My edit of images from UFC 105. MEN Arena, Manchester, UK. November 14th, 2009.

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Ultimate Challenge MMA. Fighting for Heroes. December 5th, 2009.

The London based MMA outfit put on events in the heart of East London. The organisation (which has saw a name change from Cage Rage in 2008) has seen many big names fight under their banner including Mike Bisping and Paul Daley.

The events are held at the Troxy theatre with the fighters warming up and cooling down in the many small dressing rooms and hallways. 

It was interesting to be able to hover between the dressing rooms capturing each fighter prepare and to see the coaches and corner men assist the fighters. Whilst one guy would be preparing he would be interrupted by the previous fights winner or looser telling the tale of the fight as they saw it to their supporters. 

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Behind the scenes at UFC99 as it ran in Nuts magazine. 

The feature included images from the prefight weigh-in, the British locker room and cage side action. 

Secrets of the UFC.

Very few people get the chance to spend a few hours backstage of a UFC event. During UFC99 in Cologne I spent the duration of the undercard in the British fighters locker room. Dan Hardy, Paul Talyor, Terry Ettim and Paul Kelly were sharing the warm-up area.

The atmosphere was much calmer than I had expected with each fighter going about his pre-fight routine without fuss. There was a sense of respect between the fighters, each one supporting the other and no one wanting to let down the other Brits. Each of the 4 Brits recorded victories at the event. 

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A selection of my images from UFC89. 18 October, 2008 at the NIA in Birmingham. 

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I was luck enough to get some great access to the training camp of the UFC's Dan Hardy. He trains in Nottingham with his Rough House stable mates. 

It was great to get a glimpse into a professional fighters life, from shifting heavy weights, sparring and hill running to chilling in between sessions. 

I spent 2 days with Dan and the images ran as a 3 page feature in Nuts magazine.

Images from my time spend following dan hardy in nottingham feature in MMAUNLTD. The images were used in the January 2010 issue to accompany Dan's monthly column. 

UFC's John Hathaway

UFC fighter John Hathaway training at London Shootfighter. John was training for his bout against paul taylor at UFC105 in Manchester.

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testing in the studio.