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Elation IP-rated rig highlights BYB Extreme Fighting series

William Mooney, lighting designer for BYB Extreme Fighting, a bare-knuckles form of boxing, is using an IP-rated Elation Professional lighting rig to highlight the action inside the ring while supporting the atmosphere outside the ring.

Although the fights take place indoors, Mooney uses a multi-environmental IP65-rated rig. “To have most of the rig LED and then have the IP rating on top of it, it gives me a greater level of confidence and comfortability”, he says. “If it’s not going to fail outdoors in the rain, it’s not going to fail indoors.”

At the BYB Extreme 5 event, which took place at the Miami-Dade County Fair Expo Center in Miami on May 15th, Mooney’s rig consisted of 6 Proteus Hybrid and 6 Proteus Rayzor 760 moving heads, 54 SixPar 200 IP and 10 SixPar 100 IP Par lights, 4 DTW Blinder 350 IP and 2 DTW Blinder 700 IP white light effects, and 2 TVL 2000 LED panel lights. He also incorporated 18 12PX Hex and 8 WiFly EXR Hex5 IP lights from Elation’s sister company ADJ. Master Sound Productions of Miami supplied the lighting gear.

For ring lighting, SixPar 200 LED Pars at full white give a balanced coverage at 5800 K and running about 140 ft candles. Mooney diffuses the SixPars using Rosco filters to break up the individual LED look. The LD says he uses a lot more color than most do in boxing events, which he tones using the ADJ fixtures, often in shades that represent the fighter’s nationality.

Mooney uses the Proteus Hybrid moving heads between rounds for spots, ballyhoos and breakup wall art while the Proteus Rayzor 760s run ballyhoos as spots and washes across the audience. During the action, being careful not to flash light through the ring, the Hybrids go to wall art, while the Rayzors keep the audience lit for the camera shot and depth of view.

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