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Yamaha PM5D is Winner at Ultimate Fighting Championship
November 14 saw thousands of fight fans flock to Manchester's MEN Arena to witness the latest event in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a sport recently valued at $1bn. With the event being broadcast live to countries around the globe, everything had to be ultra-reliable, which is why front of house engineer Ant Standring chose a Yamaha PM5D-RH mixing console.
UFC is hoping to bring a whole new dimension to organised, unarmed combat as a spectator sport. Its ‘no-holds-barred' beginnings now a thing of the past, the concept is to have a tournament of the best athletes skilled in various disciplines of all martial arts, including karate, jiu-jitsu, boxing, kickboxing, grappling, wrestling, sumo and other combat sports.
One of the fastest-selling shows in UFC history, the Manchester event saw 11 bouts, climaxing in Randy ‘The Natural' Couture getting the better of Brandon ‘The Truth' Vera.
"With the number of channels I was using, theoretically I could have used one of a number of mixing consoles," say Ant. "But when you bear in mind it was being broadcast live to something like 90 countries worldwide, I needed something that I would be 100% certain wasn't going to let me down. That's the main reason I chose the PM5D-RH."
Supplied, along with the rest of the audio system, by London-based Capital Sound Hire the PM5D had around 32 input channels, made up of VT feeds, commentators and the event's master of ceremonies.
"Some VT is broadcast live, some only to the arena and some a combination of both," says Ant. "At any one time I could be listening to up to four different comms feeds for various camera and program directors. I was mixing partly for the live audience and partly for the main OB truck, so it was actually quite a strange show to mix."
Yamaha's presence at the event was not limited to the main console. UFC also features events taking place the day before each arena bout, including question/answer and meet and greet sessions for the growing number of fans. Here a Yamaha LS9-16 was the console of choice, with an LS9-32 used at the televised weigh in.
10th December 2009
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