The Last Emperor and my MBP take a shot!

Not the movie, the fighter.  I was contacted last week regarding my availability of shooting for Affliction and their announcement of Affliction M-1 Global's "Trilogy", which took place on June 3rd.  Calendar was clear, and they accepted my rate/terms, so I jumped at the chance to work for the high end t-shirt company turned MMA organization.  

Unlike another upstart organization, which threw their dollars behind an internet sensation only to fall down flat on network TV, Affliction is carrying on with real events, featuring real fighters, whether they make it or not remains to be seen, but for the time being, they are putting together some interesting events.  Yesterday's event was focused on Affliction's prized possession, the #1 heavyweight in MMA, Fedor "The Last Emperor" Emelianenko and his return to face former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett.

Fedor is not a very imposing figure as far as fighters go, he's pretty quiet, most likely due to the language barrier, and just doesn't throw off the impression of being a beast.  In the ring however his performances are impressive as he's marched through a who's who of heavyweight MMA fighters, most recently UFC vets Tim  Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski.  Anyway, a pretty crowded presser at the Trump Towers in NYC made it a bit difficult to work different angles, but in the end I was pretty satisfied with the images made.  

Here's a point to ponder why is it at a presser for any type of fight sport everyone feels the need to raise their fists???  I'm not talking about fighters, per se, but others involved like Donald Trump and Mark Cuban.  Seriously, are they planning on meeting on the undercard or something?

Now for the near tragedy...as the presser ended my MacBook Pro took a drop as I was moving around to transmit...THUD!  Thankfully, the machine functions fine, however the same cannot be said for the cosmetics of the MBP as it suffered a MAJOR dent on the top of the body. So much for the sleek look of the MBP.

Of course you can't see it now, as it has a new home inside a matte black Speck See-Thru cover...a day late and a...nevermind.