MMA for letting us shoot the fighters for the promotional images. This is going to be a packed card and the fighters came in looking great 7 weeks out, they are going to be ripped come fight night. I know tickets are almost completely sold out for the event and pay per view might be the only way to see it. That night the 145 and 205 belts will be handed out. I will be photographing the show.

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PAFC 4 Posters - First Batch

PAFC 4 - Black Ties and Black Eyes / August 13th / London Music Hall / Live on Pay per View

Prospect Amateur Fighting Championships are going live on pay per view on August 13th. Thanks to Platinum MMA for letting us shoot the fighters for the promotional images. This is going to be a packed card and the fighters came in looking great 7 weeks out, they are going to be ripped come fight night. The venue for the fights is the London Music Hall. I know tickets are almost completely sold out for the event and pay per view might be the only way to see it. That night the 145 and 205 belts will be handed out. I will be photographing the show.

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PAFC 3 - Fight Pictures

PAFC 3 was a great event at Cowboys Ranch. 10 entertaining fights. I love shooting fights.

To see all of the pictures click here.

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PAFC 3 - Weigh Ins

I shot the PAFC Weigh Ins at Cowboys Ranch tonight. Pretty standard fare but it's always nice to connect with some of the fighters and other photographers. I'm excited for a number of the fights tomorrow night.

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PAFC 3 - Two Days Out

Posters are done, tickets are mostly sold, fighters are ready. It is shaping up to be a great night of fights at Cowboys Ranch with PAFC. Thanks to Jamie Champion for having me out, we've worked together a bunch of times over the last 2 years and he was the first promoter to get me to shoot his show.

  • 155lb Title Fight
    Adrian Brown vs Adam Weber
  • 145lb Title Fight
    Shane Monaghan vs Kyle Brockett
  • Scott Lamont vs Calvin Riddick-Primo
  • Brandon Collings vs Sean Meade
  • Randi Field vs MacKenna Van Boekel
  • Tyler Prudhomme vs Micheal Gigglioti
  • Nate Grotenhuis vs Jeremy Fuchs
  • Michael Guermoudi vs Mateo McFarland
  • Jesse Vigario vs Kyle Kerr
  • Jack Le vs Jamie Flick
  • Gino Ghalapardez vs Kris Archer

It was fun designing and shooting the posters. Always great to meet the fighters.

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PAFC Ring Girls

In addition to shooting the fighters for the PAFC promotional materials, I got to shoot with the ring girls for the event. Thanks to Jamie Champion for letting me get involved with the photography and design for PAFC 3 on March 5th.

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