Mike Tyson’s entire butt uncensored on TV? Jake Paul definitely didn’t see that coming. None of us did!
Raise your hand if you were completely caught off guard by [autotag]Mike Tyson[/autotag]’s whole butt appearing on Netflix uncensored. All of us, right? Definitely didn’t see that coming!
But it happened last Friday night shortly before Tyson was set to fight [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] in the Netflix boxing headliner at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium.
What was supposed to be a nice father-son-moment, with Tyson being interviewed in his locker room by son Amir Tyson, went viral for the wrong reason once the camera zoomed out at the conclusion of the interview. When that happened, Tyson’s entire 58-year-old butt was on our screens as he turned and walked away.
Paul was in his dressing room warming up with the Netflix live stream on a TV, and he, too, saw Tyson’s butt in real time.
Check out Paul’s hilarious reaction below (via Instagram):
On the latest episode of “Spinning Back Clique,” the panel discusses Jon Jones’ win over Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, Jake Paul’s victory over Mike Tyson, and more.
Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly live show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts.
This week’s panel of Brian “Goze” Garcia, Mike Bohn and Danny Segura will join host “Gorgeous” George Garcia live at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) to discuss and debate the following topics:
[autotag]Jon Jones[/autotag] has made the heavyweight division quite interesting, to say the least. The living legend returned to the cage Saturday, successfully defending his UFC heavyweight title against [autotag]Stipe Miocic[/autotag] in the main event of UFC 309. Now it seems Jones has little to no intention of unifying the belt with interim champion [autotag]Tom Aspinall[/autotag], and is calling for a bout against fellow star and light heavyweight champion [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag]. What happens now? Will Jones give in and fight Aspinall, or will he retire from MMA? We discuss and analyze everything surrounding the UFC 309 main event.
Jones wasn’t the only one who made headlines at UFC 309, which also saw [autotag]Charles Oliveira[/autotag] defeat [autotag]Michael Chandler[/autotag] in their highly anticipated rematch; [autotag]Bo Nickal[/autotag] continue his unbeaten run in MMA; [autotag]Mauricio Ruffy[/autotag] follow up on an impressive UFC debut; and much more. We discuss and highlight some of the other key results outside the UFC 309 main event.
Netflix debuted its first live sports event with a boxing match between popular influencer [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] and 58-year-old former champion [autotag]Mike Tyson[/autotag]. The event left plenty to discuss – some good, some bad. We react to Paul’s win over Tyson, along with Netflix’s jump into live sports.
To close out the show, we review some of the smaller news items outside the two big weekend events, including the booking of [autotag]Shavkat Rakmonov[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Ian Machado Garry[/autotag], which serves as the new co-main event of UFC 310; the return of [autotag]Colby Covington[/autotag], who fills in for Machado Garry to fight [autotag]Joaquim Buckley[/autotag] in the main event of UFC on ESPN 63 on Dec. 14; and the implementation of the old UFC gloves – sort of.
Dana White says Mike Tyson proved him wrong against Jake Paul.
NEW YORK – [autotag]Dana White[/autotag] says [autotag]Mike Tyson[/autotag] proved him wrong against [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag].
Although 58-year-old Tyson lost a unanimous decision to Paul in their boxing match Friday at AT&T Stadium, he looked competitive for the first couple of rounds before slowing down.
“Mike Tyson was right and I was wrong,” White told MMA Junkie and other reporters post-fight at UFC 309.
“I told him, ‘Mike, you’re basically 60 years old.’ He’s like, ‘You honestly think this f*cking kid is going to do anything to me? He’s not good, he’s not going to f*cking knock me out, he’s not going to do this.’ You saw him. He tripped when he was walking down the thing, he had a hard time walking up the stairs. He had a knee brace on, and Jake Paul couldn’t do anything to him.
“He made a ton of money, and I know people are mad if you stayed home on a Saturday night, but you didn’t pay for it. You know what I mean? When Mike Tyson shows up, everybody makes money. Jake Paul is f*cking – I don’t have to tell you guys. You guys know. Mike Tyson is the A+++ side of that thing, and he was right. Jake Paul couldn’t do sh*t to him.”
Former UFC fighter [autotag]Darren Till[/autotag] will take a big step up for his second boxing match.
At a Misfits Boxing event Jan. 18, Till (0-0) will battle [autotag]Tommy Fury[/autotag] (10-0), the promotion announced Sunday. The card takes place at Co-op Live in Manchester, United Kingdom.
The weight and number of rounds are unclear at this time. Whether the bout will be professional or exhibition also remains to be seen.
Till made his boxing debut in an exhibition bout in July and won by TKO in Round 2. Upon the bout’s conclusion, a brawl was sparked in the ring when opponent Mohammad Mutie and team took exception to a short fight-ending shot to the back of the head. Till was still named the victor.
As for Fury, the half-brother of boxing star Tyson Fury, first rose to fame during his time on reality TV series “Love Island.” He’s 10-0 in professional boxing with notable wins over influencers KSI and Jake Paul.
It’s probably not wise for Mike Tyson to step foot in the ring beyond the Jake Paul fight, but it’s also not out of the question.
ARLINGTON, Texas – [autotag]Mike Tyson[/autotag], who struggled to complete eight rounds of boxing Friday night, hinted he might fight again.
The moment came during a post-fight interview, when Netflix reporter Ariel Helwani asked the 58-year-old Tyson if his loss to Jake Paul by unanimous decision at AT&T Stadium could be his last fight.
“I don’t think so,’’ replied the former world heavyweight champion.
Maybe Tyson just needed a good night’s sleep. Or time to reflect. Or to confer with trusted advisers.
But there are reasons to think his answer was more than a stray thought.
James Spraggins, a personal trainer who worked with Tyson for about three years, pointed to a “Baddest Man Over 50’’ Tournament. Championship Rounds, a news and media website, in February posted on Instagram about the prospective event.
On Feb. 6, From The Stands, a media group that covers MMA, posted on Instagram:
“Per sources, the four combat sports legends that have been targeted for the ‘baddest man over 50’ tournament are Mark Hunt, Mike Tyson, David Tua and Lennox Lewis. Three out of the four targeted participants have verbally agreed on the idea.”
Tyson has not commented publicly about the tournament, but the concept is not new to him.
A similar idea was kicked around in 2020 when Tyson was involved with the formation of Mike Tyson’s Legends Only League, LLC.
The company launched with Tyson’s exhibition fight with Roy Jones Jr. in November 2020, when he was 54 and Jones was 51.
At the time, representatives of the company said the Tyson-Jones fight generated 1.6 million pay per views at $49.99 apiece. But all of this was long before Friday night, when Tyson looked more like the Oldest Man on the Planet rather than than the Baddest Man on the Planet.
When Helwani asked Tyson what he had in mind, Tyson suggested he might fight Paul’s older brother, Logan, who was in the ring and looked shocked.
“I’ll kill you, Mike,’’ Logan said.
Tyson grinned.
“Then it’s on,’’ Tyson replied, looking too exhausted to go another round or make any long-term decisions.
Boxing legend Mike Tyson says the health issue he encountered before the Jake Paul fight nearly killed him.
Boxing legend [autotag]Mike Tyson[/autotag] is proud despite defeat, but partially because he overcame a medical issue, the extent of which had not been publicly revealed pre-fight.
“This is one of those situations when you lost but still won,” Tyson wrote. “I’m grateful for last night. No regrets to get in ring one last time.”
“I almost died in June. Had 8 blood transfusions. Lost half my blood and 25lbs in hospital and had to fight to get healthy to fight so I won.”
“To have my children see me stand toe to toe and finish 8 rounds with a talented fighter half my age in front of a packed Dallas Cowboy stadium is an experience that no man has the right to ask for. Thank you.”
It’s presumed the incident Tyson is referring to is the one that delayed the fight with Paul. Initially, the bout was expected to take place in July but was delayed after Tyson suffered a medical emergency on a flight due to an ulcer.
Tyson spoke about the incident in various interviews, and laid out graphic details (like him defecating a tar-like substance), but did not mention the seriousness using this vernacular.
Tyson, 58, lost a unanimous decision to Paul at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. The fight was largely lopsided as the age and cardio difference was glaringly evident.
This is one of those situations when you lost but still won. I’m grateful for last night. No regrets to get in ring one last time.
I almost died in June. Had 8 blood transfusions. Lost half my blood and 25lbs in hospital and had to fight to get healthy to fight so I won.
Netflix apparently drew 60 million for Tyson-Paul, which likely impacted the buggy broadcast.
Netflix on Saturday revealed 60 million households worldwide spent (wasted?) Friday evening watching two annoying windbags pummel each other for money.
Netflix said the broadcast pull had “our buffering systems on the ropes.”
Fans who are worried about watching the NFL this Christmas or WWE Raw in January might be heartened to know the Tyson-Paul clown show drew much more of an audience share than your average football game or wrestling match.
In comparison, Amazon is reportedly averaging 13 million viewers a week for its Thursday night NFL broadcasts, per Front Office Sports. Last Monday’s broadcast of WWE Raw drew a little more than 1.5 million viewers, per Wrestlenomics.
Last Christmas, the NFL brought in an average viewership of 29.2 million for the Kansas City Chiefs-Las Vegas Raiders game, likely heightened by intrigue in Taylor Swift’s attendance.
With the Chiefs playing the Pittsburgh Steelers on one of the Netflix broadcasts and Swift’s attendance a definite possibility, the streamer could be attracting around 30 million viewers for that Christmas broadcast.
While Friday’s Tyson-Paul broadcast had its glaring issues (both in the ring and with the live-streaming), Netflix has time to amend its infrastructure before the holidays and its WWE broadcasts next year.
For bigger events than regular-season NFL games and WWE matches, Netflix might have its hands full with mounting a problem-free broadcast.
“It’s funny to say, ‘Conor McGregor is scared of Jake Paul and will never box him,’ but it’s the f*cking truth.”
IRVING, Texas – It’s become old hat for [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] to try and lure UFC star [autotag]Conor McGregor[/autotag] into a boxing match, so it’s only natural that the YouTuber-turned-professional-prizefighter would use the afterglow of his win over Mike Tyson to do it again.
With manager Nakisa Bidarian by his side during the post-fight news conference, Paul was asked if he’s interested in setting up a fight with McGregor, and the response was almost daring from both men.
“Yeah, he’ll never do that, though,” Paul said, before Bidarian chimed in: “One, he’s under contract. And two, he won’t do that. He knows better.”
Then Paul continued, “And it’s funny to say, ‘Conor McGregor is scared of Jake Paul and will never box him,’ but it’s the f*cking truth. And look at him go toe to toe with Nate Diaz, who was easy work for me. It was like a Monday sparring session to beat Nate Diaz’s ass. He doesn’t ever want this smoke with me. It won’t ever happen.”
To Bidarian’s point, McGregor being under exclusive contract with the UFC would complicate matters, as McGregor would need the UFC’s blessing to compete in a boxing match with Paul, something UFC CEO Dana White has said he’s not inclined to do.
While there’s no telling what could come next for Paul, a fight with McGregor is unlikely.
The were no winners at Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson. Just a lot of losers.
In a turn of events shocking only to the most optimistic among us, a 27-year-old entered a boxing ring against a 58-year-old on Friday night and proceeded to commit what would otherwise be considered borderline elder abuse if not for the million-dollar paydays involved.
The Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight was a debacle from start to finish, and though generations of fight fans tuned in to watch (and bet on) the made-for-streaming event, it didn’t take long to realize what a massive waste of time this was.
Inside the ropes, the fight itself — a somehow sanctioned bout and not an exhibition — was the total farce we expected.
Technically, Paul was declared the victor, but there were no winners on Friday. Certainly not any worth celebrating. There were, however, plenty of losers including, but not limited to…
If this was a test run for the millions of concurrent users Netflix can expect for its upcoming Christmas Day NFL games and WWE Raw broadcasts, it was an epic fail.
Constant buffering and blurry images marred Friday’s undercard, leaving many upset viewers wondering what sort of stress testing Netflix did before millions of people were expected to tune in at the same time. Midway through the Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano lightweight title bout, nearly every trending topic on X was related to the fight, with thousands of people complaining about their experience.
There were complaints from people streaming on TV, on tablets and on their phones. It was bad. Especially considering this is not the first time Netflix has streamed live events. We’ve seen similar issues when Netflix broadcast a Chris Rock concert, The Roast of Tom Brady and more.
Can Netflix solve these issues before the behemoths of the NFL and WWE entrust their audiences to the service? That’s quite literally a billion-dollar question.
2. Mike Tyson
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Props to Tyson for stepping into the ring at 58 years old after dealing with an ulcer earlier this year, but that’s where the congratulations begin and end. More than anything else, this was a sad display from a notoriously bad human who inexplicably rebounded in the public consciousness following a cameo in The Hangover trilogy.
If you tuned in hoping to Tyson turn back the clock, you were disappointed. If you just hoped Tyson could avoid embarrassing himself, you were disappointed. If you thought two-minute rounds and 14-ounce gloves would level the playing field, you were only playing yourself.
At the end of the day, Tyson earned a reported $20 million for letting a self-described heel toy with him in the ring. It’s hard to see this as anything but a nadir for a sport already dripping in cynicism. A fitting performance for anyone who expected anything else.
3. Jake Paul
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Does Jake Paul actually want to be a champion boxer? Or is boxing just a means to extract the biggest paydays for his content as possible? After watching the 27-year-old waste a portion of his athletic prime and star power on such a sham, it’s hard to conclude anything but the latter.
Tyson spent the first 45 seconds of the fight unleashing everything he had, only for Paul to spend the remaining seven rounds carrying his opponent across the finish line. At multiple times, Paul had his hands down seemingly begging Tyson to land a blow and get the extremely pro-Iron Mike crowd back into the action.
Paul spent the final 10 seconds of the bout literally bowing down to Tyson, then admitted afterwards he was pulling his punches all fight because he didn’t want to “hurt” him. It’s hard to fathom anything more insulting to Tyson’s boxing legacy — and even harder to fathom Tyson ever affording any opponent the same courtesy if the roles were reversed.
As Hector Diaz perfectly stated on Bluesky: “If you’re interested in the Tyson-Paul match, you might enjoy pro wrestling. It’s also a predetermined fight between personalities. The only difference is that wrestling has good payoffs and you’re in on the joke.”
A picture taken on August 19, 2015 shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shaking hands with US boxer Roy Jones Jr during a meeting in Sevastopol, Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 19 said he would be glad to grant a request for Russian citizenship from US boxer Roy Jones Jr as the multiple world champion visited Russian-annexed Crimea. ALEXEI NIKOLSKYALEXEI NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images
Former champion boxer Roy Jones Jr. sat ringside on the official call of the bout and kept insisting something was wrong with Tyson’s mouth.
Every round it looked like Tyson was fidgeting with his mouthguard or biting his gloves. This, actually, was a very normal tick for Tyson and something he has done in past fights.
Jones Jr. — who previously fought Tyson in a November 2020 exhibition — refused to believe this.
Repeatedly and erroneously, Jones Jr. kept talking about Tyson’s mouth even as play-by-play announcer Mauro Ranallo kept trying to tell his colleague this was a common occurrence for Tyson.
You could sense Ranallo’s frustration building each round as he attempted to actually inform viewers while Jones Jr. continued to baselessly speculate.
It was far from the most upsetting part of the night, but it certainly made for an annoyingly repetitive conversation throughout the main event. The narrative was finally put to bed when ringside reporter Ariel Helwani asked Tyson about tick immediately after the fight.
Tyson confirmed he just has “a biting fixation” after which, mercifully, we were all able to go to bed, too.
