Casey Blair

From The Great Outdoor Fight

Champion of the 2001 Fight, Casey Blair is the only champion to ever be thrown out of an interview with Bob Raffles, after an interview of fifteen minutes which consisted of Blair rattling off a nonstop series of insults at the famed commentator. When asked by another interviewer why he had conducted himself in such a fashion, Blair simply replied, "Pansy flower-talkin' guy always pissed me off." Though not particularly cantankerous, Blair acquired a reputation for being nearly incapable of addressing anyone without adding some sort of insult.

Blair's first fight was in 2000, when he attempted to emulate the famous 1973 victory and refused to take any sort of an army. Despite this fact, a loose coalition gathered around him regardless, drawn by his reputation for solid, no-nonsense beatdowns and a hearty helping of verbal abuse. Though he was poised for victory, he fell as twelfth man standing that year when he made the mistake of calling Haywood Moises Armstrong a "lying goddamn crater-faced motherfucker." Even enraging the man that would be that year's champion might not have stopped Blair, if not for the fact that he had realized - belatedly - that fighting all the battles himself had left him exhausted and ill-prepared for the final day of the Fight.

Returning as a contestant with a minor following amongst some Fight fans, Blair proved himself to be at the least capable of learning from his mistakes, and this time he pointedly gathered an army, keeping himself and his troops well-rested until the evening of Day 1 and carefully ensuring that the strongest members of his army were the first ones who went down, leaving him well-poised to take out his soldiers early on the final day and face the remaining competitors himself in peak form. Blair was forced to face future champion Cortez Boyer early on that day, and went on record as saying that Boyer "could be quite a fighter if he weren't so damned high-steppin'."

Unfortunately for Blair, his final fight of the day was a team effort, putting him against three comers. While he successfully took them down in rapid succession, he sustained heavy injuries, including three broken ribs and a shattered left leg. He was one of the few champions to be bedridden immediately following his victory. Although his fans encouraged him to qualify for the 2002 fight, he declined, assuming (most likely correctly) that it would have been an almost certain loss for him.

By the time 2003's fight rolled around, Blair was back in fighting shape, and was poised as a favorite for a returning champion. However, during his first fight of Day 1, intended largely for showing off, he accidentally tripped, fell facefirst on a glass bottle, and was knocked unconscious by his opponent. Officially, he was 2893rd left standing. This led directly to Vance Eggbert becoming the champion that year, as well as Blair refusing to enter future fights "on account of me makin' a fool out of myself."

Blair has since found employment as a physical trainer, where his inability to provide any sort of positive reinforcement works to his advantage. He has been described by his clients as "intense," and most claim that their primary motivation for being better is to have the opportunity to smash Blair's face in.

[edit] Record

• 2000 - eliminated day 3, 12th left standing.
• 2001 - Champion, Last Man Standing.
• 2003 - eliminated day 1, 2893rd left standing.