UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones Photos

Last night was UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones for the light heavyweight belt.  Jon “Bones” Jones (23) became the youngest title holder in UFC history by defeating Mauricio “Shogun” Rua with a TKO in the third round, ending Shogun’s reign as the light heavyweight champion of the world.

Jones’ long limbs proved to be too great of a challenge for Shogun, who got pummeled through 3 rounds, only to hit the mat with a bruised and battered face, and no title.  These photos highlight the speed and strength of Jones’ hits, and make me wonder how Shogun even made it to the third round.

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And if you’re still not impressed with Jones, how do you like the fact that hours before the biggest fight of his life so far, he stopped a robbery.  He witnessed a man breaking into a car in Newark, NJ and stealing some objects.  The suspect ran from Jones and his trainers when Jones tripped the man to the ground and applied an arm bar to restrain him until cops arrived.  Click here for the full story.

Jon Jones: “Too Big. Too Fast. Too New School.

Want more UFC photos? Check out my highlights from UFC 127 here. And come back April 30th for highlights from UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields.

NCAA BB

My most viewed blog post was on Sports Photography, so I guess I’ll give the readers what they want!  As a UConn-er myself and with March Madness coming up, I decided to visit ESPN’s website (for probably the 3rd time in my life) and see what they have for NCAA Basketball photos.  This is when I discovered Men’s College Basketball Week in Photos.  Each weekly gallery has about 9 photos, portraying the best moments captured during the games that week.  

Even though I don’t follow sports, I have to say the photos are always interesting to me.  These players are moving fast and you don’t know who’s going to have the ball next.  It takes impeccable timing to capture some of these great shots.  Have a look!

This is my favorite photo from this past weeks album:

(Brian Spurlock/US Presswire)

Sports Photography

Sports make for good news.  A lot of people skip straight to the sports section of a newspaper, or keep their televisions on ESPN.  A good action photo of players can enhance a story.  Not to mention, they’re really fun to shoot, and you get the best seat in the house.

From working as an Event Photographer at The Daily Campus, I have had the opportunity to photograph events at UConn.  As many may know, UC is very prideful of their sports teams, which makes shooting them very exciting.  I have photographed men’s and women’s ice hockey (I recommend you get a pair of fingerless gloves – I learned the hard way), and men’s and women’s basketball (the pride of UC).

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