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00:00Okay boys, obey my rules all the time.
00:02When I step back, break or stop, you must take a step back and do that.
00:06In case of a knockdown, send the boxers to go to the corner, the one I point at.
00:11Protect yourself at all times, touch them up, and let's go boys.
00:14So this is the first of the televised bouts, but it wasn't meant to be.
00:18In fact, it was meant to be Jasmine Parr and Jitamat Phomtar,
00:22but Jazzy Parr, she forgot her mouth guard.
00:25So there was a mad scramble back of house.
00:28They've been trying to heat up a new one, finding kettles and microwaves.
00:32It is all sorted, but they just had to change the order.
00:34So we'll see Jazzy Parr in a little bit right now, though.
00:37Truella is taking on the Fijian Tahikia, who came out swinging as well.
00:43And they just start to ease into the opening round of this one.
00:46Ben Damon in commentary alongside a couple of former champions in Ted Kofi and Liam Paro.
00:52Great to see the pair of you here.
00:54Ted, what are you expecting from Darren Garrett Truella?
00:57Yeah, thank you.
00:58Well, I'll tell you what, Kiyah is already throwing some fireworks and running and leaving caution to the wind.
01:04But from Truella, just expecting some great boxing.
01:08Tony does some great boxing out of the Bondo Boxing Club, and he should be on point.
01:13He looked very, very good in the first few seconds.
01:15Yeah, he is a class act.
01:17Darren Garrett Truella, no doubt.
01:19We're just seeing him here in his fifth professional bout.
01:22Liam, I don't know if you've seen him in action before, but what are your initial impressions?
01:26You've now watched 60 seconds of him.
01:28Yeah, mate, I've watched him a few times on the other No Limit shows, and this kid has a lot of skill.
01:33You know, you've seen his fights, four wins from four fights.
01:36So, bright future, and yeah, just as long as he keeps his head on your shoulders, it's going to be very exciting to watch him come through.
01:42So, that is Liam Paro, the former world champion you've just heard from there.
01:47And as we watch Truella just go one and two, nice left hand that jabbed away, and he followed it up with his power shot,
01:57and he drives to the body with that right hand as well.
02:00So, good moments in the middle stages of the opening round here for Darren Garrett Truella.
02:05But, Tahi Kiyah, he's there to fight, and he comes back with a couple of wild shots.
02:11That's a big power left hand from the South Pole, and he just tried to find Truella, who'll have to be awake, Ted,
02:18because it looks like Tahi Kiyah has a bit about him.
02:21Yeah, Tahi Kiyah does.
02:22He's got his strength that he's using as his primary arsenal here, and he's just trying to go for the kill.
02:27But Truella having to retreat, use his good boxing skill and fight as a counter puncher.
02:33Yeah, he's had to retreat plenty, that's for sure, because Tahi Kiyah, the Fijian, is chasing and throwing bombs,
02:40but he just sat down on one there.
02:43Stop, stop.
02:44Give me a shot.
02:45And...
02:46Box.
02:47Didn't see if that was a punch.
02:48Yeah, we'll have to have another look at that.
02:50I'm not sure they were both throwing shots, and then Truella went flying.
02:54So, an interesting moment there, but...
02:56Oh, nice right hand.
02:57Tahi Kiyah won't like it as he takes a shot, and then he drives forward himself, sprinting towards Truella.
03:03Yeah, you can see that Truella's just trying to slow the pace down, bring it to some kind of normality,
03:11because he's just getting overroared by the Fijian who's running in and trying to just go for the haymakers.
03:16Yeah, he's chasing him now and pushes him back against those ropes, and we will have a look in between rounds
03:21and exactly what did happen at that moment when Truella went down, because that's a fascinating moment in this opening round.
03:28Certainly not called a knockdown, but one thing we know for sure is the Fijian is absolutely here to fight.
03:37Tahi Ova, Tahi Kiyah.
03:39He's 2-0, and this was the moment.
03:43Oh, it was on the top of the head.
03:44Did you see that limb? Was it a punch, you think? I'm not sure.
03:50Yeah, definitely. I think that's a punch.
03:53It certainly was a punch. I think the feet will be important here.
03:56We can't quite see from there. Did he step on his foot at the same time?
03:59I guess that's the only... This will show us, don't we?
04:04So, well, from what we've seen, that should have been a knockdown.
04:06I think so, but, you know, it went his way, and he got out of the first round, which has always kind of settled the nerves a bit.
04:13Yeah, so fascinating stuff there with that shot around the top of the head from Tahi Kiyah, sending Truella down, but it was not scored a knockdown.
04:25It was messy, and it was fast, so you can understand John Couchie, or maybe he did see the feet tangle when we couldn't.
04:33Yeah, maybe. I mean, in a four-round fight, a 10-8 round is absolutely significant.
04:37It will change the whole trajectory of this fight, but let's see how it continues, if it goes the distance.
04:41There's some good moments for both fighters, but he's not here to muck around.
04:47Tahi Kiyah, he is strong and confident as well.
04:52And when Darren Garrett Truella can sit down on his ones and twos straight in front of him, he looks really strong.
04:57But when Tahi Kiyah's doing that, it's a difficult prospect.
05:02And here he goes again with Truella against the ropes, and he's unloading with both hands as well, is the Fijian.
05:09He's definitely come to fight. I think he knows what's on the cards.
05:12A hundred percent.
05:13There's some toe tapping as well, which is what you get with the southpaws and the orthodox.
05:18But that's it. He's got to slow it down a bit, Truella.
05:20But Tahi Kiyah, he does not want to slow it down.
05:24He is all action all the time, and he's racing forwards towards Truella, chasing again.
05:34What would you recommend here, Liam, that Darren Garrett Truella does against a man like this?
05:39Just not get too overexcited, you know.
05:43Just hold back a bit.
05:45I believe this guy's going to slow down a little bit coming on.
05:48He's got a lot of energy.
05:50And yes, there's only six rounds, but like Teddy said before, slow the pace down.
05:56Yeah, I mean.
05:58Just four rounds, this one.
05:59So that's why that knockdown, if it was one in the opening round,
06:03could be so very, very important in the grand scheme of things
06:08because he is not slowing down.
06:10Take Kiyah.
06:11And he's throwing wild shots, but Truella shrugs at him.
06:14Oh, there's a good shot again.
06:15The lead left hand from Take Kiyah gets through.
06:19Take Kiyah is throwing caution to the wind.
06:21He's here to fight.
06:22He's here to just punch in this.
06:24I mean, there seems to be no water, but what he's doing is obviously offsetting Truella quite a bit,
06:28and it's making it a very exciting fight.
06:30And again, a good shot from Truella, and immediately Take Kiyah came back with one.
06:35And as he took the shot, he retorted with some power, and he goes again around the sides.
06:43Is there something up the middle there for Truella while those punches are coming towards him?
06:47We've just got to pull something out of the windmill.
06:49Just go for the kill.
06:51That's what he's doing.
06:54His strategy of just swing and hit seems to be working on occasion.
06:59Shuffling towards the Fijian now is Truella.
07:03A little bit of a trickle of blood from his mouth and from his nose,
07:07as well as that power left hand of Take Kiyah comes towards him.
07:10That one fell short.
07:11Truella couldn't quite find him in counter.
07:13That one misses.
07:16And there's a counter shot again from Take Kiyah to the body.
07:20Yeah, Truella's got to stand straight and just throw them straight right hands.
07:23Just put him at bare boom.
07:24There you go.
07:24There's a good shot on the inside from Truella.
07:27Take Kiyah came back with something.
07:30A little fight here.
07:31Unbelievable.
07:32Wow.
07:32And look at all the redness around the neck of Darren Garra Truella as well.
07:37He is taking plenty.
07:39There's blood from the nose and the mouth.
07:42And he's red and marked up around his neck and upper body.
07:46And here's Tony Delvecchio on the corner.
07:55Wow, look at the shots, mate.
07:56Let me try.
07:57Let me try.
07:58When the guy comes in, you get the high guard up in the fence order.
08:01You get the high guard, get the fence guard.
08:03You need to get the fence guard.
08:04Let's get the fence guard.
08:05Bang, bang, go.
08:06Bang, bang, go.
08:07Bang, bang, go.
08:07Push him back.
08:08He's tired.
08:09He's going wild.
08:10He's going wild.
08:11You need to go wild.
08:12But I need you to work the shot.
08:13And you need to pick up your punch right.
08:15Okay?
08:17All right.
08:18We're in.
08:19Now let's go.
08:21Great.
08:25Well, this one is well and truly in the balance.
08:28There you go.
08:28It was a very good second round there from the Fijian Tahikia.
08:34Darren Garrett, Truella probably had the best of the opening round, but oh.
08:38He's definitely got his work cut out for him.
08:40And that is an awkward moment for Truella.
08:43The back foot just slides out as he was trying to get away from the power of Tahikia.
08:48And he found himself on the canvas again.
08:50That time definitely a slip, but an awkward one.
08:53And he's lucky he didn't injure himself in some way, but it won't faze Tahikia.
08:59And let's see what his fitness is like, the Fijian, as he tries to keep up this onslaught
09:04he's providing here in the opener in Sydney.
09:06Well, he's really fighting for his life, this Fijian.
09:09He's coming to just give it his all.
09:11And it's making for a really entertaining fight.
09:13And it's really, really offsetting Truella.
09:14Even though Truella's showing the better boxing, Tahikia is showing just the raw aggression
09:21and the power and the energy.
09:23I'd like to see Truella throw a few feints just to slow the pace a little bit.
09:26Yep.
09:27His foots are slipped out there again.
09:29Truella, there's a great counter shot from him, though.
09:31That right hand was really nice as the wild shot missed from Tahikia.
09:36And then he goes one and two to Truella.
09:39And this looks better for him.
09:41Yeah, the right hand.
09:42Down goes Tahikia.
09:44Now, that one's called a slip as well, so...
09:46I guess it's even Stephens.
09:47Perhaps.
09:48Maybe that's a square up from referee John Couchie.
09:53All right.
09:54We'll have to have another look at that one if this one gets to the round break.
09:58But Truella just starting to find his target here in round three.
10:03And there's a cut as well over the right eye of Tahikia.
10:08And he's a bit flat-footed here.
10:10Yeah, sorry, Ben.
10:10It's the straight right hand of Truella that's being effective.
10:13It was effective once or twice early.
10:15And it's making a lot of damage.
10:17Doing a lot of damage here.
10:18Tahikia has slowed right down.
10:21And he's a sitting duck now here for Darren Garra Truella.
10:24Blood streaming down his face.
10:26And he's just measuring and trying to find more of a hopeful shot with that power left hand.
10:31Definitely not the spot you want to be at.
10:33Truella's confidence will be going big time.
10:35Exactly.
10:36And he just had a big look up at the clock as well, did Tahikia.
10:40And that's not a good sign for him because he's got a lot of time left in this round.
10:45And Darren Garra Truella is having some success.
10:48Yeah, he's going through the gears.
10:50He's been given a little bit of time now because the Fijian's not coming back with as much energy as he was before.
10:57But, oh.
10:59A bit of a shove to the ground this time.
11:01He just took him to ground there, did Truella.
11:03And I don't think Tahikia will mind that because he would like to get to this break between rounds.
11:09And that'll help him also.
11:10So, things just slow down here nicely for Tahikia, the Fijian, who has been so impressive through two.
11:19But, well, did he just hit a bit of a wall there, do you think?
11:22I think so.
11:22I think we're starting to find ways out.
11:26Yeah.
11:27Yeah.
11:27He's hit a wall.
11:29Well, he's still got these shots.
11:31And he's still going to throw him when he's got the energy to do so.
11:34But Truella would like to finish things for a quick.
11:39Oh, he stopped it.
11:40He stopped the fight.
11:41I think he'd be happy with that.
11:42Yeah, Tom.
11:43Well, there you go.
11:45I think that Tahikia had had enough.
11:49But maybe he was just trying to get himself to the end of that round and try to go again.
11:55But as the Western Sydney Wanderers fans celebrate with their man, Darren Garrett-Truella, who is one of them, he has been in a serious fight through three rounds here in Sydney tonight.
12:10And, oh, that is a nasty, nasty cut that he got.
12:16I think the heads came together at a point.
12:19I'm not sure that block of ice is going to do much about it.
12:22But, well, that was harder than he or anyone in his camp expected, I would think, Darren Garrett-Truella, as we have a look at the end of this fight, Ted.
12:33Exactly.
12:34That's Boxing 101.
12:35You can never prejudge or write the script because, as Liam Parra even showed us in his fight, the script can be flipped at any given time.
12:43And in this fight, it was just harder than anticipated.
12:46He didn't argue about the stoppage.
12:47No, that's right.
12:48But he definitely come to win.
12:49You know, with the intensity, he come at the start.
12:51He come far out of the trap.
12:53So it was good to see.
12:54And good to see how Truella handled that.
12:56Yeah.
12:56Yeah, really, really well.
12:57It would be a good test for him.
12:58And he did have to make some decisions on the job.
13:02And credit, of course, to his trainer, Tony Delvecchio, for refocusing him as well.
13:07Because he came out looking like a different boxer for round number three to what we've seen in the second.
13:13Yeah, exactly.
13:14The corner pays so much credit.
13:16You know, people think boxing is just such a solitary game.
13:18But it's not.
13:19The corners can make or break a fighter.
13:21And in cases like this, just them adjustments can make all the difference.
13:27I'd love to see Kaliopa take here on a full training camp here in Australia.
13:32And with some fitness and with that natural punching power he has, he's got something about him.
13:39But so does this man who's now 5-0.
13:41Darren Garrett-Truella gets the victory, albeit with some adversity.
13:45We can now make it official as they continue just to do a bit of work on the face of Tahikah.
13:54Here's Stephen Blouse.
13:56Ladies and gentlemen, time to make this one official here in Sydney.
14:00First bout of our preliminary card.
14:04Then comes officially 2 minutes and 56 seconds into round number three.
14:08Your referee, John Couchy, calls a stop to this contest.
14:11We have a method of victory.
14:13TKO to your winner, Blue Connor, Darren Garrett-Thunder-Truella.
14:25So a good victory in the end for Darren Garrett-Truella.
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