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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ibrahim Camara (ranked 75 p4p, 10 weight class) and Blake Phoenix (ranked 489 p4p, 78 weight class). Blake Phoenix told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ibrahim Camara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blake Phoenix!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phoenix.
A lazy left from Camara finds it's target.
Phoenix connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Camara's hands.
Camara misses with a body punch
enabling Phoenix to counter with a crisp jab.
Camara misses with a hook.
Phoenix throws a looping overhand right but Camara ducks down to avoid it.
Camara swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Phoenix counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Camara has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Captain Turturro`s Pirate Ship in the buildup to the fight.
Phoenix uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Camara.
Camara jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Phoenix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Camara lands the left hand.
Camara dodges the punch combination from Phoenix.
Camara takes one to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Camara throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phoenix.
Phoenix looks to score with a jab to the body but Camara is just out of range.
Phoenix misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Camara.
Camara lands with a hook. Phoenix tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Camara blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Camara. Phoenix does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix throws a jab but it's blocked by Camara.
Camara misses with a straight left.
Nice straight punches there by Camara. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Camara.
Camara closes the distance and clinches.
Phoenix throws a punch but it's blocked by Camara.
Phoenix lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Phoenix throws a punch but it's blocked by Camara.
Phoenix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Phoenix lands a hook that snaps the head of Camara backwards.
Good body shot from Camara.
Camara lands a right hand.
Camara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Phoenix's elbow.
Phoenix swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Phoenix prevents a body shot from Camara.
Camara taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Phoenix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Phoenix fails to land.
A short uppercut from Camara.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Camara misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Camara.
Phoenix working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Camara lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Camara scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The referee is keeping an eye on Camara - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Phoenix misses with a hook from the clinch.
Camara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Phoenix breaks from the clinch.
Phoenix ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Camara moves away.
Phoenix keeps the fight on the outside.
Phoenix walks into a left hand.
Phoenix closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A shot to the liver by Phoenix. Beautiful body shot.
Phoenix works the jab nicely.
Phoenix thuds his right hand into Camara's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Camara uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Phoenix.
Camara is looking to clinch but Phoenix is avoiding it.
Camara closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short right from Camara on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Camara closes the distance and clinches.
Phoenix doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Phoenix breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Camara moves in looking to clinch but Phoenix pushes him off.
Camara fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Camara takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Phoenix has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Camara moves away from the strike by Phoenix.
Phoenix takes a swing at Camara's ribcage but misses.
Camara tries to counter by clinching up but Phoenix breaks away and moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Phoenix. Beautiful body shot.
Camara throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Camara moves away from the strike by Phoenix.
Camara takes a swing at Phoenix's ribcage but misses.
Camara moves out of range as Phoenix strikes.
Camara misses with a hook. Phoenix ducked under it nicely.
Phoenix throws out a counter right but Camara avoids it with no problem.
Phoenix ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Camara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phoenix manages to avoid it.
Phoenix doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Camara takes a swing at Phoenix's ribcage but misses.
Camara rushes Phoenix and presses him up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phoenix escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Camara clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Phoenix fails to land.
Phoenix can't find room to land a body shot as Camara controls the action.
Phoenix blocks an uppercut.
Camara tries to work over Phoenix's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Phoenix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Camara lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Phoenix.
Phoenix pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Phoenix throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Phoenix looks to land a right hand but Camara moved out of range.
Phoenix connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Camara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Phoenix was well out of range. Poor timing from Camara.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Camara jabs Phoenix to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Camara ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Phoenix swats away the attempt to clinch by Camara.
Phoenix scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Camara doesn't seem bothered though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ibrahim Camara will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Camara misses with a wild body shot.
Camara looks to clinch
enabling Phoenix to counter with a crisp jab.
Camara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Camara takes a swing at Phoenix's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Camara misses.
Phoenix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Phoenix lands a jab to the nose.
Phoenix misses with a looping right.
Camara misses with a straight left.
Camara misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Phoenix! But no joy.
Phoenix throws an overhand right that lands on Camara's shoulder, as Camara tries to avoid the shot.
Camara is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phoenix misses with a body shot
and Camara counters with a nice body shot.
Phoenix just misses with a punch to the body.
Camara closes the distance looking to clinch
and Phoenix counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Phoenix lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Camara at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix misses with a hook.
Camara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phoenix manages to avoid it.
Blake Phoenix seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Phoenix lands a jab.
Phoenix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Camara misses the target.
A shot to the body from Camara misses
and Phoenix counters with a straight right hand.
Camara lands with a good body shot.
Camara ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Camara staying out of range there.
Camara was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Phoenix misses with a straight right.
Camara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Phoenix throws a body shot but no joy.
Camara is looking to wear down Phoenix with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Camara misses the shot to the body.
Camara misses with an uppercut. Phoenix saw that one coming.
Camara throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Camara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Camara misses with a wild body shot.
Phoenix is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Phoenix listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Camara fails to land with a series of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Camara misses with a hook
and Camara takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camara has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Camara there as he acknowledges the shot.
Camara is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Phoenix.
Camara fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Phoenix on the side of the head.
Phoenix misses with a hook. Camara ducked under it nicely.
A cross from Camara lands.
Phoenix uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Camara has time to react.
Phoenix scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Camara lunges at Phoenix with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Phoenix's hand.
Camara swings for the body but Phoenix moves out of range.
Camara wants to clinch up but Phoenix keeps it at a distance.
Phoenix uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Camara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Camara clinches up with Phoenix and pushes him back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Camara.
Phoenix breaks from the clinch.
Camara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Phoenix uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Camara.
Camara has closed the distance and engaged Phoenix in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Phoenix.
Phoenix swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Camara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Camara pushes Phoenix back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Phoenix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Phoenix misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Phoenix.
Phoenix working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Camara - that landed with a thud.
Phoenix prevents a body shot from Camara.
Camara will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Phoenix up against the cage.
Phoenix tries to break free but Camara pushes him back against the cage.
Camara lands a right hand that snaps the head of Phoenix backwards.
Camara pushes Phoenix back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Phoenix presses Camara against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Camara swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Camara softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Phoenix has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Camara seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Phoenix can turn it around.
Camara lands a right hand that snaps the head of Phoenix backwards.
Phoenix prevents a body shot from Camara.
Camara working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phoenix misses with the head strike.
Camara throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Phoenixs head.
Phoenix wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Camara lands a nice shot to the body.
Phoenix misses with the head strike.
Phoenix breaks from the clinch.
Camara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Phoenix uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Camara.
Camara with a hook.
A jab from Camara misses.
Camara slips a straight right by Phoenix.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Camara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Phoenix.
Phoenix on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Camara misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ibrahim Camara will probably get the nod.
That's time! Camara's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Camara clinches with his opponent.
Phoenix is trying to force a seperation but Camara has the dominant position.
Phoenix fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Phoenix misses with a body punch.
Camara scores with a shoulder strike.
Phoenix misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Camara.
A shot in the inside from Phoenix.
Camara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Phoenix misses with the head strike.
Camara is stalling here.
Camara gets through Phoenix's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phoenix misses with a hook from the clinch.
Camara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Camara lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nice body punch from Camara - that landed with a thud.
Ibrahim Camara has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Camara lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Phoenix on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Camara.
Camara lands a body punch.
Phoenix takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A shot in the inside from Camara.
Camara digs a right hand underneath Phoenix's ribcage. Phoenix let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Camara lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Camara on the inside.
Camara pushes Phoenix back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Camara.
Camara lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Phoenix looking to slow down the pace here.
Camara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Camara pushes Phoenix back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Phoenix.
Phoenix tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Camara's elbow.
Phoenix takes a shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Phoenix escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ibrahim Camara is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camara throws a body punch but Phoenix moves out of range.
Camara's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Phoenix connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Camara scrambles back to his feet.
Camara with a jab.
Camara lands a right hook to the body.
Camara slips under a jab.
Phoenix uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Camara.
Camara gets a clinch.
Phoenix is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Camara.
Camara misses with a punch to the body.
Camara prevents Phoenix from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Phoenix.
Camara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Phoenix's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Camara.
Phoenix tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix tries a body shot but Camara blocks it.
Phoenix has a couple of punches blocked by Camara.
Phoenix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Phoenix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Phoenix fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Camara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Camara lands a body shot in the clinch.
Phoenix misses with the head strike.
Phoenix tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Phoenix digs a right hand into Camara's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Camara's gas tank.
Phoenix has had enough of the clinch but Camara keeps him there for the moment.
Phoenix lands a left hand that snaps the head of Camara backwards.
Blake Phoenix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix has a couple of punches blocked by Camara.
Camara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Phoenix misses with some punches.
Phoenix tries a body shot but Camara blocks it.
Phoenix tries to break free but Camara pushes him back against the cage.
Phoenix breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Camara takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A big left from Phoenix misses.
Phoenix throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Camara moves away from the strike by Phoenix.
Phoenix swings for the body but Camara moves out of range.
Jab from Phoenix.
Phoenix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Phoenix's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Camara connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Phoenix scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Camara lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ibrahim Camara showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Camara, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ibrahim Camara!
In his post fight interview, Ibrahim Camara started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Blake Phoenix stepped up to the mic, saying 'That was a tough fight. I need a couple months off to train now.'.
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