Julio: Fight Day

From hand wraps to the final hug. A fight-day story following one Muay Thai fighter through every hour of the night.

A Muay Thai fighter in red gloves standing in the ring

CategorySports documentary

DisciplineMuay Thai

RolePhotographer

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Overview

Fight day is mostly waiting: wraps, pads, the mongkol and garland, prayers with the corner and the long walk to the ring. This story stays with Julio through all of it, then through the fight and the release afterward.

Approach

Black and white for the quiet, interior moments backstage, color once he reaches the ring. Always close, always moving with the team, never staged.

Black and white close-up of hands being wrapped

Kneeling in red gloves before the walkout

The mongkol and garland placed on his head

A quiet, emotional moment with his corner

Black and white portrait with the mongkol

Wearing a garland and serape before the walkout

Black and white walkout through the crowd

In the ring in red gloves before the bell

Hugging family and friends after the fight

Credits

PhotographerKeion @steezmedia
FighterJulio

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