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00:00 50 fights on the resume of Willem "Wrecking Ball" Rake.
00:12 Yeah, the experience is...
00:15 Round 1.
00:16 ...6 3-minute rounds.
00:17 They touch gloves and straight away the jab on the point for John LaRuscia.
00:25 Looks pretty quick early, doesn't he?
00:27 Yeah, he's going to need to use all his experience here.
00:30 Willem Rake, he's going to...
00:34 I mean, that's what he's got in his arsenal that George doesn't have.
00:40 That's just what he's going to have to use.
00:42 He's going to have to utilize his experience, he's going to have to use the old tricks of the trades.
00:46 He's going to have to try to spoil it.
00:47 He's going to have to try to get right in there and he's going to have to try to rough it up.
00:50 Yep, exactly right.
00:52 He's again up against an experienced opponent.
00:54 LaRuscia comes in as a huge favorite in this one.
00:57 Again, remember, LaRuscia, his fight with Fano Cori that you and I called last year,
01:02 that did him the world of good.
01:04 Tough opponent because the fight before against Jack Dooloo just wasn't up to it
01:07 and it was over in 30 seconds.
01:09 That's not what you call experience.
01:12 That opponent wasn't up to the task.
01:14 And he's been carefully managed, which is a good thing by Tony Towles.
01:17 Oh, absolutely.
01:19 See, there you go. Rakes, definitely dangerous.
01:22 Yeah.
01:24 Middleweight main event.
01:27 Nice body shot there.
01:29 That bothered Rake a little bit there.
01:31 It was a nice powerful punch to the body there by Jordan LaRuscia.
01:35 He had a big rig in the corner basically.
01:41 He liked that body work as well.
01:42 It's like go to the body first and then go upstairs.
01:45 Body with the jab.
01:47 Did you hear it, Paul?
01:48 Yeah.
01:49 Yep.
01:50 Because he's got a big body.
01:51 Yeah.
01:52 Yep.
01:53 Because he's found a home for it.
01:55 Jordan, for this weight, he's just got such great size.
01:59 He's long, he's tall.
02:02 He's a student of the game.
02:04 He's patient.
02:06 And so he's got to utilize the assets that he's got.
02:11 He's got a nice stiff jab.
02:14 He's tough. He's brave.
02:17 Interesting fact about Jordan LaRuscia as well.
02:19 He's touted as a very good goalkeeper when he was younger.
02:22 But chose boxing over the world game as they like to call it.
02:26 Even tried out the giant Juventus.
02:30 How good is that?
02:32 Not as good as boxing.
02:35 I totally agree with you to be honest with you.
02:37 We don't...
02:39 Probably didn't like feigning injuries.
02:41 If he's got an injury in boxing, it's for real.
02:44 That's the trick of other sports, isn't it?
02:46 We try to show that we're not hurt.
02:47 Yeah, exactly.
02:49 Oh, that was nice work there by LaRuscia.
02:56 Oh, see that counter has landed.
03:02 Closing stages of our opening round of our main event of the evening.
03:12 [Bell ringing]
03:17 The crowd getting Jordan.
03:19 Again, they're intrigued by this battle.
03:21 Still a lot of people here at Perth Metro City.
03:25 The crowd's been magnificent all night.
03:27 So loud in support of the fighters.
03:30 I think this is again an evolution of Jordan's moment.
03:35 You don't want to come about and just wipe your opponent out in the first round.
03:39 You've got to use this guy.
03:40 You've got to use him for the rounds.
03:42 You've got to use him to get the experience under his belt.
03:45 You've got to find a way to get through it.
03:46 I think it's a really good match-up by Tony Dole.
03:49 Oh, 100%.
03:50 I think that first round gave him some questions that he's got to answer.
03:54 And I mean he was answering them well.
03:56 Look at the distance there.
03:58 But that's like what you just said.
03:59 That big overhand, right?
04:00 That seems to be the...
04:01 Maybe that's why he's called the wrecking ball.
04:03 Because it swings like a wrecking ball.
04:05 And if I was in the corner there, I'd be...
04:08 I mean that's his go-to.
04:10 He's experiencing that big overhand, right?
04:12 So Jordan can stay away from that.
04:15 Use his jab, his reach.
04:17 Try and do some jabs upstairs and then downstairs.
04:20 I think that's really going to pay dividends the longer this fight goes.
04:23 Round two.
04:24 And again in our fight I'm meeting with Jordan during the week.
04:26 He said he felt refreshed after six months off.
04:29 And his body feels good.
04:30 And it's probably showing in there so far tonight.
04:33 Yeah, well he needed some time off after that fight with Fanner.
04:36 But yeah, it was a brutal fight, wasn't it?
04:38 Tough fight.
04:39 Good fight.
04:40 Worthy of the Australasian title.
04:43 And it was a big jump from where, again, the fights before that we were talking about.
04:47 It was a big jump up, the class of Fanner.
04:49 Yeah, his body shots have taken some damage at the moment.
04:51 Those body shots, that's what got him.
04:54 Yeah, very nice.
04:57 Got him right in the corner, right in front of our commentary position.
05:00 He's got to drop to the body.
05:01 Just drop to the body.
05:02 Oh, nice left head there by Jordan.
05:07 He's got to go back down to the body.
05:08 That's what's going to pay the dividends here.
05:10 Yeah, listen to his corner as well.
05:12 The corner is like, you give the left uppercut and he threw it pretty much straight away.
05:19 We were talking about in the earliest fights as well, to work off the jab
05:22 but then use those combinations.
05:24 And that's what his corner is imploring him to work on.
05:28 There's a saying, if you're going to be able to hit him with the jab,
05:32 then you've got to follow up from that because you can't just sit there,
05:36 unless you've got a Larry Holmes jab.
05:38 Exactly.
05:39 You've got a jab that just puts him to sleep like that.
05:41 George Foreman, Danny Green even.
05:45 Yeah, got a great jab under the timelage of Angelo Haida,
05:49 one of the best trainers in the world.
05:51 But yeah, you want to follow up after the jab.
05:53 Jordan's doing a good job here with following up with his combinations
05:56 but he sets it back up, he doesn't try to rush it.
06:00 Yeah, again, his corner sees that.
06:03 We saw that little uppercut from, it could have been more from Rake.
06:09 But don't leave yourself open.
06:11 So the signs are there.
06:15 Yeah, he's getting a whole lot of work at the moment, Rake.
06:18 He's getting a whole lot of work.
06:19 Yeah, he's getting pushed back as well and the damage, that jab is on point.
06:23 You can see the marks on Rake's face starting to wear
06:27 and it's only in round two.
06:30 And I think he's slowing down.
06:32 Yeah, those body shots, that's what do it to you.
06:34 The body shots that are working for him.
06:37 Every time he's gone to the body first, he's really hurt him
06:39 and then he's been able to really finish off at the head.
06:42 So, yeah, it's just been important to there, there you go.
06:44 Oh, that bothered him then.
06:46 Rake's in a bit of bother here.
06:48 Started with the body and then finished him off.
06:51 Yeah, he's slowing right down and again,
06:53 he's mixing up the combinations quite well, Jordan LaRuscia,
06:56 body, head, the jab as well.
07:00 That was open there, it was lucky that didn't land flush.
07:10 For Rake, that is.
07:12 Oh, nice shots to the body.
07:18 Feeling those from ringside, aren't we, Paul?
07:21 Yeah, it's a really good round for Jordan.
07:23 It's like I said, he's improving better.
07:25 Every fight he comes to, he's always improving,
07:28 he's always learning, he's got a range of punches,
07:30 he's got a lot of answers to the questions at the moment.
07:34 He's boxing really well.
07:37 For those body shots, I'd just continue to,
07:39 if I was in Jordan's corner, I'd say,
07:41 "Mate, for the first half of the round, just punch his body.
07:45 Jab, rip, throw some hooks around it.
07:48 For the end of the round, if he goes,
07:50 he doesn't even need to wait up for anything.
07:52 If he throws a minute worth of body punches,
07:54 this fight will be stopped because he'll put him to sleep
07:57 after some body punches."
07:59 And Rake's doing well, he's tough because he's taking some--
08:02 He's tough, but I think he's breaking down.
08:04 Yeah, and that's what the body punches are doing to him.
08:07 So Jordan can just follow up with some body punches,
08:10 the head will be there.
08:12 It'll be ready to go.
08:14 Well, it's beginning of round three,
08:16 scheduled for six, and it's been some fantastic work.
08:21 Through two rounds for Jordan LaRuschi,
08:23 and he comes straight out with a jab again.
08:25 There's that rip.
08:30 He's getting faster and faster while Rake is slowing down.
08:40 Fast with the body, and that's where it's all up.
08:45 Oh, that hurt him.
08:47 He's in a bit of trouble now, Rake.
08:48 That was a beautiful left hook to the head.
08:51 Rake still throws back, but again,
08:53 there's a volume of punches coming his way
08:55 on behalf of Jordan LaRuschi.
08:57 Yeah, he's got no answers to the questions.
08:59 And it started, as you said, with the body punches,
09:01 really, at the start of round two,
09:02 and it's followed on in.
09:03 Look at that, just relentless body punches,
09:05 and that's what just opens it up.
09:07 But at the moment, Rake's just been a punching bag.
09:10 He's throwing back a couple of punches,
09:12 but they're not landing, and that's all--
09:15 I've seen fights stop for less than a minute.
09:17 Yeah, we've seen it tonight.
09:19 So--
09:20 Yeah, but yeah, he doesn't have the answer in the morning.
09:23 I mean, Jordan's just out-- he's just out-skilled, just--
09:26 yeah, and there's no-- Jordan's just impressive.
09:32 Bill Seth comes in to separate them,
09:34 and this is the volume of work, power, combinations, jab.
09:38 It's all on point so far for Jordan LaRuschi.
09:40 He's looking fantastic.
09:41 Yeah.
09:43 He's throwing a lot of body punches.
09:45 It's good for Jordan,
09:46 because there's a lot of pressure on Jordan.
09:48 Yeah.
09:49 It's not in the sense of his record.
09:51 It's more the fact that he may get disowned by family members.
09:54 There's rumors that if he doesn't win,
09:56 he gets booted out of the family.
09:58 Wow, that's a lot of pressure.
10:00 But again, a lot of pressure as well as a heavy favor.
10:02 There it is.
10:04 That is left hook.
10:05 That is done.
10:06 Good night.
10:07 It's over.
10:08 Out.
10:09 Done.
10:10 Dusted.
10:11 What a knockout by Jordan LaRuschi.
10:12 We saw it coming a mile away.
10:13 Body punch, body punch, and then a hook.
10:15 Yeah.
10:16 Uppercut, hook.
10:17 Oh, body shot upstairs.
10:19 Stays in the family.
10:21 Against a guy with over 50 fights on his record.
10:26 Stays in the family, that one.
10:27 Yeah, unbelievable.
10:30 I'm glad that Willem Rake is all right.
10:32 But, yeah, magnificent.
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13:08 Here we go, ladies and gentlemen.
13:13 About 12 of the evening here.
13:15 It is your Thunderdome 45 main event.
13:19 This bout should have been fought six rounds in the middleweight division.
13:23 This bout ended with one minute and 11 seconds remaining in the third round.
13:29 Your winner, by knockout, the blue corner, Jordan LaRucha.
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