Hugh "shout out " to the fighters at Bellator # 198

To all fighters from Bellator # 198 a Hugh "shout out" ...But especially to the many fighters that have fought on the XFO MMA mat's during their ammy and into thier Pro career.

Everyone of the below have fought in the XFO cages honing their MMA skills to get to the Bellator # 198 Cage ..Hoorah to one and all for making XFO MMA and Chi-town area fight fans proud.

-PJ Cajigas      Dan Stittgen      Matt Paul    Joey Diehl    James Bennett    Dustin Stusse

Adil Benjilany     Tom Angeloff      Sultan Umar    Adam Maciejewski      Robbert Morrow

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Cheers, Tomba 

It's time for Bellator #198 .....

It's 13 days out but ... Bellator # 198 isn't till Saturday April 28th at the Allstate Arena , Rosemont, Illinois.  But on a cold snowy day like today ,I figured its a good time to start getting "pumped" about it .

Since the the main event is the Heavyweight World Grand Prix  match of Fedor Emelianenko vs Frank Mir , it seemed like a good idea to revisit Fedor's last match in the Chicago area.  That match was Fedor Emelianenko vs Dan Henderson at StrikeForce's  July 2011 matches at the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates.

Strikeforce July 30th 2011         Sears Center  Hoffman Estates , Illinois

Was not the best night for Fedor since he lost by TKO\RSC in the first round .....

Since July 2011 , Fedor has had 2 wins in 2011, one win in each of the years of 2012-2015 -2016 . On 6/24/2017 he lost to Matthew Mitrione at Bellator # 180 by a KO at 1:14 of the first round.

That event's "photog pit" was one of the worst I have ever seen ...Completely out of control ...

 

Tomba ....

It's time for GLORY....Glory #50 slideshow of favorites and a link to the complete photo gallery posting

On Friday , February 16th, I had the honor to photograph the Glory 50 Kickboxing Championships at the UIC Pavillion in Chicago , Illinois.  For me and any Chi-Town Kickboxing fan the "fight of the night" was presented by one of the area's finest Kick boxing Champions  Richard Abraham and he didn't let his fans down ...It's always a pleasure watching Richard do his thing.

Hugh shout-out to Matthew Paul for his getting the "W"  over fellow Chi-town Robert Morrow , should be noted their match was the only Pro-Fight on the under card. Due to gig's I had earlier in the day, I arrived ringside as their match had just started.  Luckily I was able to snag a few shots of the match before Matt's  in the 1: 30 in Round 2 TKO.  Also a shout out to My Man ,Daniel Morales who may have lost the split decision  29-28 _ 29-28 _ 29-28  _29-28 _  30-27 ...But ALWAYS does a great job of representing Chi-town's fight scene.

Below the cover image of the UIC Pavilion panorama ,  there's a slideshow of a few favorite pic's of the night..............PLEASE NOTE THE SLIDE SHOW IS JUST A FEW OF MY FAVORITE PICKS, THE COMPLETE PHOTO GALLERY POSTING OF ALL IMAGES CAPTURED AT GLORY #50 IS RIGHT BELOW THE SLIDESHOW.

Click on images to view in a Light box              Below slideshow are a few favorite pic's

Complete Photo gallery posting can be viewed by locating link below slideshow 

The below link will take you to the photo galleries of images captured during  "Glory # 50"  in Chicago on February 16th 2018 .

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If the above link is broken, please visit www.tomba-images.com ...Locate the "Photo Galleries/ Commerce" tab in the banner, on the next page >>>click on "photo galleries". 

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Mark your calendar for Friday March 2nd for Hitz Professional Boxing  at the Belvedere in Elk Grove Village, give me a call if you need any information about this great boxing event.

Cheers, Tomba 

XFO # 62 Woodstock Harley-Davidson Feb-2018

On Saturday night , February 17th , 2018  the Midwest's Premier MMA Promoter "XFO MMA" once again held the extremely poplar and fan favorite event  "XFO # 62 " at the Harley-Davidson dealership which is located in Woodstock, Illinois....I love going to MMA matches at this venue, the fans , the bikes makes for a amazing night of MMA action.

Below the cover photo of  " Brian Peterson vs Jason Belyew" is a slideshow which contains  my favorite images of the night . Please NOTE THE SLIDESHOW'S ARE  NOT THE COMPLETE PHOTO GALLERY POSTING OF ALL IMAGES CAPTURE DURING THE XFO EVENT BUT MY FAVORITE IMAGES OF THE NIGHT. TO VIEW THE COMPLETE PHOTO GALLERY POSTING ON THE TOMBA-IMAGES COMMERCE SITE, LOCATE LINK BELOW SLIDESHOW.

To view the above image of "Peterson vs Belyew" in a full screen Lightbox , click on image.  This Art image is available in a 16" x 20" format, contact Tomba-Images for information.

Below slideshow contains Tomba's favorites from each match plus.  To view the complete photo gallery posting on the Tomba commerce site, please locate the link below the slideshow.

To view the complete Photo Gallery of  all folders  containing all the images captured at the XFO # 62 Fight Night,  please high-light and right click the below link.

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Mark your calendar for March 2nd, 2018  for the Hitz Boxing Night Fight at the Belvedere located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.....then its the Illinois 2018 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony  on Saturday March 24th at the Abbington Banquets  3S002 Illinois 53 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Please contact Tomba at "tom@tomba-images.com" or call/ text at 630-258 8930 if you would like information regarding these events.

Best regards,

Tomba