Hey party people, apologies for the long break in content. We’ve been working ’til our fingers bleed on this latest video we’d like to present, Kingdom of Mayhem: Road to Dream Middleweight Championship, Part One. Over the last few weeks we’ve been chronicling Jason “Mayhem” Miller’s training for his championship bout (and rematch) against Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, who defeated the star of MTV’s Bully Beatdown in their first meeting by decision.
Mayhem is training hard, working with Romulo Barral to clean up his jiu jitsu, tightening standup with Justin Fortune, and pushing around with young wrestling standouts. This first video mostly covers his Jacare-specific training regimen.
So without further ado, Part One of our three part series, Kingdom of Mayhem: Road to Dream Middleweight Championship. Make sure to catch the fight on May 26th!
CREDITS:
shot and cut by E. Casey Leydon
produced by allelbows.com and Ryan Parsons
graphics and photos by Esther Lin estherlin.com
opening theme by Gregory Faust
music by Genghis Con genghiscon.wordpress.com
additional camera and lighting by Adam Sherer
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Nate Adams picturelabent.com
Justin Fortune fortunegym.com
Romalo Barral legacymixedmartialarts.com
and Ryan Harkness at Fightlinker.com, for helping find some important things.
Glendon
Good work.
May 13, 2009 @ 6:16 pm
Simon Foust
Really great job. I’m a longtime fan of Jason Miller, and it’s nice to see him taking a fight so seriously. Can’t wait to see it. And can’t wait to see more of these videos!
May 13, 2009 @ 6:47 pm
Wu Tang
OK, i have to say, watching your videos, it makes ME want to train harder and fight MMA! Your videos has that ‘jazz’ that sparkles! The HD does have to do with it, but its more than that, its the rawness and candidness of the fighter that is portrayed! Now i am doing research on which gyms are the best out there in SoCal, if i am serious, ill go out there (highly unlikely). Overall your videos creates an aura that is sublime. BRILLIANT!
May 13, 2009 @ 7:18 pm
de_surge
that was absolutely amazing great work I can not wait for more.
May 13, 2009 @ 10:21 pm
Matt
Amazing, amazing work!
Inspired me to get back to work on some videos when I have a chance.
Really good stuff, looking forward to episode 2.
May 13, 2009 @ 11:18 pm
mmafreak100
wow…great work…it is great to see mayhem so focused for this fight…can’t wait for part two.
May 14, 2009 @ 3:30 am
Omo Matt a
Phenomenal job guys. Very well put together. good job esther and casey.
May 14, 2009 @ 4:35 am
Jonas (the Whale)
Big up on the video!
With what camera set-up did you shoot this thing of beauty?
/best
May 14, 2009 @ 11:57 am
Esther
Hi Jonas,
We shoot everything on Panasonic HVX-200s.
But it’s not just the camera. :)
We have a few lights and Casey and our other shooter friend, Adam, are really great too.
May 14, 2009 @ 12:05 pm
asdfv af dz
absolutely amazing. great work, please keep the video content coming
May 14, 2009 @ 3:18 pm
Casey Leydon. Sr.
whuh ow!
awesome .
May 15, 2009 @ 7:30 am
Chris
Stop winning. You’re making everybody else look bad.
May 15, 2009 @ 8:06 am
raven
pleas post more videos of Mayhem, he will win for sure cause he is wicked awesome..go monkey!
May 18, 2009 @ 6:31 pm
Johnny
Yo Esther!
Have u tried the Canon 5D MKII?
Any thoughts?
Best regards.
May 21, 2009 @ 4:53 am
Esther
Hey Johnny,
If only I could afford a 5D MKII! I would use one if I had the money. I’ve played around with a friend’s for a few minutes and it was pretty.
May 21, 2009 @ 6:15 pm
fxyrslf
Brilliant production values as usual. There is nothing else close to this in mma.
Also - I’m feeling Mayhems Winning gloves and 10ac shirt.
May 23, 2009 @ 2:45 pm
Ola
Hey Esther!
What’s the theme song for this? (The song you play in the intro and the credits.) Beautiful song and beautiful video:)
Can you send it to me?
May 24, 2009 @ 12:58 am
Esther
Hi Ola, the song was specially composed for this series by Gregory Faust.
May 24, 2009 @ 2:39 am
scomofo
that was a ridiculously great video. way to go!
May 25, 2009 @ 10:05 pm
MMA+MILLER=LEGEND
MILLER YOUR AWESOME
GREAT DOC
Sep 07, 2009 @ 7:53 am