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Welcome to Texas. Well, you know the story?

You've heard the chatter. You've seen the slap.

That's all behind us.

Training finished, press conferences done. The time for talk is over.

Age, it's a number. The past, who cares?

This ring holds two fighters. No followers allowed inside.

Jake Paul, Mike Tyson. What more do you need to know?

Live around the world on Netflix right now.

I was born to do this. But this is nothing new to me,

this is new to this young boy over here.

They say he's the baddest man on the planet, so let's find out.

Getting the whole world to pay attention isn't easy.

This is expected to be the biggest professional boxing event

in modern history.

Compelling millions of people to care about one thing,

all at the same time, just doesn't happen these days.

Which is why it's all the more improbable

that a fight is what brought us all together.

Then again, think about what a fight is.

Two people deciding they're okay with pain as a cost of doing business.

Content with punishing themselves…

…even willing to risk their very lives…

I don't want to die in a hospital bed, but I want to die in a ring.

…to prove to the world who they are.

It's my time.

The gods know it, I know it, and you're gonna know it.

It's the kind of thing that's hard to look away from.

Particularly when the fighters are characters like this.

Jake Paul is rich, famous, brash, but often misunderstood.

A guy who has proven that hard work takes you far,

and who's convinced himself he can take care of a legend.

I'm ready. I'm gonna upset the world.

Mike Tyson is the legend.

The boxer they call the most dangerous man on the planet.

Who in this world has any chance against this man?

Undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, Mike Tyson.

Now, he's making history once again.

Eight! Two more!

No other 58-year-old is doing this because they can't do it.

It's something I have to do.

Who's going to stop me?

Right alongside them, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano.

Two of the most accomplished fighters to ever step in the ring.

Who have already proven how much they can summon against each other.

They fought for history. The females are fighting in here!

So here you are, with the rest of the world,

focused on a boxing ring in Texas,

unable to look away, ready to find out what happens now.

Taylor and Serrano, Paul and Tyson…

welcome to fight night.

Tonight is the night.

The eyes of the world are on AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas,

where Netflix, in partnership with Most Valuable Promotions,

proudly presents the most anticipated live boxing event in decades.

With fans from over 190 countries watching,

we have a full night of fantastic fights in store for you,

headlined by a heavyweight clash in which iron meets brash.

Three decades separate Jake Paul and Mike Tyson.

Will youth and ambition triumph over age and experience?

Can a boxer who spent only four years in the ring

go toe-to-toe with the baddest man on the planet?

We will soon find out.

Before that, our co-main event is the highly anticipated rematch

of 2022's Fight of the Year.

Two years ago in a sold-out Madison Square Garden,

Katie Taylor won a split decision over Amanda "the Real Deal" Serrano,

and tonight, with the entire world watching,

they meet again.

This time for the Undisputed Super Lightweight Championship.

Also on the card,

two fierce Mexican-American fighters facing off with the

WBC Welterweight World Championship on the line.

Mario "El Azteca" Barrios defends his title against Abel Ramos.

And our first bout is an international super middleweight matchup.

Neeraj Goyat, the first world-ranked boxer from India, will battle Whindersson Nunes,

a Brazilian entertainer and social media sensation

who says that he lives, breathes, and eats boxing.

We really do have four phenomenal fights for you this evening,

and what an incredible night to come.

And with that, a very warm welcome to AT&T Stadium,

our headquarters here inside the home of the Dallas Cowboys

for the first-ever live boxing event on Netflix,

which is likely to be the most watched fight of this century.

It is good to have you with us tonight. I'm Kate Scott.

Beside me all night, is the undefeated former super middleweight

and light heavyweight champion of the world,

Olympic gold medalist, Hall of Famer,

host of the podcast All the Smoke Fight, Andre Ward.

Yes, sir, welcome.

And with just as many accolades in his own industry,

comedian, actor, writer, producer,

- the one and only Cedric the Entertainer. - Yes.

- Yes. - What's going on?

We came dressed tonight, baby, look at that.

Yeah, you know, it's fight night.

I had to pull the drip out on him, it's fight night.

They said we're supposed to dress down tonight.

That's what I heard.

I saw the invitation, but I went the other way, man.

I mean, talk to me, cause you're a serious boxing man, right?

This is an unusual fight, it's an unusual boxing event.

- What got you interested in this? - I don't know.

I don't know if it's Mike Tyson or Jake Paul

trying to do something to Mike Tyson. I don't know.

But I grew up watching Mike like most of us did.

And I'm a lifer in the game, so I'm gonna watch this regardless.

And I've appreciated how Mike has gotten ready for this fight

over the last six or seven months.

Yeah, that's real.

For a lot of us, on the outside of boxing,

watching Mike, like Andre said, coming up in boxing,

it's what made you fall in love with the sport.

He made you fall in love with boxing. Was that the case for you too?

Oh, indeed, I mean, he was one of the most vicious boxers

that we have seen in our time.

Just electric when he came to the ring, always bringing that power and excitement.

And he just felt like he was from your hood,

like, you recognized Mike when you saw him go in the ring.

And so, his fights were always fantastic, man.

So, to see him back, 58 years old, in shape,

ready to handle his business on some grown-man type.

I mean, he's talked about using tonight to kind of want to remind himself

who he is in the ring,

- to let his kids know who he is. - Yeah.

- Can you relate to that? - Yeah, I mean, I can't relate to the 58.

I mean, I'm 40, and I don't want to be nowhere near a boxing ring.

But I can relate to the fire burning.

I can relate to you having that competitiveness

that doesn't die because you retire. I can relate to that.

And I appreciate Mike, again, at 58 years old,

discipline in his body to get in shape to even make it here tonight.

When you get older, it's not about the fight you're worried about.

It's all the training to get to the fight is what you're worried about,

- and Mike accomplished that. - Hell, this was a six-month camp.

This was a long camp for this fight too.

Our team is going to be covering tonight's event from every single angle for you.

We're going to have special guests with us throughout the evening,

from heavyweight champions to football royalty to Hall of Fame hoopers.

Sibley Scholes is on the floor to let us know who's here and what they think is

going to happen tonight.

- Sibley, what's going on over there? - What up, Sib?

Thanks so much, Kate. I'm right here on the ground floor.

The crowds just keep coming in.

The anticipation to fight night right here on Netflix,

live coming to you all at home.

And everyone around the world has been so major.

I was there at the beginning of the week for open workouts,

got to talk to the fighters. They are ready, we are ready.

And tonight, I got you covered on all the celebrity athlete interviews

that you wanna see. Just come to me and I got you.

Right now, let's take it over to my guy, Ariel Helwani.

Thank you, Sibley.

Look, I know we're inside the home of the Dallas Cowboys,

but if I'm being honest, all day long, I can't stop thinking

about the legendary former head coach of the Buffalo Bills, Marv Levy. Why?

He used to say to his players before all the big games in the ’90s,

"Where else would you rather be than right here, right now?"

And that's exactly how I feel.

Honored to be a part of this dream team, and what a thrill

to get to talk to the fighters after their fights and in the locker room

before they make that walk.

It's the best assignment in broadcast journalism,

and I can't wait to kick things off. Kate.

Thank you, Ariel.

Yeah, here at AT&T Stadium and on Netflix around the world,

we are counting down to an absolute blockbuster.

Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson.

We've got an all-star team for you tonight at ringside as well.

Legendary broadcaster Mauro Ranallo is with one of the best to ever do it.

Boxing icon Roy Jones Jr.,

an Academy Award nominee, a huge fight fan,

the queen of boxing, ladies and gents. Rosie Perez with us as well tonight.

Mauro.

All right, Kate. Well, thank you very much.

And yeah, like this event,

the broadcast team blurs the lines of pop culture, entertainment, and sports.

And as I sit here looking around at this cavernous stadium, Roy and Rosie,

it is hard to believe that we are putting the real in surreal tonight.

And, Roy, it was four years ago in Los Angeles when you were the last man

to share a ring with Mike Tyson in an eight-round exhibition match.

What was that experience like?

It was extraordinary.

You know, I was very surprised of a lot of things.

I was surprised of the way that he carried himself, the way that he still could

defend himself.

But the most…

surprising part was what I expected, his power.

First time he hit me, I expected it to be hard, but I was like, holy smoke, this

dude still kicked like a mule.

So the power really did shock me.

How does a fifty-eight-year-old Tyson match up with a twenty-seven-year-old

Paul?

He's got to be smart, and the bad thing for Paul is,

these are two-minute rounds, so that animal may never get a chance to tire.

If Tyson doesn't tire, there's no way Paul

a chance.

Rosie, you're such a big boxing fan that, in fact, in your big debut on the screen

in Do the Right Thing,

you were shadow boxing across the screen doing a little dance and really

representing Brooklyn well.

What intrigues you most about the main event?

Does it have to do with your fellow Brooklyn native Mike Tyson?

It sure does.

It's all about Mike Tyson, Mike Tyson, and Mike Tyson for me.

I have to tell you, and I can't believe this man is still alive.

All the trials and tribulations he went through in his life,

we are seeing Mike 2.0, and I am so excited for him tonight.

And you were, of course, at the sold-out Madison Square Garden two years ago

when Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano,

two warriors who warred like Hector and Achilles when they made history

as the first female main event

at the world's most famous arena, Madison Square Garden.

Taylor was able to sneak past Serrano

to defend her undisputed Lightweight title.

Tonight, she puts the undisputed, 140-pound crown on in the rematch.

Serrano, a Guinness World Record holder.

She's the first female to win titles in seven divisions, including 140.

She's a unified featherweight champion.

What do you expect in the encore, Rosie?

Well, I'm hoping for a fair decision

because I honestly thought that Amanda Serrano won that fight

just by a slim margin.

I would have been even happier with a draw.

That said, I think that Amanda cannot let her foot off the gas.

She did so around the fifth round in their first encounter.

And this time she cannot take anything

because Katie Taylor is an elite fighter and she really rallied.

And you know what?

Katie Taylor's gotta throw a lot more punches too in the earlier rounds.

For my money, it was the greatest female boxing match ever.

Period, full stop.

Roy, what adjustments do they need to make in the rematch?

Well, I think both of them have to make adjustments.

Katie Taylor is not really a technical adjustment.

It's more about, uh, getting busy a little bit earlier, fight management.

Uh, with Amanda…

I think Amanda gotta learn how to also be economical

and know when to put the foot on the gas and when not to.

She did put her foot on the gas in the fifth round a little bit,

but like she just said, she took it all.

You gotta know when to put that foot on the gas and when to take it all.

A dynamic Double Main Event coming your way.

We've got four fights total,

including a Welterweight Championship Fight.

The Lone Star State is known for Friday Night Lights,

but tonight, it's all about Friday Night Fights,

culminating with a Heavyweight main attraction,

Jake "El Gallo" Paul versus "Iron Mike" Tyson.

A fight no one saw coming is one the world will be watching.

It's time to Netflix and thrill.

And we get things started at a contract weight of 165 pounds,

Neeraj Goyat of India against Brazil's Whindersson Nunes,

at one time the most followed person on social media in Brazil.

He's got a rabid fan base.

He's got the two inch reach advantage and a two inch height advantage.

But it's Goyat with the experience.

We are set for six rounds at 165 pounds.

And let's bring in our rules expert and unofficial scorer, Sean Wheelock.

We are under the unified rules of boxing

as being administered this evening by the Texas Commission.

There is no three knockdown rule. Only the referee can stop the fight.

A fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round.

If an accidental foul ends the fight,

four rounds must be completed to consider it official.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,

and welcome inside AT&T Stadium,

the home of the Dallas Cowboys,

but tonight the home of Netflix's live sporting event.

This is Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson.

We begin our fight card tonight in the super middleweight division

introducing first, fighting out of the red corner

please welcome Whindersson Nunes!

"Lil Whind" Whindersson Nunes.

He's been training with the likes of UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira,

one of the great strikers in combat sports in preparation for the fight.

He has recorded wins over Mario Silva, and a vicious body shot knockout

of Filipek on influencer boxing

as we take a closer look at this multi-hyphenate.

Hey, he just started focusing on boxing three years ago

but is already turning heads

and again drawing a huge fan base in his native Brazil.

And I talked about him being a multi-hyphenate.

He's going to give Rosie Perez a run for her money here.

Content creator, actor, musician, comedian.

Check this out.

A hundred and fifty plus million social media followers.

And dominant in the digital age.

Now looking to dominate on the boxing stage.

His Netflix comedy special debuted in 2019.

So I guess you could say Whindersson Nunes puts the punch in punchline.

And his opponent…

fighting out of the blue corner, please welcome, Neeraj Goyat!

From one of the most populous countries on earth, India.

Has a decorated amateur system, but what a night and what an opportunity

for both fighters making history.

The first boxers to walk out at AT&T Stadium

as we are streaming live and globally around the world on Netflix.

And let's take a closer look now at Neeraj Goyat.

He turned 33 on 11/11. Always nice to see the angel numbers.

He's the first Indian boxer signed by Most Valuable Promotions.

Hey, if you can't meet them, well, then you gotta join them.

First world-ranked Indian boxer by the erstwhile sanctioning body WBC,

And he, again, he went after Jake Paul trying to drum up interest in a match.

Would love to do it in India.

And he's appeared in Bollywood films like,

well, one of the greatest entertainment experiences I ever enjoyed was RRR.

And if he's half explosive as that movie,

then we are going to be in for some pugilistic pyrotechnics.

Roy, here we go. India versus Brazil to kick off the Netflix era.

I mean, you're a Hall of Famer. You've been involved in huge fights.

What are you thinking right now as you see this?

Nothing like this ever before.

This is the biggest thing for boxing in the longest time,

and I can't wait to see what the future holds

- for Netflix and boxing. - All right, here we go.

Now with the official ring introductions.

Let's go inside the ring, and Kody "Big Mo" Mommaerts.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Paul versus Tyson,

live worldwide on Netflix.

We begin our main card in the Super middleweight division,

scheduled for six three-minute rounds.

This and all bouts tonight are promoted

by Most Valuable Promotions and sanctioned by the Texas State Athletic Commission.

The judges for this bout, from Texas, Javier Alvarez.

from Nevada, Lisa Giampa, and from Texas, David Iacobucci.

And our referee in charge, when the bell rings,

from Texas, James Green.

Let's meet the fighters. First, fighting out of the red corner,

wearing the orange and multicolored trunks,

he stands five feet, nine inches tall. He weighed in at 164 pounds.

He holds a combined record

of two victories versus two defeats and one draw.

And he fights at Abom Jesus Piauí, Brazil,

introducing Whindersson "Lil Whind" Nunes.

And now his opponent fighting out of the blue corner

wearing the black trunks with tiger trim.

He stands five feet, seven and one half inches tall.

He weighed in at 162 pounds.

He holds a professional record of 18 victories versus four defeats

with eight of those wins coming by way of knockout.

And he fights out of Haryana, India.

Introducing, Neeraj Goyat.

Gentlemen, you got your instructions in the dressing room.

I want you to protect yourself at all times

and obey my commands at all times. Touch them up, back to your corners.

Stage is set.

Thirty-three-year-old Neeraj Goyat, a success story

serving as an inspiration for many aspiring boxers in India.

While Whindersson Nunes,

as colorful as the designs all over his body,

he's ready to tattoo Goyat here as we get things started.

Six rounds at one 165 pounds.

And again, you can look at a guy like Nunes who has limited exposure in the

boxing ring,

and yet already, and I saw this on tape, he has good instincts.

He actually has a good jab, and he understands the fundamentals of the sport,

boy.

He definitely understands the fundamentals.

We gotta see what the other guy has.

The other guy seems to be…

Got a good counter.

Yeah, seems to be explosive, but I don't know how well he understands the

fundamentals.

But Nunes definitely understands the fundamentals of boxing.

Nice counter left hook by Goyat as he went downstairs.

Well, we gotta remember, Goy, that Goyat has never been stopped.

And he was named India's Most Honest in Boxing in two thousand and eight.

So…

Oh, look at that shot.

Nice shot.

Nice jab to the body and quick escape by Goyat.

And he has a lot…

High guard by Nunes.

Sorry, Goyat.

Yeah, Goyat has a lot of experience, too, and I think he's already gained Nunes'

respect a little bit.

Yes, twenty-fifth professional fight.

He's eighteen-four and two with eight KOs, as Rosie mentions,

never been stopped, and Nunes has been busy on the influencer circuit,

but getting an opportunity now because, well, when you got a hundred and

fifty-plus million followers,

maybe you do deserve an opportunity to spread your stuff on the largest streaming

service here,

Rosie, as we go around the world on Netflix.

Oh, an uppercut on the inside, and Goyat splitting the peekaboo guard effectively

with the combination.

What's funny is you put two YouTubers in front of each other, and look what great

action we get, you know?

And Goyat, well, he wanted to, as we mentioned,

take on Jake Paul, but there's a huge market in India,

and a man who has crossed over as well.

Rosie, we mentioned his work in acting,

but he wants to be the best boxer, and yet he's leaving his head exposed as he throws

those combinations.

He sure is, you know?

And he's kind of tempting, Eunice.

He's…

He's tempting Nunes, but you know what?

One punch could change a fight, so he needs to be careful.

And here comes Goyat and Roy at close quarters.

Goyat attacking the body well, mid-range.

He's very good.

He's very comfortable.

He looks like somebody I know with the hand flow like that.

Roy Jones Jr.

Goyat looks very, very confident.

Good shot.

Counter right hand across the jawline of Nunes by Goyat.

Under thirty left in the first, and again, only a six round fight.

So it is a sprint more than a marathon.

And the combinations from Goyat, but he leaves a wide open lane.

He leaves a Texas sized lane down the middle, Rosie.

Open. And he's very fatigued right now.

He's hiding it well, but he's very fatigued.

If Nunes would go to the body, it would do him well come round four, five, and six.

Oh, uppercut countered, though, by

Kuldeep Singh is the trainer for Goyat.

Kyle Frankel, the trainer for Nunes.

And Goyat has fought everywhere, making his U.S. debut.

He's boxed in India, Thailand, Dubai, Canada, Mexico.

Nine of his last ten

with his only loss coming in the lightweight

and super lightweight divisions. Roy, check it out.

They see Goyat going to the body behind that jab.

Great body work. Slipping the punches afterwards.

Very good hand movement.

Good right hand down the middle.

Settle down.

Hey, let me go back to your corner.

Nunes told the Brazilian press that he was already on weight,

165 pounds for this fight in June.

What's your reaction to that, Roy? Good thing, bad thing?

I think it's a good thing.

And why so?

Well, I think he looks strong,

he feels more comfortable,

and this guy's not a big 165 pounder that he's fighting,

so I think it was a great idea.

And Nunes did tell the press in Brazil

that he was too cautious in recent bouts.

He was waiting around too much in the first round.

And he says that he's out for blood tonight, Rosie.

And that's Goyat looking for blood, though.

Yeah, that's what I was gonna say.

Goyat's breathing very hard, though.

Nunes needs to go to Goyat's body.

He sure does.

Right-hand land by Goyat Combination.

He's in the black with orange trunks. Nunes is in the orange.

A minute.

Elapsed here in the second round, and Goyat again just taunting Nunes.

Like, it's a trap, I guess, but…

…be careful what you wish for,

as he did get hit with the right uppercut on the inside,

but he seems to be the bigger puncher, Roy.

He's definitely the bigger puncher,

and he definitely has the quicker hands.

But he's definitely more fatigued, too.

He sure is.

- He does not look like he's in shape. - It's only round two!

Oh my goodness, he's up in there clowning.

Nice shot by Goyat.

Nunes fought very smart to the body just then.

Jab from Nunes.

Right hand by Goyat, but the hands remain low.

And, you know, it was Nunes, recorded a vicious body shot knockout

in one of his earlier appearances.

And, of course, when you talk body shot knockouts,

you're reminded of the rip-breaking body shot KO

of Virgil Hill by one Roy Jones Jr.

And here we go with a little…

…combination punches and bunches by Goyat,

stapling Nunes to the ropes, Rosie.

He's very tired now, though. He needs somebody to ring the bell.

And Nunes gotta go to the body right now.

- But you can't do that. - Final minute.

Nunes gotta go to the body right now.

He sure does. The bob and weave

of Goyat is serving him well…

…but it's probably gonna take his breath away, too.

Those punches took his breath away.

Under 30 seconds left here in the second.

Goyat with explosive bursts of punches.

And maybe because he saw Roy Jones Jr… …ring side

deciding to keep his hands low.

But I don't know if he has the speed or reflexes or a skill

of one of the best

to have ever put on the glove…

…as we come to the end of the second round.

And Goyat misses with that left hook from the hip.

I love his reflexes.

And he's put together

- the combinations. - Hey!

I think some of tonight's boxers

would have to throw in the towel against the pink guards.

Hey, they're here ringside to usher in the return

of the most watched show in the world, Squid Game.

Brace yourselves for the second season only on Netflix,

December 26.

Well, I know what's gonna be in my nightmares tonight, Rosie,

- and watching Squid Game… - Oh, my God.

is an incredible experience.

Squid Game scares the hell out of me.

That show, I can't… I saw one episode and I was done.

It was so scary.

Everybody loves that show.

Stop, get out of the way!

Go back, go back.

From a squid game, we go to a different kind of game.

This is the theater of truth, Roy, the squared circle,

and what kind of truth are you ascertaining early on from Goyat and

Nunes?

Well, the truth I'm seeing is that Nunes is a very good fighter with very good

reflexes,

and Nunes is the guy who needs to push the issue and go to the bottom,

because if you let Goyat fight the way he wants to fight, he's gonna win, because he

knows how to control himself.

He has way more experience than Nunes.

Total punches through two rounds.

Goyat, forty-five of one, forty-seven, landing at a thirty-one percent clip.

Nunes, twenty-six of one, twelve for twenty-three percent.

Good lead, curling left hook behind the guard by Nunes, but missed with the right

uppercut.

Trying to bob and weave, and for Goyat, he…

Predictable patterns coming forward, Roy, with those combination punches.

Yeah, highly predictable, but see, now Nunez is doing the right thing.

Nunez is throwing good body shots now.

That's gonna serve him well down the line.

Yeah, and it seems like, boy, he's throwing a lot, but it doesn't seem a lot

behind those punches.

No, he's not throwing a lot of effective punches.

Only one or two, like the last punch, is usually like that.

His last punch is usually his best punch.

Good body shot by Nunes and good hook

by Goyat.

Goyat taking a big deep breath, but he's got the reflex and body movement,

bobbing and weaving, landing punches, reaching the midpoint of the third

and Goyat cuffing the head of Nunes and Goyat now just marching.

across the ring, and Nunes needs to track him down, needs to cut off the ring.

Nunes needs to beat the body.

Yeah, he's marching because he's trying to catch his breath.

Exactly.

And you wonder, though, again, and obviously they trained.

Boxing is a very disciplined and highly intensive sport,

but you got to think maybe the breath could be taken away when you finally walk

into AT&T Stadium,

launching the first boxing event on Netflix, Roy.

He could be, but what happens here, I think he thinks he's so good.

He's probably so much better than the people he sparred with in India that he

don't think he needs to be in shape.

Rosie, what's your take?

I just think that he needs to be more serious.

He really does.

He just doesn't seem like that.

That was kind of a flat punch, right?

It sure was.

Right.

Okay, what's going on now?

Now.

Okay.

No need to replay Adrian Broder's antics against Marcos Maidana, thank you very

much.

Yeah, that was called unnecessary ridiculousness.

Exactly.

Fifteen seconds left, and the double left hook to the liver ripped by Nunes.

Yeah, second one hurt him too.

That second one hurt Goyat a lot.

Yep, it's backed him up.

Again, hands are low.

Able to avoid that shot and then reset, angle out.

But he's pushing his punches at Younes.

Easy, Goyat.

With the crazy stuff, with the cup and trunks on, I ain't letting go of Alpha.

But they're very humiliating and embarrassing to the opponent.

Go back,

go back, go back, go back.

It's all about taking his confidence, all about making him feel like he's the lesser

of the two in the ring.

Goyat was a participant on Netflix's Ultimate Beastmaster in India.

We mentioned his appearance in Bollywood films,

but this is boxing and laser focus as we look at total punches.

And Goyat has almost, well, nearly doubled the clip.

Landing at a higher percentage as well, Rosie.

Goyat is trying to humiliate Nunez like that can work against him.

Because Nunez, if he can keep his composure,

he's probably going to be so pissed off, he's going to want to knock this guy out.

He said he was out for blood tonight.

Goyat able to slip the jab, and again, Bobbin Reed missing the shot.

He suggests a lead right hand, another right hand, and now level changes.

And there's Goyat opening up on Nunes, upstairs, downstairs.

Nice punch distribution, Roy.

Roy is doing everything he can to make Nunes focus only on his head.

That's why he's playing the game that he's playing.

He wants Nunes to try to get him to the head and leave his body alone.

And so far, it's working for him.

Uppercut, lead uppercut lands for Nunes, but doesn't follow up.

Uppercuts on the inside by Goyat.

Step back, and then the right hand from Goyat.

Good overhand.

Another right-hand lands.

Curls around the guard of Nunes.

Body shots by Nunes.

Good head shots every time Nunes lands body shots.

Yeah, I have to tell you guys, I'm actually surprised.

I didn't think that this fight was gonna be this active.

Goyat is a character.

Yes, he is.

He's a guy that I'd love to see if he was in shape, what he really could do.

Who said

if he was in shape?

Well, Nunes' conditioning is being tested with those body shots from Goyat.

Nunes is in shape, he just don't have the experience that Goyat has.

Missed with the right uppercut.

And the fatigue that can transpire in the ring,

Roy, mentally, physically, spiritually under these bright lights.

Of course, but as you see, with his experience, he's ready for that.

And he's starting to put on a show, Rosie.

Yes, he is.

He told us in the finals meeting that he loves to use his acting skills inside the

ring.

He's putting on a show now, wanting to entertain the millions back home in India.

Fans watching around the world,

so he knows the spotlight's on him, and it's all about winning.

It's all about skills.

But entertaining is as important as it's ever been.

All right, let's go back

to the weigh-in yesterday with Jake Paul and Mike Tyson.

And Mike Tyson Roy looking

at even better shape than he did when he faced you four years ago.

Came in at.

And then this happened,

and you hear the thunderclap slap

by Mike Tyson.

I thought that Paul is probably listening to DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Princess.

I think I can beat Mike Tyson to fire him up.

Well, at the weigh-in, Tyson took a page out of the Fresh Princess playbook and

slapped.

Paul slapping the taste right out of his mouth.

And so, those were the headlines today.

Let's see what transpires in the main event.

And to bring you up to speed of what's going on in this fight, as we begin round

five, total power punches.

Goyat, eighty-two of one ninety-four for forty-two percent.

Nunes, thirty-four of one nineteen, twenty-nine percent.

Goyat is starting to pull away.

And Nunes only has two rounds to catch up.

So, either he can commit to the body and try to stop him,

or he's pretty much lost this one.

- Yeah. He's still head-hunting. - Yep.

And that's what Goyat wants him to do.

That's why he plays the games he's playing.

And is that why he's leaning with his head up?

Of course.

He wants Nunes to punch at his head.

See that? All those head shots.

As tired as he is, he shouldn't be beating his body.

You know he's tired like that.

And his hands are very low when he's throwing those punches,

leaving them open upstairs to the power shots of Goyat.

And Goyat ripping this combination upstairs.

Good hand speed from Goyat.

Nunes is getting frustrated.

Yeah, he's very frustrated because of Goyat's hand speed.

Goyat's pity-patting with those quick hands.

No power really on them, but they're quick,

and they're bothering him like that. See how… Slap, two slap.

- But they're quicker. - Yeah.

And Nunes don't know how to deal with them.

And he doesn't know how to deal with Goyat crowning him.

Minute and a half left in the penultimate round.

Combination upstairs by Goyat, goes back downstairs.

Crouching.

Left hook from Nunes. Right hand clips the joint.

There's a nice left hook from Nunes, Roy.

Yeah, there is, but Goyat has never been knocked out.

and Goyat's experience is carrying him through this fight.

A huge edge in professional ring experience for Goyat

comes in with 18 wins, four losses, two draws, eight KOs,

so not necessarily known for his power.

All I'm thinking is,

imagine if Goyat had power behind those punches.

This would be over already.

Or imagine if he was in some conditioning.

Fainting by Goyat. Nunes doesn't bite.

Uppercut on the inside…

- Oh, he's shot by Goyat. - …a right hand by Goyat lands upstairs.

Know him. Left hook.

So, obviously, the more pop belongs to Goyat, Rosie,

and he's beginning to unload now on Nunes.

Yeah. He may not have power, but he's breaking them down.

He showed through a lot of them, I tell you that.

And left hook to the body by Nunes.

That was a smart punch.

But again, he didn't steal another round.

Left hook by Nunes, and Goyat misses with the right.

Yeah, but he stole the round already, though.

Time!

Last round. [speaks Punjabi] Last round.

- Last round. - Okay, yeah.

Last round.

As always, great to have MVP ring card models,

Raphaela Milagres and Sydney Thomas with us here tonight.

This is the final round.

Last round, people.

We are set

for the sixth and final round,

and the story in round five, total punches landed.

Goyat, 39 of 94, 41%.

Nunes, only 17 of 69, just 25% landed.

Goyat, when he went to his corner, he looked like he was ready for bed.

Well, he would love to put Nunes to sleep.

He been like that all night long since round one.

But he's very smart, very clever.

Yeah, because he still won it.

MVP noting the potential of building fighters in India.

The Indian boxing fan base undervalued on the global stage,

and they want to shine

a worldwide spotlight on one of India's premier boxers,

and he would like to, well, close the show here in the sixth and final round.

According to our unofficial scorer, John Wheelock,

it's all Neeraj Goyat pitching a shut-up.

Good body shot by Nunes.

Goyat is a smart character, I'll tell you that.

Been a pro since 2013.

Would love to become a WBC champion

and follow the footsteps of his favorite boxer, Mike Tyson.

Who was an undisputed heavyweight champion

- and who will be returning… - oh, nice shot.

…after a near-20-year absence in an official capacity against Jake Paul.

But here Nunes tries to fire away at the body

and the gamesmanship of Goyat.

- Some nice combination by Nunes. - Yeah, it is.

Uppercut on the inside by Goyat.

Uppercut and left hook by Nunes. Counter from Goyat.

Just over a minute remaining in the fight.

Goyat's hand speed is dominating this fight.

And Whindersson Nunes…

has to, according to our unofficial scorer, Shawn Wheelock,

from our vantage point, he has to land a Hail Mary.

There's a clipping right hand from Goyat.

Where's Jayden Daniels when you need it, boy?

Thirty-eight seconds left in the sixth.

Nunes needs to knock him out to even stand a chance on him.

Of course.

Nunes misses wildly with the left uppercut,

just not cutting off the ring, just simply walking down Goyat.

And Goyat looking to put the finish, he put the capstone on the… effort,

as he's won every round in this fight.

I agree.

Not exactly sleepwalking though, right, Roy?

No, no.

Look at him, look at him, look at him, look at him.

Look at him, look at him, look at him, look at him, look at him.

And there it is, they both hug,

Brazil and India get things started here on Netflix.

And the experienced Indian, Neeraj Goyat.

Looking to deliver himself a belated birthday gift,

Rosie, and you think he did enough.

Yeah, you know what I have to say? That was a sloppy fight,

but it was fun to watch.

And Roy, Rosie, I mean, that's why Rosie Perez is here.

She knows her boxing, and again, we want to keep everything relative,

but yes, this is a social media influencer, influence fighting.

Goyat is a professional boxer from India.

What did you think of the level of fighting you saw, Roy,

- and where's the potential? - I like what I saw.

The potential for him is going to be good in the future

if he goes and gets to a real boxing gym.

Here you see him throwing combinations.

Do two body shots right there, a body to the head,

followed by a left uppercut. Very beautiful selection of punches.

He's not punching with his knuckles all the time,

but he's throwing really, really good punches.

And he keeps throwing them in bunches. See that? See that?

Slap those. See how he slapped with the palm of the glove?

So, that's why the guy just opened his hands and let him hit him.

If he wasn't slapping, no way that Nunes would have let him hit him like that.

But right there, that was a slap. See that?

He's hitting with the forward part of the glove. That's a slap.

Yep.

Jake Paul knows all about slaps.

I also have a guy by the name of Mandeep Jangra from India.

who just won a WBF world title the other day.

He's the first world boxing champion from India.

Let's get in our unofficial scorecard with Shaun Wheelock.

Mauro, you see it on your screen.

Six rounds to none, 60-54 Neeraj Goyat.

In modern professional boxing judges, you have three types of ten-nine rounds.

Close, moderate, decisive.

For me, rounds one and two were decisive for Neeraj Goyat.

I found that they were moderate ten nines for Goyat.

Rounds three, four, five, and six.

Whindersson Nunes continued to come forward,

especially in the second half of this fight,

but he came forward without punches.

You saw Goyat with the speed, with the power,

and with the effective striking throughout.

All right, they have embraced in the center of the ring.

And it appears that our ring announcer, Big Mo, is ready to deliver the decision.

Ladies and gentlemen, at the end of six full rounds,

we go to the judges' scorecards for the official decision.

Judge Javier Alvarez sees the contest, 59 to 55,

while judges Lisa Chiampa and David Iacobucci

see it 60 to 54, declaring your winner by unanimous decision,

Neeraj Goyat.

Neeraj Goyat…

a belated birthday gift in the form of a shutout decision win

over six rounds at 165 pounds.

The first Indian boxer signed to MVP

is now 19-4 and two.

Whindersson Nunes, the gracious person in defeat,

and let's take a look at the final numbers.

The punch stats here for Goyat versus Nunes,

and it was one-way traffic, Rosie.

Yep, sure was.

A 171 to 87 punches landed,

and the higher percentage rate, it was all Neeraj Goyat.

We have a hat trick of tilt still to come your way,

and coming up, the second of our world championship fights tonight.

Earlier tonight on the prelims, Shadasia Green beat Melinda Watpool to win

a

vacant, one hundred sixty-eight pound crown.

Mario Barrios defends his full status

as welterweight champion against the Abel Ramos and then we have the rematch

of the greatest female boxing fight in history this time for the undisputed super

lightweight title

as Katie Taylor renews her rivalry with Amanda Serrano who's looking to even the

score

and then it will be Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson a collision

of culture, an encounter

of ego and electrifying power.

Who will emerge as the alpha?

The influencer turned boxer or the icon?

With more, let's go back up to the desk.

And here once again is Kate Scott.

Thank you very much, guys.

Yes, everything is bigger in Texas, and the biggest night in boxing is no

exception.

Our main event is coming up in just under two hours' time, everybody,

and joining us now to talk about it are two of the biggest names in the game.

They were both heavyweight champion of the world,

and they both fought and beat Mike Tyson.

Lennox Lewis, and Evander Holyfield in the building.

Everybody, very warm welcome to you guys.

Somebody's been in the gym.

You look like you're in fighting condition, Evander. What's going on?

You're not fighting tonight, but you look like you're ready to fight.

- What you doing? - No, I ain't.

- I just staying in shape, man. - Man.

Lennox, you've beaten Mike Tyson. Tell us, what does that feel like?

- It's gotta feel good, don't it? - It feels good, it feels good.

I'm sorry for Jake Paul,

because, you know, when Tyson comes in, he's going to be going forward.

Jake is going to be going backwards because, you know,

when a guy like Mike Tyson almost looks like a pit bull coming at you,

you know, it's pretty scary.

So Roy Jones knows about that, so he can talk about that more.

Talk to me about Mike's power, 'cause Mike's power had a reputation.

What does it feel like to be in the ring with him?

It feels good, it feels good.

You should ask how Mike Tyson feels being in the ring with me.

- Oh, wow. - Okay, all right.

But, no, he's powerful. He's, uh… He can take a good shot.

So even if you punch him hard, he's still coming forward.

And he's great at boxing,

punching you in the belly and the body and giving you some good uppercuts.

- So it should be good. - But how does that work?

See, even right now, I saw that fighting spirit in you.

Like, how do we as fighters manage that?

You know, as we get older, it's like your body doesn't want to do it,

but you still got that spirit. How do you manage that?

I know, it's just… it's mental.

I mean, make sure you have a heavy bag hanged up

in your house somewhere so you can really go and beat it up sometimes.

I don't know if you can hear me, Evander, but this is for either one of you guys.

You guys fought Mike, and Mike is known for his power,

but he's also known for fear, intimidating his opponents.

How did you overcome that fear

in order to make sure you did what you had to do when you guys fought?

Well, the thing with me is I boxed with Mike when I was 15.

So I went up to the Catskills, you know,

I won the World Junior Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

in 19… in '83.

And me and my trainer said, "Well, you know,

if we didn't box the best there, where's the best?"

And they said the Catskills.

So me and my trainer drove up to the Catskills

and sparred with Mike Tyson for a week.

And first… first day of sparring, he came out,

he wanted to knock off my head, take it off.

So until the third day, when me and my trainer watched Muhammad Ali,

we said, "This is how we got to fight Mike."

"We got to fight him like Muhammad Ali fought."

Do you think, obviously, though, there was that very famous boxing incident

where Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield.

Do you think he's still got that kind of… that same uncontrollable fighting spirit?

Is that still present in him?

Well, of course, you've seen the slap today, that was uncontrollable.

So Mike Tyson definitely has that in him.

Can you ask Evander, 'cause you're closer to him,

what does he think is gonna happen in this fight?

How does he see it unfolding?

What do you think's gonna happen in the fight?

I think it'll be an interesting fight. I think, um…

…it's all depend on what is Jake Paul doing. If Jake Paul…

Do you think he's gonna bite his ear?

- No, I don't think he gonna bite his ear. - Lennox.

- No, I don't think he gonna bite his ear. - How do you know, how do you know?

I don't think… I think he's old enough to know not to do it.

Okay, good.

Wh… wh… when you talk to Andre,

he'll tell you, "I don't wanna be anywhere near a boxing ring."

"And the further I get away from that,

the harder the idea of getting back in a boxing ring feels to me."

Right? You said that, right?

Just the idea of taking that kind of punishment.

Do you think he's out of his mind for doing this? Do you get it?

Let me tell you, I mean, you know, a lot of people do things for money.

This is what he's doing.

I think, you know, he may have bitten off more than he can chew.

No pun intended.

But I'm sure Evander Holyfield…

how do you think he needs to win this fight?

Say what?

How do you think Tyson needs to win this fight?

He got to put pressure on him. He got to stay on him.

Okay, do you think Jake will survive?

It's possible. And he's younger.

Do you think you can take Mike Tyson's punches?

I don't know. I've never seen him get hit.

Here's the question, though.

Can Mike Tyson, at 58,

take Jake Paul's punch, namely the right hand?

Because if Jake can't do nothing else, he can punch with that right hand.

Well, being in the ring with Mike Tyson… I've been in the ring with Mike Tyson,

I know he can take a punch, for sure.

He's got a thick neck.

And I remember punching him and he was like,

it was just bumping off, you know, ricocheting off his head.

He stayed up though.

I'll tell you what, you never gave Mike that second chance that he asked for.

If he wins this fight tonight, do you want that smoke?

No, I don't think he wants that smoke either.

- Oh, you don't know that. - He don't want that smoke.

I got you.

Lennox Lewis is the best. I lay them all to rest.

That fire don't ever die. Evander, I apologize.

I'm so sorry about the sound.

Lennox, thank you for helping us out with the interview.

We appreciate you. Good to see you tonight.

- They said they're sorry about the sound. - Yeah, yeah, okay.

Good to see both of you champions with us tonight.

All right, making her way inside AT&T Stadium,

the undisputed super lightweight champion, Katie Taylor is not with us.

That's not what we're gonna show you right now.

Bear with us, we're figuring out where we are right now.

We got a big fight coming up, of course,

the main event, Mike Tyson against Jake Pa…

So this is Katie Taylor making her way into the arena.

She ready, Andre?

Very ready. She's… This is the rematch.

This is the one she's been waiting for for the last few years.

She's trying to prove to the world that the first fight was not a fluke.

So she's anxious, but she's ready to go.

Yes, she is. She's got a big fight against… Up ahead of her.

I'm sure she'll feel like this is potentially…

It could well be the toughest fight of her career that she is coming into

knowing how that first fight went.

They got some beautiful locker rooms.

Been looking at these locker rooms all night.

Yep, record setting division… Seven division world champion

Amanda Serrano is here too.

She is the first undisputed champion,

man or woman in the storied history of Puerto Rican boxing.

She has said that she comes into this hungrier,

more confident, more ready than ever before.

Have you seen that on her?

I've seen that and I heard it in the fighter meeting a few days ago.

She's locked in.

She feels like there was an injustice the first time around.

Her power almost bailed her out on the first fight.

She wanted to bail her out and get her hand raised in this fight.

Yes, she does, Amanda Serrano looking to…

…looking for some get back tonight.

'Cause she feels like she was hard done by

in that result in the first fight they fought.

What a fight that one was as well.

Okay, we're ready for our next bout of the evening,

the reigning WBC welterweight champion.

Mario Barrios is gonna put his belt on the line

against Abel Ramos in what should be an action packed fight.

We're gonna send you ringside with Mauro Ranallo and the team.

Thank you very much, Kate.

And yeah, the action should be tailor-made

to our satisfaction when we see Mario Barrios and Abel Ramos go at it

for the welterweight championship currently around Barrios' waist.

Yes, he lost to Gervonta Davis, Keith Thurman at the highest levels,

but he's no reclamation project.

He comes off the big win over Yordenis Ugás.

Then he beats Fabian Maidana and then gets elevated

to full status as welterweight champion after Terence Crawford moves on to 154.

Ramos looking for the mother of all upsets

as we go to unofficial score and our unofficial…

Well, no, the official rules expert, Mr. Sean Wheelock.

Thank you, Mauro.

The unified rules of boxing are being used for this WBC World Title fight.

There is no three knockdown rule.

Only the referee can stop the fight.

A fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round.

If an accidental foul ends the fight,

four rounds must be completed to consider it official.

Ladies and gentlemen, our next bout

is for the WBC Welterweight Championship of the world,

introducing first the challenger

fighting out of the red corner, please welcome to the ring Abel Ramos

Thirty-three-year-old Abel Ramos,

a native of Casa Grande, Arizona, 40 minutes from Phoenix,

and, well, he's hoping to rise from the ashes like a phoenix

and take advantage of this world championship opportunity

as we take a closer look.

Hey, for many, boxing is a family affair.

Just ask Roy Jones.

Ramos' family owns an academy in Arizona,

and when you say family affair,

you gotta give a shout out to Mary J. Blige.

Hey, Ramos' nephew, Jesus Jr.,

is a top prospect, 21 and one, with 17 knockouts.

We keep that family tree going

because Abel is trained by his brother, Jesus Sr.

He's fought five champions in his pro career,

so they say iron supports… Most to sharpen iron,

but as he makes this walk,

he is doing so in hopes of becoming a world champion,

and it would be a very real rocky story if Ramos was able to do so, Rosie.

Yeah, I tell you, you know,

I want people who are watching at home to please call your friends,

call your loved ones, and say, "Get in front of your TV for this fight."

It is gonna be action packed, right, Roy?

You better believe it. Anytime you got Mike Tyson,

you don't know what you might get,

but you know you're gonna get something extraordinary.

And his opponent, fighting out of the blue corner,

the defending champion,

El Azteca, Mario Barrios.

Very much in touch with his roots

and what an entrance fitting

for a world champion,

Mario Barrios, El Azteca,

inspired by his indigenous cultural roots.

It's a tribute, his nickname, to the rich history

and warrior spirit of the Aztec civilization.

And Barrios gets to defend the title on home turf.

The San Antonio native will defend the crown here

at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

And he is doing so as a proud new father.

And let's take a closer look at the career

of the current welterweight champion, Mario Barrios,

the once glamorous welterweight division in a state of flux.

Barrios wants to assume the mantle.

Of course, Jaron Ennis, the big gun in the division.

And for Barrios, he started boxing at six, but it was his mom

who took him to the gym, that's not usually the case.

And again, like Ramos, the Barrios family, they, well,

they fight together, Sister Celina, Traynor,

and of course, a big part of his preparation,

and as we mentioned for Barrios, it's all about this entrance

paying tribute to his roots he wants to represent,

he wants to show up and show out.

And again, Roy, we see in the sport of boxing

where one loss can derail a career. This man tasted two defeats, yes.

Against two of the best.

But here he is now, walking to the ring a champion.

And that says a lot about him

and who he is and who his character really is.

Because to come back from two defeats means a lot in this sport.

Usually they throw you to the pastor after your second defeat.

And as someone who, of course,

has called some of the biggest MMA events in the world,

a loss should not derail your career, Rosie.

Here's a great reception for the home state.

He would love to be the Lone Star

of the Welterweight Division from the Lone Star State.

But right now, even though he's a big favorite.

He still has to deliver.

I have a lot of respect for this man.

And he brings a fight. He is a warrior.

You know, his ring walk

was just the perfect personification of who he is as a fighter.

I love Marius Barrios.

All right, let's go back inside the ring.

The official introductions for this championship bout. Big Mo.

Ladies and gentlemen,

live from AT&T Stadium and live worldwide on Netflix,

this bout is scheduled for 12 three-minute rounds

and is for the WBC Welterweight Championship of the world.

Our judges at ringside, from Texas, Javier Alvarez.

From West Virginia, Doug Robinson. And from Florida, Mike Ross.

Our timekeepers, Genaro Perez and Arthur White.

And our referee in charge when the bell rings,

from Panama, Hector Afu.

Let's meet the fighters.

First, the challenger, fighting out of the red corner,

wearing the black, red, and gold trunks.

He stands five feet, nine inches tall.

He weighed in at 146.4 pounds

He holds a professional record of 28 victories

versus six defeats and two draws

with 22 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

And he fights out of Costa Grande, Arizona, USA,

introducing Abel Ramos.

And now his opponent, the champion, fighting out of the blue corner,

wearing the black trunks with pink trim, he stands six feet tall.

He weighed in at 146.8 pounds.

He holds a professional record of 29 victories versus two defeats

with 18 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

And he fights out of San Antonio, Texas, USA,

by way of Mexico.

Introducing the former WBA Regular Super Lightweight Champion

and the current reigning, defending

WBC Welterweight Champion of the world,

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the world champion,

Mario El Azteca Barrio.

Okay, guys, I gave the instructions in the dressing rooms.

I want a clean fight. Touch gloves, good luck. Okay.

So, Barrios and Ramos prove positive

that one can secure huge opportunities

and success even after being knocked down figuratively and literally.

On paper this fight is a showcase for the defending champ,

but this guy is a rugged campaigner known for all-action slugfests.

Scheduled for twelve rounds for Mario Barrios, 147 pound belt.

Round number one, Barrios has four first round KOs.

The last one came way back in 2015.

And for Ramos, he too has four first round KOs.

His last one came back in 2018.

Double jab, splitting the guard early for Barrios.

And he's known for a highly effective jab, but Roy…

Yeah, he is known for a highly effective jab.

And he's also a little bigger here than Abel.

So, I think he has a good size advantage that he should take advantage of.

At six feet, yeah, I mean, you know,

Thomas Hearns is one of a kind, but obviously a guy that tall

and fighting at the weight, he did,

and Barrios, he went through a growth spurt,

started career at 122, had a secondary title at 140, and again,

bouncing back to win a championship.

And man life has never been better for Barrios, a champion and a new dad.

Nice body shot by Ramos.

Ramos already showed that he didn't come here to lose.

- He's come here to try to take that belt… - Indeed.

…and that's a beautiful thing to see.

And at the end of this fight,

Ramos would love to hear Fifty Cent in the game,

hate it or love it, the underdogs on top.

- Nice right hand. - Good shot.

Did he buckle the knee? Did he touch the glove, touch the canvas?

- But that shit right there. - Beautiful right hand.

And so, obviously, Barrios knows he can impact Ramos,

and it's early in the fight.

Of course, he shocked him with that straight right lead.

Might have shocked himself, too.

Shock the system.

Great jab by Barrios.

Yeah, the jab is his bread and butter, Rosie.

Yeah, but Ramos is trying to remain calm

- because that punch shook him, for sure. - Yeah.

And Ramos has been down four times,

knocked down against Francisco Santana. But that was in 2019.

Was knocked down twice against Ivan Baranchuk.

and was also knocked down against Aramis' skill.

So, again, he has been knocked down before,

tasted the power of Barrios here in round one.

The knee's buckled, but he did not go down.

But it's all the champion here in the first frame.

Yeah, if he keeps going straight backwards

off of that right hand that Barrios is throwing,

he's gonna go down again.

What do you think about the state of the Welterweight Division?

You know, last year I had called Terrence Crawford

against Errol Spence Jr. one of the most anticipated fights

in a while in the Welterweight Division, and now Crawford has moved up to 154.

So, there's an opportunity here…

…for a new wave, and of course,

Jaron Boots Ennis remains the belle of the ball,

but, Barrios wants to make sure people remember his name as a champion.

Yeah, the Welterweight Division

is in a re-booting stage right now.

You gotta be careful with that right hand.

You gotta use those angles.

- so you don't get hit with that leg. - Gotta be careful

- with that right hand. - Go this way.

All right? You just gotta be careful. That's it. Your head move quick.

Use those ankles so you dont get hit.

Let's do it. But it's easy.

You gotta be careful. That's it, in your hand movement.

Yep.

But it's easy.

Relax. Don't draw back. Relax.

Here we see it, the straight right lead, boom.

And when he goes, his knee goes.

Did he touch the glove?

It's hard to see if it touched or not.

Sorry, did he touch the canvas? But if you're right…

If the glove touched, there's definitely a knockdown,

but I don't know if it touched or not. It's hard to see it.

- Let's look again. - Let's take another look.

Beautiful straight right lead, boom.

Wow, right hand right on the jaw.

- Beautiful right lead. - And the right glove.

Oh, that shot.

left us in suspense.

As we go to round number two,

and right away, despite being behind the proverbial eight ball immediately,

Ramos needs to find a way

to not let this fight get away from him early, Rosie.

That is true, but he's still feeling that punch,

I'm telling you.

Well, the fact that Barrios could hurt him

makes Barrios realize

that he should just bully over him if he wants to.

Speaking of bullying, Roy, look at the size difference.

I mean, Barrios is the much bigger man, and obviously acquitting himself.

Well, yes, Rosie, nice right hand there. Barrios doesn't neglect the body.

And now Ramos looking to stick the jab. Some body movement.

There's a little shoe shine on the body by Ramos trying to find his rhythm.

Barrios is fighting like, I'm going to take full advantage

of this opportunity on a worldwide stage

in front of millions and millions and millions of viewers.

And Barrios also in his second stint

with respected trainer Bob Santos,

and they have really gelled well here in leading him to a title.

Nice defense there, Roy,

ducked underneath that sweeping wide right hand of Ramos, did Barrios, and he is

defensively responsible.

Yep, and that's part of Bob's teachings.

Good step over the hook.

Love what I'm seeing from Barrios.

Look at the body shot.

Good body shot, followed by the right hand to the head.

Attacking the body

like it's filled with candy as we reach the midway point of the second stanza.

The jab of Ramos, more of a range finder.

There's an effective jab to the body by Barrios, and then the lead right cross,

Rosie.

So Barrios finding the rhythm, finding the target.

Yes, he's finding the smart shots is what he's doing here.

And this is one of those fights where you

tell guys, if you can go to the lower

weight class,

you really should go to it, because if you can't, or if you don't, and you come in

here fighting at four to seven,

and you're not really a four to seven pounder, you see this big size

differential, just like we see tonight.

You know, it's a unique night in the sport

when a welterweight championship fight is

an appetizer

for this unique main event, Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson.

It's coming up later tonight as Barrios begins to really use the jab effectively,

painting Ramos up and down, changing levels with it.

Half a minute left now in the round.

Ramos has landed some good body shots

in this round, though.

Shamo, nice counter left by Ramos.

He blocked it, but it was a good shot.

- Whoa! He's down! - …Ramos for the fifth time in

his career!

The one, two, leads to the knockdown that puts him to the count.

You ready?

So that is the fifth time Ramos has hit the deck

like a card dealer and Mario Barrios…

…in early control.

Barrios is not playing tonight.

Right over the top, you get that in there easy.

Using his hook by hand. That puts him right,

and then he leads with the hook.

It's this jab that goes to the hook, followed by a beautiful right hand.

The hook was to make him freeze that right hand

and sneak the right hand down the pipe.

Beautiful setup.

He had set the table for the right hand

throughout the fight already.

Yeah, but the hook was to make a block with the right hand.

- Exactly. Drop the hand. - Make to block the right hand.

- Boom. - Beautiful.

Oh, my God. Tested him.

Set him up nicely.

- Very good shot by Ramos. I mean… - Barrios.

Close up right hand by Barrios.

And we've talked about the effectiveness of his jab,

and Mario Barrio's ten landed jabs is two times the welterweight average

per round, so it's obviously…

Speak about the importance of the jab, Roy, and its many uses.

It's important when you know how to use it

and you know what you're using it for. Some guys use it to finish quick.

Some guys use it to stab to the body with.

Some guys use a sharp snapping jab to throw a guy's rhythm off.

So the jab has a lot of different uses.

You just have to know which one is best for you

or which one is necessary against that certain opponent.

Barrios is taking his time. He's looking for his shot.

Well, he knows he can kill him any time he gets ready

with the shot now, so… And he's the bigger man.

So, he's not worried about Abel's punching power

because Abel has a big size deficit.

You know what I'm saying?

So, with that being said, Barrios can do anything he wants to do.

He already knows he can hurt him.

He knows he can drop him when he gets ready,

and he knows he can take his punch.

Now, it's just a matter of him setting the shot up to get him out.

And that doesn't mean Abel Aaron Ramos is not a good fighter,

because he's doing some good things, but the size is what already has taken him

out of the fight, in my opinion.

But a world title fight, you wouldn't say no to that no matter what,

even if you are the undersized guy.

It's a world title fight. Some guys never get this.

And he probably had to take it.

What do you think of his response to being knocked down?

I think it's good because he gets up and comes back

and fights like he's been knocked down before.

And he has five times.

He's not a better… He's not a rookie at being knocked down.

He knows what to do afterwards.

There's a double left, the uppercut and the left hand,

and another real piston-like jab by Mario Barrios.

And like I told you, he keeps backing straight up…

And a double left hook to the body, left hook upstairs.

Sorry, Roy, Ramos, with a nice three-punch combination with the left.

Yeah, it was, but he keeps backing straight up.

When Barrios goes at him, he's going to go down again

because Barrios is too long to back straight up from him.

And you see Rosie, Barrios, the quintessential pro,

the body movement, upper body movement.

We're gonna see a lot of that from Amanda Serrano

when she challenges Katie Taylor for the undisputed super lightweight title

coming up next, and believe me, you'll want to.

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Taylor and Serrano put on a fight for the ages two years ago

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as the first female headlining event at the Mecca.

And that's still to come, but right now, Mario Barrios continues

to put in the work.

Nice left hook lands the lead left to the jaw of Ramos.

It's all the welterweight champs.

Ramos got some good shots in that round.

Two good shots at the end.

Just a little more, okay? You're doing everything perfect.

Just keep using your jab, be a little busier with the jab.

But you gotta go with the body more, but not forcibly.

Another great round. You're in total control…

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We have reached round number four.

Twenty nine year old Mario Barrios.

And the 33-year-old Abel Ramos, renew their hostilities now

for the fourth frame total power punches landed in the fight

for Barrios 26 of 55, 47%. anything over 40

and if you're getting closer to 50 that's a great night at the office.

Meanwhile, not so great for Ramos, 13 of 52,

he's landing at only 25 percent.

Mario learned a lot from his two big losses against Tank

and Keith Thurman.

And, boy, he did give Tank Davis a tough fight

in the first half, and then, of course, Tank Davis, as is usually the case,

always loves to close the show and highlight field fashion,

and Keith Thurman, of course, coming back, and Mario Barrios was beaten

by Keith Thurman, and he was frustrated, and you wondered what was going to happen,

but then he responds, and he goes on to knock off a former champion.

Sure, your Denny Sugos, better days may be behind him,

but what a fighter he was, and for Mario Barrios now

making the first full title defense of his welterweight crown,

he wants to put on a show.

He wants to make a statement here tonight in Texas.

So far, he's been doing just that.

He's landed one knockdown shot earlier in the fight.

He almost scored another knockdown. But there's Ramos.

I mean, Rosie, Ramos standing in front of him,

trying… Does throw punches in combination using footwork,

and while they might land, they're just not landing

with the same impact to Barrios.

That's right, but still, he is game.

Game as ever.

And that's what we expected him to be,

an all-action fighter.

And when you get two Mexican-Americans in the squared circle,

yeah, you're liable to get some fistic fireworks.

Just over a minute left here in the fourth.

- Good jab by Barrios. - Oh, good right hand by Barrios.

Barrios could take a punch.

I guess after you get tanked by Tank, you know, you could take a lot.

Yes, he's been down three times,

all of those times against Gervonta Tank Davis, but you mentioned this,

and I know it's cliché, Roy, but all of us in life,

when, you know, losing is learning. It's supposed to be anyway.

- Right, Roy? - Yes, it is.

And it's about the reflection. It's not just the loss.

It's about how you reflect on what happened to you.

And it has made Barrios a much better fighter.

Yep.

Oh, there's, like Rosie said, Ramos' game.

It's just he's been unable to really get the attention of Barrios

or cause him any consternation.

Ten seconds.

Plus, he's scared of Barrios' powers.

Yeah, Barrios has 18 knockouts, 29 wins.

Good job for Ramos.

The arrival of Jake Paul and his girlfriend,

Yuta Nirdam, the Dutch speed skater.

Paul's goal is for him to become a world champion,

for her to become an Olympic gold medalist,

a man who has changed the game, love him or loathe him.

He thrives on trends and he's got the pulse of popular culture,

and there he comes.

What a sight.

Iron Mike looking to do what millions of us did a couple of weeks back.

Turn back the clock.

Looking for his 45th knockout victory.

It's happening, folks.

The undisputed, former undisputed heavyweight champion,

the youngest heavyweight champion in history, at 20,

returns to the ring at 58.

- This is round number five. - That was a fly-ass jacket.

That's, yeah, that makes sense coming from a fly girl dancer,

right, Rosie?

Hey, we've got our unofficial scorecard.

It belongs to Sean Wheelock, and he has Barrios ahead, forty to thirty-five.

No surprise, really, as we've seen Barrios dictate the terms,

control the ring, utilize the jab, and showcase the power with the knockdown.

And as we look at the total jabs, it's not even close.

Roy, do you think Barrios is looking for that setup again?

No, I think he's trying to set him up, yes,

but it's a little more difficult for him now

because Abel has learned his rhythm.

So he's got to look for a third punch instead of the second punch now.

First time he knocked him down with the first punch.

Second time he knocked him down with the second punch.

Now he's got to go try to look for the third punch

because he's ready for the first punch and he's ready for the second punch.

So he's just got to add to it.

And usually when you throw two,

he won't expect that third one, because he got dropped by two the second time.

Right.

So if you add a third one to it,

you'll surprise him.

Like right there, he threw a right hand after that left jab,

he would have got him out of there.

Right.

You know, I wouldn't be in this seat if it wasn't for MMA legend,

UFC Hall of Famer, Boss Bruton,

and he is enjoying every second of the action tonight.

At home in Austin, Texas, and it's amazing, guys, the amount of people…

How many people came out of the woodwork when you found out

that you were calling Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul?

It's been incredible.

Oh, my God, my phone is blowing up. It's been blowing up.

It's still blowing up.

Barrios would love to blow up Ramos.

Ramos would love to do the same thing.

And again,

Roy, when you look at Ramos' activity with his strategy…

Anything he can tweak as he,

you know, again, he's obviously a class below Mario Barrios in technique.

- We can see that. - And in size.

So, I mean, if he had the right size,

this could be a good fight because he's hitting Barrios,

but it has no real effect because he's so much smaller than Barrios.

So, if he was Barrios' size, we might have a good fight here for a minute.

But as you see, the bigger man, Barrios, is just walking through his power shot.

30 seconds left to end the fifth.

Ramos fainting, trying to get Barrios to fight.

Barrios a champion, gonna have to do more than that.

Are you surprised that Barrios didn't try to capitalize more

following the knockdown?

- No, I'm not. - Why not?

First of all, one of them was at the end of the round.

No, but the next round, I guess, I think.

No, the first, yeah, okay, yeah.

Well, I didn't expect him to come because Abel came back throwing fire shots at him.

So he knew Abel wasn't really hurt in that next round.

So no need to try to attack a guy who's not hurt.

Well, we talked about Boss Rooney,

legendary martial artist, and, uh… Ladies and gents,

we have two legends in the building tonight,

Ralph Macchio and William Zabka.

Also, big congrats to the Karate Kid, Ralph Macchio.

He is set to receive the 2,796th star

on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next Wednesday.

Our teammate Rosie Perez received her star

on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015.

Well deserved. As we go to round number six.

Good job by Ramos.

Yeah, round five, very… one-sided.

And, Rosie, if they haven't given you a Hollywood star yet,

they sure will soon, my friend.

What do you mean? Wikipedia was wrong, Rosie?

Sixth round here.

Barrios, not much going wrong for him so far, Rosie.

Yeah, it's all Barrios so far,

but I'm liking what Ramos is doing right now.

He's really trying to gain some points in this fight.

He's trying to up the pace a little bit.

- Look at him. - Yep.

Landing some good shots, too.

He came out different this round.

Like, his confidence is growing.

Double body shot by Barrios, followed up with the right hand.

But, yeah, there's a little more pep in the step of Ramos, trying to…

discover some rhythm.

Throws a lot into the right hand, but bounced it off the arm of Barrios.

But it is Ramos putting the pressure now on Barrios.

Barrios on the back foot.

Yeah, Barrios' gonna do something,

either knock him down again,

or something to slow him down, because now he's starting to go…

- Oh! - Oh!

Barrio's gotten down. Mamma Mia!

Well, Jones Jr., you called it.

I really need those Powerball numbers, brother.

I told you, I saw it happening.

- Talk about power. - I saw it.

Oh, my gosh.

Having a ball now. It's an unbelievable turn of events.

High drama at AT&T Stadium.

Oh, my God, I'm hysterical over here.

- Barros was hurt bad. - Yes.

Mario is her fan.

You can hear the crowd all the way from Arizona screaming,

Vamos, Ramos!

An incredible Mario Barrios knocked down.

He gave him too much confidence.

He sure did.

And that's the fourth knockdown of his career.

Ramos rocking Mario Barrios.

Round six, the bane of Barrios' existence in this fight.

And it will be up to his corner.

It will be up to the veterans to re-establish,

to clean out the cobwebs, and reset.

- What a round for Abel Ramos. - Yes, it was.

- Oh, good stance. - Oh! Right hand again.

And Barrios, almost saved by the bell

like Bayside. Shout out to the 6 God in Canada, Drake, but…

Now let's listen in the corner here.

- You're right. - Just keep using the jab.

Hands up. Use the jab. You're okay, son. Take a deep breath.

Keep using the jab. Stay alert.

Stay alert.

He see Ramos coming here, Just walk and get closer,

and there's a boom straight right hand that Barrios did not expect to come.

Another right hand and another hook on the side of the head on the way down.

There's a hook, another right hand to the chin.

Big overhand right there. That hurt to another straight right.

Those shots also hurt Barrios.

Barrios was in bad shape going back at the end of that round.

- He sure was. - And Barrios is smiling,

knowing, okay, so now I'm in a fight.

- This is a title defense. - Yeah.

But I don't like that his legs…

…are like they still may not be under him.

All right, at the end

of the first half of this championship fight,

CompuBox power punches in round six.

Barrios, two of 11, just 18 percent, and here's the headline of the fight.

The prohibitive underdog, Ramos, 26 of 53, 49 percent,

reversing his fortunes in the biggest fight of his life.

And yet, of course, with… him being so far behind,

he's going to have to continue to try to take the fight to Barrios, Rosie.

Yep.

He's better, but he's been winning,

taking the fight to Barrio,

so I think he's turning around a little bit.

And with that two-point round, that might hit him even more,

so he's definitely made this a better fight.

According to CompuBox, Ramos landed 30 punches

in the sixth after landing only 27 in the previous three rounds combined.

Yup, his confidence… Barrios didn't get confidence.

He dropped him twice.

Oh, Yarmulke and Barrios with the same punch again.

Again, the hands are low for Barrios,

and he's getting tagged repeatedly with the right hands.

Yep, Yarmulke caught with the same punch.

The pugnacious pride of Ramos.

Yeah, Barrios keeps dropping that hand, leaving it open.

Ramos able to hit him as clean as a washing machine in this fight here,

and it's definitely taking its toll. Go ahead, Roy, you were gonna say.

Yeah, Ramos believes he can win this fight now.

- That's dangerous. - Self-belief is everything.

It's everything.

- You know that. - Yes.

He didn't believe it at first, but he believes it now.

Left hook landed for Ramos.

Good uppercut by Barrios, too, though.

Now's the jab.

Lead left hook lands upstairs for Barrios.

Body bobbing and weaving. Lead left hook lands for Ramos.

And again, Ramos much smaller in stature.

But was able to drop Mario Barrios…

with a right hand, and a minute now left, in the seventh.

Left hand lands to the body for Barrios.

- Oh, good shot. - Yep.

Very nice.

Why is he landing it as frequently as he is, Roy?

Because Barrios is going straight backwards like that.

I just said the same thing earlier about Abel not to get going

straight back off of Barrios' right hand. Now, Barrios is doing the same thing.

Beautiful combination of Barrios' left hook to the body,

ran head upstairs, and that's the best we've seen of him in this round, Rosie.

Yeah, he's recovering nicely, but still,

he should be very, very cautious right now.

Well, no, Barrios… I mean, Ramos has to be very cautious

because he's getting too much confidence almost.

If he runs into another straight right hand like that,

- he's gonna have problems. - He did quit Barrios again,

though, splitting that peekaboo guard with the one-two,

and there's another one-two from Ramos.

Jab from Barrios. Nice. The best round of the fight

for Abel Ramos.

Coming off the knockdown, and he continues to build on it.

Well, the knockdown round was the best round, but he continues to build.

Yes. Fun fight. This is a fun fight.

Every chance you get, you gotta touch him to the body.

You got to slow him down, but you gotta be alert.

He's looking for a home run shot, okay?

He knows he's down, so he's looking for a home run shot.

He should be alert.

Working your jab, but you gotta touch the body every time.

And you can just step out one side or the other.

- Okay. - You have to step back… step out.

Hands up. Hands up.

Every time he misses, go to the body, be alert.

Great job.

- How you feeling? - Good.

Deep breath.

Here we see Ramos in the attack with overhand right there,

right behind the glove.

Very sharp shot right behind the glove, right on the ear.

Messing with the equilibrium.

All right, round number eight, and the plot thickens here

for this welter weight championship.

Currently around the waist of Mario Barrios, but Abel Ramos,

the underdog, looking to make the most of this opportunity.

And, yeah, when you look at his record, 28, six and two,

two and three in his last five fights,

many people wondered why he was getting the opportunity.

But, hey, he got the opportunity. He's looking to kick in the door.

And he deserved the opportunity,

apparently, because he's landed a knockdown on the champion.

Oh, good shot.

And, though, that was a decent bounce-back round,

I guess, according to CompuBox,

in terms of total punches landed in round seven.

The edge to Barrios.

There's a nice jab that pops Ramos' head back

like a Pez dispenser as we look at more stats from round seven.

Thirty-four percent clip for Barrios, the defending champ.

The one thing missing from Barrios tonight,

the counterpunching, Roy.

Well, the counterpunching and the numbers.

He's still throwing one or two instead of hitting it

with the third or fourth punch now.

As the fight goes on, you have to keep… Changing and evolving with the situation.

A guy's gonna be used to that first one or the second one.

Now, you gotta add that third or that fourth one, like that.

Rosie Barrios on the ropes and tasting it from Ramos,

but they're trying to exchange. They wanted to turn this into…

Well, Ramos wants to turn it into a war, even though the smaller guy,

that's what got him to the dance.

Yeah, but Barrios is, just like Roy was saying,

he keeps going back.

He's going to find himself in the same trouble.

Begging straight up from a short guy.

He's as straight as six o'clock.

Like that.

Jab by Barrios, just a pot shot, though.

Just over a minute left here in the eighth,

and Matt Ramos able to land.

He's able to gauge the distance to land those…

That's flush, Roy.

Because Barrios keeps backing straight back from it.

And he leans in.

- And he leans in. Yeah? - See that, Roy.

- Straight back again. - You're right.

- Doesn't take the steam off the punch. - Good body shot.

Doesn't roll with the punches.

Not at all. Great body shot by Ramos just then.

So, the single shots from Barrios

not doing him any favors here, Rosie.

He needs to, like you say, amplify the offense.

He sure does, and Ramos has in his eyes,

"I can win this, I can win this."

And he's punching like he wants to win it.

Nice combination downstairs and upstairs, both scoring blows for the challenger.

- Nice combination, man. - He's challenging him.

Upstairs, downstairs, upstairs, Roy.

The champion is acting, I mean, the challenger is acting

- like the champion right now. - Yes.

- That confidence. - Like he's in control.

And we've seen the confidence

- of a champion emerge, Rosie. - Yeah, been fickle.

Mario probably had a quick flashback to Tank's knockout.

- There's a lock! - Oh, and again, rocking the jaw.

Ramos swinging wildly, but I have to say,

Ramos does leave himself

open for counters, but Mario's unable to reply

and what a fight we are seeing here…

…for the welterweight title as this huge throng files in.

It's an 80,000-seat capacity

for the Dallas Cowboys football games, and thousands upon thousands

are here tonight already getting ready for our double main event.

We're fighting for the world championship,

we gotta stop him.

That's a railroad with a left hook right there.

Followed by a left hook because it was blocked.

Then he comes back with a right hook.

- Right. And at that time… - That was straight.

Wow, right around the beautiful title…

- I don't know why… - …placement.

Why Barrios can't seem to block that punch.

Come on.

Second time, round five.

This is round at number nine.

It is scheduled for 12…

…for Mario Barrios.

One hundred and forty-seven pound division title.

Barrios had dropped Ramos early in the fight.

Ramos able to come back and drop Barrios.

And it is a seesaw affair with round nine underway.

And our unofficial scorer, Sean Wheelock,

gave the challenger the last round based on numbers like this.

Ramos outlanding Barrios, 14 to four,

in terms of total power punches in the last round.

Ramos making him dig deep, I tell you that.

Body shot from Barrios, sweeping left hook, and there's the jab.

Ramos continues to stick the jab, counter jab from Barrios,

but doesn't follow with the right hand.

Continues to back up, perhaps setting a trap,

but has to be careful.

Ramos' sneaky right hand continues to find a home.

Roy, for the people who are not boxing fanatics like myself,

how can you explain to the audience how difficult it is to recompose yourself

after you get knocked down?

It's very difficult to put yourself back together,

but because both of these guys have been knocked down several times,

they're used to it.

Because both of these guys were able to recover very well

because of their experience

- at being knocked down. - Oh, nice jab.

Most guys that have never been knocked down before,

they go into a panic sometimes after getting knocked down.

We're seeing a power surge from Ramos.

In the last three rounds, he has outlanded the champion.

Coming into this round, 50 to 15 power shots. Unbelievable.

- Yeah. - They both landed

some good punches just then.

Mario Barrios' nose is bleeding right now.

Making like a political document, Rosie.

Just over a minute left here in the night.

Thank you, Roy. I was waiting for it, buddy.

You're my laugh track tonight.

- You're hired, bro. - Oh, good…

Nice left hook upstairs by Ramos.

And another left hook right hand, and like you said, Roy, it's Ramos now,

the confidence you could see grow right before our very eyes.

But he's leaving his hands down.

- Don't get too confident. - Oh!

Oh, double left hook beautifully executed, my goodness.

Don't judge a book by its record or a boxer by his record.

Exactly, good body shot by Ramos.

Uppercut lands for Ramos.

There's Barrios now, putting together combinations finally.

and things heating up here at round nine, final 20 seconds.

We anticipated a barn burner, and now, they're looking to make it just that.

Mario's left eye is starting to swell a little bit too.

- Yeah. - Oh, he has been in it.

Double jab, triple jab, left hook for…

- Oh, good little blows. - …Ramos.

South of the equator went Ramos with that shot.

Did you say good low blow?

Yeah, good low blow.

Referee didn't call it, but referee did see

it.

Like Jesse Devante Ventura said,

win, lose, but always cheat, Roy.

Yep.

Nah.

My friends have texted me saying, hey, we love what they've done with the place,

AT&T Stadium.

The experience here tonight,

having gone to Japan for a while, let's listen in.

Got to touch up, touch up with the uppercut.

Use it, double it up.

Let your hands go.

Touch up, touch up, touch up.

The angle.

He sees Ramos down in that area.

A beautiful right hand down the pipe.

He's been saving up all night right there.

Right on the forehead.

You don't know…

I mean, right on the forehead.

A good hook right there, too.

Right over the top of the board.

Wow, wow.

All right, we've got ourselves a championship fight, kids.

Here we go.

Round number ten.

Mario Barrios, defending champion, eats a shot to the body right away from the

challenger, Ramos.

High guard, and Barrios now sticking on that front foot,

Rosie, using the defense and really hitting him with the jab.

Yeah.

That was a lead hook to the head,

by the way, not a body shot.

Oh, good right hand.

That bloody nose is bothering Mario,

making it difficult for him to breathe.

Good jab by Mario.

Nice, beautiful jabs.

It's like a fencing competition with the jab.

Right hand, left hand, double power shot from Barrios.

Go ahead, Roy.

Ramos' nose is bleeding now, too.

Oh, good uppercut by Barrios.

Both of them have a bloody nose now.

Well, they'll be blood brothers once this thing is done here with two

proud

Mexican-Americans.

I mean, as you mentioned, Roy, you subject yourself to the rigors of a boxing life.

The goal is to be the best.

The goal is to win a championship, make the money, and retire and take care of

your family.

And Ramos has been given that opportunity just like Barrios

and they are wanting to, well, grow their reputations here tonight.

And speaking of that, Jake Paul wants to ascend to greatness, Mike Tyson wants

to prove that greatness never fades, that's the main event coming up later

tonight

here on Netflix.

I'll tell you what, this fight and that man and that co-main event make

it worth your while to even pay attention, because this has been a really good fight,

and that co-main event is also gonna be a really good fight.

It's almost a guarantee after what Katie Taylor

and Amanda Serrano were authoring at Madison Square Garden.

Rosie, you were there two years ago.

It's just, I mean, it's not hyperbole.

Best women's boxing match ever on the biggest stage making history,

and it's an even bigger stage here tonight.

And speaking of Taylor Serrano,

Barrios now looking to fight like Serrano, putting the pressure,

trying to throw punches in bunches.

Yes, absolutely.

I'm telling you, this fight is giving me PTSD when I got…

Oh! Right hand by Barrios.

By both of them.

Both of them landed.

- Yeah. - Was it the end of Rocky III

- with the- - Good uppercut.

Very nice.

Nice one, two, three, four from Barrios.

And Barrios has lost a little steam

on his punches.

If he had steam on those four punches then,

he probably would have set Ramos down again.

Ramos curls the right hand behind the guard of Barrios.

Left hook lands upstairs for Barrios.

And there's Ramos.

Dominating a left hook of his own.

That blood make it

hard for him to breathe, too, in his nose.

That's what I'm sayin'.

I have PTSD, I rememer when I got punched in the nose in the eighth grade.

Ten seconds!

The only fight I was ever in, I sucker-punched the kid in the nose before

he beat me on the side.

Great shot, uppercut.

Good fight.

Good, good fight.

Let's go.

Well, while the action heats up in the ring, back in the locker room,

Jake Paul wanting to find a moment of zen.

While initially seen as an outsider in the boxing world,

he has shown genuine commitment to training.

He has worked with seasoned trainers and sparred with experienced fighters,

and that's helped him improve his skills.

From a sweat to strategy, Jake Paul mentally locking in,

getting ready for the biggest fight of his life.

The grind never stops.

He's putting in the final touches before the big show.

Oh.

Oops.

We are into the championship rounds.

And power punches.

Well, we look at the stats.

How about power through ten?

According to CompuBox…

Well, actually, this comes to jabs.

See, the power might be Ramos right now, but Barrios,

one thirty-four, forty-seven edge in jabs landed.

Well, Barrios got the longer arm,

so you would expect him

- to lead the jab category, you know? - Yep.

Nice, wow, sneaky left hand, Rosie.

Power lands for Ramos upstairs.

Yeah, oh, my God.

Both guys are very bloody right now.

- Oh, good shot. - Oh, another right hand.

That's been the moneymaker for Ramos all night.

Double jab, and there's a double jab from Barrios, and now it's a right cross.

Finally, Barrios launches his money shot.

Barrios' face is just swollen like hell.

Looks like it was put together like a ransom note,

thanks to Ramos.

The good thing about both of them

is they look like they can't miss each other.

Yeah.

Which probably is giving their trainers moments of pause.

But it's giving the fans what we want to see.

Hey, man.

Midway point of the…

- Oh, good shot. - Oh nice!

See how he changes that third punch, then?

Changes the speed, the tempo.

That's what I was saying earlier. If you change the rhythm,

do a third punch or a fourth punch, he'd land it.

So, it's interesting.

Here are guys who've overcome adversity, losses, to come into a championship fight,

and tonight they both tasted adversity being dropped once each.

It's just a testament to their will, their skill, their grit, and their heart.

Mario Barrios and Abel Ramos.

Now, Ramos has a cut under his left eye.

That's bleeding.

He wants to prove to be a cut above Mario Barrios,

but the cut's proving a factor.

The vestiges of battle all over the face of Mario Barrios.

And neither guy seems to be able to really

avoid a straight right hand.

And he knows that his newborn is gonna…

be the light of his life. Already is, indeed.

This, I mean, it changes you, Roy, right?

You have a son or a daughter as a professional prize fighter,

and suddenly the urgency, the pressure to deliver grows,

or does it for you, Roy?

Sometimes, it does, sometimes it doesn't.

Oh, man!

These guys, both have taken such punishment.

And this is the championship rounds

where they're doing this to each other.

Twelfth and final round, what do Barrios and Ramos have in store

for their final act?

He's gonna try to learn when, 'cause he needs a knockout.

There is the swelling.

Don't force nothing.

Don't force nothing.

- You got to calm down. - Good job, man.

Hey, don't force nothing, okay?

But stay alert.

Hands up.

He's got to go for broke. So, he's either gonna press you hard…

or he's gonna try to lure you in.

Don't let him lure you in.

Get up, boy.

This is what you're in for. Come on, get up.

Last round.

A blood and guts battle for the Welterweight Championship

Both champion and challenger have been down in the fight…

This is the final round!

Will wind up

leaving AT&T Stadium with the Welterweight Championship,

the champion Barrios in the black and pink,

the challenger Ramos in the black with red trim,

final three minutes.

Barrios beat him up pretty good

at the end of that last round.

Looked like he started to find his rhythm again,

so let's see can he build on that.

Lead left hook by Ramos, lands, misses with the right.

There's another right hand, continues to land,

Bob Santos in Barrios' corner.

Making sure

that he told Barrios, don't push for the knockout,

and look at the total punches in round 11.

A very good pace, you guys, and the 23 of 79 Barrios, 22-59 Ramos.

- Yes. - These guys,

I mean, there is…

Barrios should keep capitalizing on that cut under Ramos's eye.

Speaking of capitalizing,

these two are as close as a capital I, a lowercase L.

- Two minutes left in the fight. - Watch your head.

- This stadium is packed already. - Yeah, it is.

And the energy for this fight right now is crazy.

Yeah, this fight is producing a lot of energy.

- Good right hand. - Nice right…

Oh, and a nice jab, a stiff jab from Barrios.

This is what you expect from warriors in the championship rounds.

This is where your legacies are made, Roy Jones Jr.

This is a hell of a fight.

I mean, a hell of a fight.

Oh, good right hand.

Lead right again lands for Ramos.

Left hook by Barrios. Barrios now moving to his left.

Ducks underneath the punch from Ramos. Ramos now a southpaw.

Good body shot by Barrios.

Punches and punches.

And you could hear the thuds from the punches here sitting ringside.

I don't know how it sounds at home, but my God.

They have combined for over 1500 punches… thrown.

They've landed knockdown blows.

Forty-five seconds left.

Mario Barrios with the jab.

Now, Barrios moving forward.

Picking off Ramos, the Texas crowd, exhorting their native son!

- Oh, good… Oh, okay. - But here comes Ramos,

and now the right hand of Barrios.

For those of you watching boxing for the first time in a long time,

you are being greeted to what championship action is all about.

Many people thought that these two may never be able to fight

at the highest championship level after all of the losses…

…but wow! Wow.

And the crowd is on their feet in this stadium.

This is insane.

What a fight.

- Two warriors, right? - Yes, sir.

Yes, ma'am.

You know what, the boxing ring is where you face

a tougher interrogation than the feds.

And both these guys took the best out of each other.

Now, inquiring minds want to know.

We will hear from Sean Wheelock, but who do you guys think

- won this fight? - I have no clue.

Honesty is the best policy i didn't write the rounds

down so i don't know what

about you rosie any inclination I don't know.

I mean, I would give the slight edge to…

You know what?

I don't know.

I know who I want to fight.

Everyone watching on Netflix.

You better believe it.

You better believe it.

That's why you're the best, Mario.

All right, let's take a look.

Incredible highlights.

Yep, the start of the fight, of course.

Barrios, Mario, the WBC champ.

That was a flash knockdown right here, right there.

Rep didn't call it a knockdown.

In a round later…

There was a real knockdown from the right hand.

So the first one wasn't called a knockdown, but the second one really was.

But then in round six, Barrios, I mean,

come back there, going for a knockdown by him, not Barrios, Ramos, coming to knock

Barrios down.

So now it's a one knockdown apiece.

What a fight we got it from that point.

All the followers broke out.

Barrios kept, I mean, Ramos kept pushing the issue, chasing Barrios backwards.

I knew at that point Barrios had to do something to change.

He started throwing the combinations again,

throwing the numbers, and those numbers were what he needed to get himself back in

the fight.

And there we go, a really, really good doggone fight there, son.

An incredible championship fight,

championship grit and heart on the part of both fighters.

Let's go to Shawn Wheelock with his unofficial scorecard.

Mauro, one-fourteen, one-twelve, seven rounds to five for Mario Barrios.

What a unique scorecard.

I gave rounds one through five for Mario Barrios,

ten-eight on the knockdown, then round six through nine for Abel Ramos.

You have a ten-eight round in round number six on the knockdown.

Then back comes Barrios.

They gave him rounds ten and eleven.

Round twelve to me.

That was the closest in the fight.

I gave it to Abel Ramos.

Barrios Barrios saw this fight slipping away.

He came back on my unofficial scorecard winning two of the three final rounds to

win this fight

and I believe successfully retained his WBC one hundred forty seven pound world

title.

Sean Wheelock on official scorecard.

These are the individuals with the official scorecards.

Javier Alvarez of Texas, Doug Robinson of West Virginia, Mike Ross of Florida.

It's up to them who determines who walks out of the ring champion.

And we are about to find out here once again is Big Mo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after twelve full rounds,

we go to the judges' scorecards for the official decision.

Judge Javier Alvarez sees the contest,

one fourteen to one twelve, Ramos.

Judge Mike Ross sees the contest,

one sixteen to one ten, Barrios.

And finally, Judge Doug Robinson sees the contest,

one thirteen to one thirteen, a draw.

This bout has been ruled a split draw.

Mario Barrios is still the WBC welterweight champion

of the world.

I guess we were right, Roy.

Yes, we were.

We didn't know who won it, and they didn't know either.

Just like after Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano two years ago in MSG, the

immediate question was, when do they run it back?

The same has to be said here after this split draw.

Yeah, I think it should.

but we got to figure out exactly how Ramos got this shot because he's not number one

contender.

I'm sure Marios don't have no reason

to come back and do this again when you're giving a guy a shot you just gave him a

shot tonight.

He didn't get it.

You got to move on.

I hear you.

Hall of Famer, let's go to CompuBox finals stats.

Barrios two seventy nine

of seven eighty nine Ramos two oh four seven fifty three Ramos with a one forty

six one sixteen edge

in power landed him that's a thirty punches more Barrios

though one sixty three fifty eight edge

and jabs landed and there's the cut there's the conversation power

over the jabs and jabs can sometimes be a power shot

but wow what a fight Mario Barrios remains welterweight champion

but Abel Ramos

with an incredible accounting of himself and now let's go back into the ring

with ariel helwani morrow thank you very much mario congratulations

on an unbelievable war it ends in a split draw do you agree

with the scorecards I know it was a close fight.

I knew Abel was going to come with everything.

I knew I had a hard task in front of me.

I was finding success in the early rounds, but he made the adjustments to where he

made it a war.

After that, I started feeling like I couldn't really find my rhythm how I

wanted to.

And then, you know, the fight ended up how it did.

You know, a heads-up to him.

It was a hell of a performance, and, you know, I hope everybody here in the AT&T

Stadium was happy with the fight.

Yeah, it was unbelievable.

It was one of the great fights of this past year.

He did drop you midway through the fight.

How much did that affect you on the back end?

I don't know if it really affected me towards, like, the back end, but, I mean,

you know, the fight, it stayed close, as it did.

Uh, you know, he's, uh…

He's a puncher. He definitely can crack.

And, you know, he caught me with something that I didn't see.

I still don't know what it was. But, you know, that's boxing.

Was he tougher than you thought he would be?

No, no. He was just as tough, you know, as I thought.

I was saying in all the interviews, you know, I prepared myself

for a hard twelve rounds. And, you know, that's exactly what I got today.

Let's bring in Abel here as well.

What an unbelievable fight between these two Mexican warriors.

Abel, what do you think of the scorecards? Are you surprised it ends in a draw?

No, no, not at all, man.

It was a great fight for the fans, like we said, like we promised.

There was no need to trash talk each other, no need, man.

When you get two Mexican warriors like us,

you're going to get action-packed, guaranteed.

Mario mentioned the adjustments that you made midway through the fight.

Can you tell us about those adjustments?

What did you see that you were able to implement?

Oh, no, no, man, I just knew I had to warm up.

You know, I had a lot of trouble with my shoulders in the camp,

so I had to warm up a little, but, man, he came out strong.

You can tell he's strong.

Mario, we talked yesterday about some of your big plans for 2025,

but considering this result, do you need to run it back right away?

Yeah, I mean, you know, I'll sit down with my team,

you know, we'll… we'll decide what's next.

If I ever ran back,

I know it would be another hell of a fight.

Um, but yeah, you know…

Take some time off and spend some time with my daughter.

And then, you know, sit down with my team, and then we'll see what's next.

All right, well, thank you very much.

And again, congratulations on an incredible fight.

AT&T Stadium, make some noise for Mario Barrios and Alvaro Ramos!

A visceral display of courage, skill,

and determination that defines the essence of boxing.

Mario Barrios maintains his hold on the gold,

but Albel Ramos almost proved that every underdog can have its day!

And still to come, our dynamic double main event,

Katie Taylor defends her undisputed super lightweight title

against Amanda Serrano.

Serrano looks to join Taylor and Clarissa Shields

as the only women to hold undisputed titles in two divisions.

And then the main event, Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson.

Both of them promised to deliver a two-fisted assault of violence.

And earlier tonight, Jake Paul was talking to Ariel Helwani.

Well, Jake, fight's coming up,

but I'd be remiss if I don't ask you about last night,

the slap heard around the world.

Twenty-four hours later, how do you feel about what Mike did to you?

I'm so happy he did that.

You know, this makes it real, makes it personal.

And when I beat his ass in a couple of moments here,

no one can say anything.

People want to see me fail, they want to see me lose,

they want to see me get knocked out.

And then they're going to make excuses for Mike Tyson

when he's the one that does that.

But now they can't, it's personal.

And I don't care if we were friends before.

This is serious now, and I'm knocking him the fuck out.

He said that you stepped on his toe, and that's why he was mad.

Oh, I stepped on his wittle toe?

Like isn't he the big bad Mike Tyson?

He's just looking for any excuse to get riled up.

He's aggravated, he's that violent killer Mike

that I've wanted to come out.

But that's gonna be working against him

because he's gonna get tired trying to come out swing hard,

being all aggressive. I'm in Mike Tyson's head,

when he's normally the one that's in his opponent's head,

but that's what makes me such a great fighter,

is 'cause I know how to make people pissed off.

Be honest, you seem very chill right now,

but you're about to fight Mike Tyson, 58 or not. Any nerves?

No nerves right now, man.

You know, I think, once I get into the ring,

I'll get a little bit of, uh, nervousness going,

just to use it for energy.

But then I've been waiting for this moment my whole entire life.

I've worked for every single part of this.

I'm going to get the "W" at Wal-Mart,

uh, but also this is what I was made and destined for.

This is my life goal, a dream come true.

The younger version of myself would be so proud,

and I've finally arrived home into my destiny tonight.

- Official prediction? - KO, four or five rounds.

- Can't wait. Good luck. - I'm fucking them up, Ariel.

So, Jake Paul getting set…

as he has manifested the main event of his dreams.

Coming up, though, it is the co-feature.

Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano,

two of the most decorated Champions in women's boxing,

ready to make herstory again.

And that will be followed by our mega main event.

Enough said. Paul versus Tyson, and they are man, Ariel Helwani.

We're all getting ten thousand steps in this cavernous AT&T Stadium,

but right now he's standing by with a special guest.

Thank you very much, Mauro.

I'm here with MVP co-founder, Nekesa Badarian.

Nekesa, MVP, most valuable promotions, a little over three years old.

Look around, you've sold out AT&T Stadium. What does this feel like?

Look, it's an amazing moment for the sport of boxing.

It's an amazing moment for women's sports.

We're about to witness Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor, too.

It is going to be, from my vantage point,

the most viewed women's sporting event in U.S. history.

Who would have thought that was possible

when MVP started three years ago, and put a focus on women's boxing?

And then you have Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, six different generations,

from the Boomers to Generation Alpha. It's truly a magical moment

to bring our beautiful sport to the forefront of the world.

I do have to ask, you were in between both Mike and Jake yesterday,

slap heard around the world, your assessment of what happened,

and did he swing at you as well, Mike?

My assessment, it is, Mike wasn't wearing shoes, Jake was.

Jake accidentally stepped on Mike's toes, and Mike snapped like Mike can.

And as I held Mike back, I said, "What the fuck?"

- Excuse my language. - Uh-huh.

And he said, "He stepped on my toe!"

That was the reaction.

My hope is no matter what happens tonight,

these two guys who were friends before, can be friends once again.

'Cause at the end of the day, this is a sport.

They're going to go in there, and put a show on for the world.

One of them is going to lose, but their friendship has to win.

Thank you, Nikisa.

Congratulations to you and the team on this great event.

Thank you. And thank you to Netflix, we appreciate you.

- Many more to come. - Kate, back to you.

Thank you very much, Ariel. Yeah, we are two fights down.

We've got two to go as the biggest night in boxing continues

from our AT&T Stadium, right here on Netflix.

The world has been waiting, and the world will be watching.

We all know what the main event is, Mike Tyson and Jake Paul,

but this is the fight that's coming up before that,

the co-main, two of the very best pound for pound fighters,

two of the most decorated fighters in the world,

Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor, rematching.

Kate Scott here with Cedric the Entertainer

- She look ready. - She ready.

She's sitting there like, "Yo…"

You gotta make that noise.

That is the noise they make.

Yeah. What did you think of that first fight?

They were in hell during that first fight.

You think we can get a second one this time around?

That's what it's about.

This shows you that boxing is not bad, it's fun.

This is what it's about, the entertainment,

but the fights are real, the fights are serious.

Yeah, and Amanda Serrano will feel she needs some get back tonight.

This is Katie Taylor, the opponent, of course,

who got the nod, who got the decision in the first fight.

Yeah, she looks serious.

Do you think she'll feel a little bit more confident coming in,

just because of knowing that she got the nod the first time around?

Well, I think she knows that fight was close as well,

so I don't know if she's that confident.

She knows that she's going to be in a fight.

Those belts look nice in the background, don't they?

Yeah, I like it. They're going braid for braid, though.

I was looking at who had the coldest box braids in.

I think we know who won that, don't we?

Yeah, I think so.

- Yeah, I think we see that. - She's got a lot of belts there.

She looks serious,

and they had a really great fight that first fight.

Yeah, the big question's gonna be,

can she leave with those belts tonight as well,

or will that be Amanda Serrano's? We are live with you here on Netflix,

coming to you from just outside Dallas, Texas.

In recent years, this stadium has hosted

the Final Four of the college football championship, WrestleMania,

and the Super Bowl, Beyoncé, the Rolling Stones, YouTube,

and Taylor Swift. Tonight, Jake Paul and Mike Tyson are going to take center stage.

it is so good to have you with us tonight Kate Scott Cedric the entertainer.

Let's welcome two very more special guests as well the owner president

and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys.

Jerry jones, good to see you, sir. Good evening.

Well, it's great to be here, great to be here with everybody.

Guest of Netflix. But I just can't believe there's seventy thousand

- out here to watch these guys. - They turned out for this fight.

- Can we say… - It's your space, man. This your spot.

- Can I intro you too? So I'm sorry. - Absolutely.

One of the greatest players in franchise history.

Three-time Super Bowl Champion Michael Irving. Good to see you as well.

- Thank you. - Do I need to ask?

Are you team Jake, team Mike? What are we tonight?

Listen, I had an opportunity last night to go by Jake's place

when he was getting his outfit.

And I'm such great friends with Mike Tyson.

And we're going to talk about it in our documentary.

We've got it coming out with Netflix.

So, I just figured I'll whip out CJ Glader.

You see what I mean?

I don't wanna get Mike any mad that anybody's going to get him here today.

Jerry, you hosted so many great fights here, right?

I mean, you've had Matty Pacquiao, you've had Canelo,

you've had Errol Spence.

How is the buzz compared coming up to this fight?

I don't know that you can top this.

Worldwide coverage with Netflix.

We're all being introduced to Netflix.

We're so excited in the NFL about Netflix becoming a huge part of our future.

This tonight gives us a chance to go to forty,

fifty million people can do it from right here.

When I was thinking about this stadium,

I could have had a place for a third of it for Cowboy fans.

But I knew that people would probably be watching this thing

all over the United States, much less the world.

And this stadium is honored to have these two fighters,

these two personalities, these two great competitors that we all respect.

We're glad to have them in here.

Michael, we all in the building when Mike Tyson walked in,

'cause this felt like Mike's house, the crowd went crazy.

Yeah, and everybody loves Mike,

but everybody loves and respect Jake also for what he's done here.

To have an ability to not go the normal route and still end up right here,

you give him respect.

I give him respect like I gave my great guy Deion Sanders,

who didn't go the normal route,

who I'm gonna be in Jerry's ear about later.

That's just something else we're talking about.

Michael… I didn't mean to interrupt you.

I got to say, Michael's had the greatest days

that a human being can have. Doing his deal,

getting up off that mat just like those guys did tonight

out here in front of these stands walking down.

One time I asked him, I said, "Michael, can you hear those people talking

when you're running around and catching a pass?"

He said, "I can hear every word as I'm running down that field."

So, boy, this crowd can excite you to compete.

Yes, indeed.

It's big right here, this is exciting.

It's dressed up too, you look sharp.

Michael, you're on Instagram Live right now?

Yeah, I'm on Instagram Live.

I wanna bring the people in like everybody else is bringing the people in.

I've never done this before,

but I'm so mind blown that I cracked this open

and say, "Yeah, I wanna bring these people in."

This is absolutely insane.

It's a beautiful, beautiful event, it really is.

Yes, sir, it is. Fifty-eight years old.

Are we feeling confident that Mike Tyson's still got one more big performance here?

How happy would you be if he gets that one big performance

- here in your stadium, Jerry? - Let me say this.

I've seen what happens to him when he walks in that ring.

- Right. - That ain't Mike outside the ring no more.

- He becomes something else. - There's a switch.

You ever try to walk past that old man at Walmart?

You got that old man script.

Hey, hey now. They don't ever leave, Finn.

- They don't ever leave. - Hey, whoa.

You remember that great song?

- Mike ain't letting old man in. - That's right.

No, you're ready for it.

Jerry, Michael, we appreciate you coming through.

We hope you enjoy the evening. I'm sure you got good seats.

- Have a good one. - Oh, we got the best.

And we thank you stars for coming out tonight.

For this star studded night.

What's up, Instagram Live?

- Good to be with you. - You see that right there, peeps.

All right, everybody, there are two fights still to go for you this evening.

A rematch of the biggest fight in women's boxing.

It's Katie Taylor against Amanda Serrano in a fight for supremacy.

Jake Paul against the former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world,

Mike Tyson.

It's a real question that deserves a real answer.

Why fight when you have all the money and fame you'd ever want?

Why fight when you long ago proved that you were the best in the world?

The problem child, Jake El Gallo Paul versus the baddest man on the planet,

Mike Tyson.

Why are they here demanding our attention at all?

Let me guess, you've never gotten punched in the mouth.

Or for that matter, experienced the thrill of returning the favor.

It's over, that's all.

Because the truth is,

it's hard to walk away from either sensation.

What I do for a living, people avoid their entire life.

Take this duo as an example,

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, two of the greatest to ever do it,

who threw down for the ages in an epic battle,

and then decided the only resolution

was to punish each other even more in the rematch of the century tonight.

It's that kind of resolve that defines what a fighter is.

That kind of feeling drove a guy like Jake Paul into the game.

As big as my words are, my actions actually speak louder.

There aren't a lot of young men more successful than Jake Paul.

I just hit ten million. I'm so excited.

Or for that matter, more polarizing.

Hollywood, you're mine!

But he's rich,

he's famous, and his entire life he's been about doing the impossible.

Which might be why a few years ago,

he came up with the crazy idea to be a boxer.

Mike Tyson came to fighting a more typical way.

It was the only choice he had.

And what ensued

was one of the wildest rides in the history of modern sports

Who in this world has any chance against this man?

And here he is getting back in a ring in Texas.

Who are we to question what drives them?

Who are we to say we're in disbelief about what's about to happen?

It can't get any bigger than this.

What round you gonna knock out Jake Paul in?

As soon as he get hit, the first punch.

After all, we're right here with them,

and we can't look away.

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano,

Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, welcome to fight night.

At long last, it's here.

We are just minutes away now from our co-main event.

It has taken over two years to make this rematch.

The first fight was epic,

and this matchup is still the most significant fight

in women's boxing today.

We are less than an hour away from our main event,

the fight that nobody could have imagined, but everybody wants to see.

Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson.

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano.

Our co-main, though, is up first. It's a great rivalry.

The first fight wasn't true. Very close. Taylor got a split decision win.

It could arguably have gone either way. We're going to talk about it.

Good to have you still with us.

Kate, Andre, and Cedric here with you.

Was the first fight the best women's fight you've ever seen?

I believe so.

And it was ebbs and flows back and forth,

and it's funny because when we talked to both the ladies,

we said, "What are you gonna do different?"

Katie's like, "I won the first fight so why do I have to change anything?"

But then Amanda feels like she won the first fight,

so she doesn't feel like she has to change much.

So i think we're gonna have much of what we had

in the first fight, a barn burner back and forth.

Yeah, indeed, I think that.

But it was a fight when I was in junior high school.

That was a little better than that one.

That was a girl named Theresa Coleman, I know, and Lala, that's all I know.

- Lala. - That fight…

Hey, you feel, though, if you have a fight that makes you forget gender,

that makes you forget it's women fighting, and just think,

"Dang, this is a great fight," that's when you know it's special, right?

Yeah, that's what I really love about these.

I mean, both of them are really, they like the art,

they like the crowd, and they throw a lot of punches.

And so, that's what I think is gonna be entertaining.

They fight like fighters, you know, and so is that.

And now, they're not just incentivized based on belts and bragging rights,

they're getting paid a lot too.

So I'm not trying to pocket watch,

I'm just saying I'm happy that they're getting what they're getting.

Yeah.

I'm just talking about how you doing, man.

I guess wondering… Thinking about Katie Taylor and the fact

that she did get the decision the first time,

but at the same time, we saw her get hurt in that first fight, right?

Is she going to come in a little more cautious

and not want to get pulled into the bar burner

that she got pulled into last time?

I think of course she's going to try,

but Katie Taylor fights the way that she fights, she's got a lot of heart.

And if you hit her, that engine that she has is going to get revved up.

So it's going to be interesting to see if she can stay composed.

I think Amanda Serrano is thinking "Knockout, knockout, knockout."

That's really what I thought was the difference in the first place.

Katie's fight, her punches land heavier,

and it makes you think it's a bigger punch.

But Amanda had a lot more punches.

Even the early rounds, she just threw more punches.

And I thought that that was the difference in that fight.

In terms of demeanor,

what we've seen from them kind of in the build up to this week,

do you give anybody the edge in that?

Maybe Amanda, just a little bit.

You know, I saw her tonight, man,

she doesn't look like she's coming to a fight.

She looks like she's coming to watch a fight.

She came in, she's smiling like, "What's up, Dre?"

- That's a good thing or a bad thing? - I mean, it depends on the fighter.

Some fighters, they go inward and they get quiet.

I was like that. Other fighters, they…

the nerves, they come outward, and they talk,

and that's how they deal with it. So I just think it's a difference,

but it's gonna be a good fight no matter how we slice it.

Love that. I like that.

I like being nice to people, and then going there,

and beating somebody's blood.

I like that. On the way, though. On the way. How you doing?

- But Katie Taylor got that too. - When the bell ring…

Katie Taylor got that too.

She's humble, she's gracious, she's very quiet and reserved.

She a badass too though.

- Yeah. - She can go.

And in terms of how this fight kind of happens,

what are you expecting to see? Do you think it goes the distance?

Do you think we see a knockout?

I think the power may be the difference in this fight.

You know, I love both ladies as fighters, man, they do a great job.

I wish it could be a draw,

but I got a feeling it's not gonna go to distance.

No, nobody else want a draw, Dre.

Yeah, nobody else wants a draw for me.

But Katie, she's getting up there, she's got miles on her, and…

You know, we saw that in her last couple of fights.

Amanda has miles on her, she got 50 fights worth of miles on her too.

And she does MMA too, but I just think she may be a little bit

more preserved for whatever reason,

but the power may be the difference in this fight.

I already know your team Serrano.

Yeah. I see you. Yeah, that's not it.

I was like, "Ooh, man, I might need to change my bet."

Okay, we are at the home of the Cowboys AT&T Stadium.

You see us here. We're ready for a brilliant co-main event.

Two of the finest fighters in history,

male or female, are set to meet again for the rematch.

Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano, too.

Let's do it. Let's go ringside to Mauro Ranallo.

All right, well, thank you very much,

Kate and Rosie and Roy, on the cusp of herstory here tonight.

Rosie, you're the actress.

They say the sequels are never better than the original,

but I have a feeling that on this, the biggest stage,

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano are going to even top

what they did on that historic night in Madison Square Garden.

Let's take a look back at what was the fight of the year in 2022

and the greatest female boxing match ever.

A sold-out crowd, first female main event at MSG.

I like what I see from Amanda. She came out throwing punches.

She took the lead right away. And she had Katie on that back leg early.

And Katie wasn't used to that.

She used that pressure to put Katie in strange positions.

Places Katie Taylor's not used to being in.

And it made it very difficult for Katie.

Like right there, she landed those combinations.

Katie just was not used to that.

We used to see Katie bounce around.

She hurt Katie right there. Everybody thought she had Katie out.

I think she spent a while. Katie held on well.

But she really was in bad trouble.

Then Katie comes back, and started fighting like the dog she is.

Throwing combinations, getting those legs alive,

like that right there.

Moving with the legs, which is what we always expect from Katie.

Four or five punch combinations, you know what I'm saying?

That's what Katie does. Amanda kept the pressure on.

They both ended up doing this.

I mean, how much more could you ask for in not only a woman's fight,

but anybody's fight? This is what the fans pay to see.

That was epic.

An incredible scene at Madison Square Garden.

And tonight while Katie Taylor…

…and Amanda Serrano renew hostilities.

Serrano looking to become the third woman undisputed champion

in two divisions joining Taylor, and Claressa Shields.

Taylor, now 38, coming off the longest layoff of her career,

but she says it did her body good,

and she is… feels that she still has another great classic performance in her,

and despite Serrano landing more punches than any previous Taylor opponent,

Taylor feels that the rematch is tailor-made

to another successful title defense.

Serrano, she's a Guinness World record holder.

No one in the women's boxing world has ever done what she's done.

Seven division champion, and now, a unified featherweight champ.

And so, here we are, Rosie and Roy. An incredible first fight.

I know we continue to build it and build it.

We expect another classic, but Rosie, you were there at MSG.

You saw Amanda Serrano outland Taylor, 44-14 in the fifth round.

All those punches were power shots, which means everything other than a jab,

and yet, Taylor was able to come back,

was able to smother Serrano's offense clinch, and reset.

What do you expect in the encore?

I expect redemption from Serrano, and I expect confirmation from Taylor,

so this is why it's gonna be so exciting.

Both of these women have something to prove tonight,

and they're gonna give it their all just like they did

in the first match up together.

And all I have to say is, who says women can't fight?

These women brought it, and they're gonna bring it again tonight,

and I am beyond excited.

You heard it from the first lady of boxing,

two future Hall of Famers.

Hey, we got a Hall of Famer on the broadcast team.

Roy, what are the adjustments both Taylor and Serrano need to make

in the sequel?

I think Taylor needs to make the adjustments of starting earlier.

She started a little too late last time,

but I think she started late because she wasn't expecting the pressure

that Serrano put on her.

Now, I think Serrano's idea is to manage her fight.

Don't put on the gas too much too early, but know when to put the foot on the gas,

know when to accelerate,

know when to get Katie in trouble, then turn it on.

Don't just keep it turned on, because if you keep it turned on,

it wears you down,

and you give Katie a better chance in the end.

We are set for round 11 of this incredible rivalry

between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano. Let's go to the tail of the tape.

You know, the majority of Serrano's fights have come at 126.

She's won titles from 115 to 140.

She weighed in at 133 and a half for her first bell with Taylor at 135.

This one, it's for a 140-pound undisputed title.

They're supposed to come in though at a contract weight of 138.

They both made that,

and they are both ready to continue to make herstory.

Let's go to the unofficial rules with Sean Wheelock.

All right, two-minute rounds, no three knockdown rule.

Fighter cannot be saved by the bell. Fight official after four rounds.

And let's take a closer look at Amanda Serrano

as mentioned has won a world record seven titles

in different weight divisions

and is just a trailblazer so committed to the sport of boxing.

At 36, she just got her first cell phone this week.

No drinks, no drugs, she doesn't even date.

She wants to be the best to ever do it,

and she is the first ever male or female undisputed champion from Puerto Rico.

If you know about Puerto Rico's pugilistic history,

you know how impressive that is.

She is currently a unified one hundred and twenty-six-pound champion.

And yeah, it's all about sibling rivalry, and at times, rivalry.

Her sister, Cindy, they were the first sisters

to hold championships simultaneously.

Thank you for giving me that motivation

to wake up every morning, to go run, to go fight, to go spar,

because you bring that out of me, and I'm in the best shape.

You're gonna see that come Friday night.

The real deal, Serrano!

I'm choosing greatness, and that's what I wanna do,

fighting Katie Taylor and straight back.

How many times in Amanda Serrano's career

- been an underdog? - Probably the first time.

Hold on to those for a little longer,

'cause they're coming back home to Puerto Rico.

The words you're saying, just so you know, fustarting ass fuck!

And now, ladies and gentlemen, it is time for the rematch

for the Undisputed Super Lightweight Championship of the World.

Introducing first, the challenger,

fighting out of the red corner, making her way into the ring.

Here is Amanda Serrano!

What a scene! The smile and the focus of Amanda Serrano.

She is being flanked by America's Sweethearts.

You saw them on the Netflix special, the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.

And everyone these days is cheering for women's boxing, Rosie.

They sure are,

and I just have to give a shout out to my girl, Claressa Shields,

and all the other women that have helped lift up women's boxing.

But tonight, it's Jake Paul. He got these women paid.

He put these women on the map,

and their talent and their skills carried them on.

I am so excited tonight.

A record and widely recognized world title fight,

seventeen and two with nine KOs.

Turned professional in 2009, has captured titles

from 115 all the way up to this weight class.

Her dominance? Well, it's been well documented.

And Roy, what does impress you most about not only the skills,

but the character of Amanda Serrano?

The fact that she's been diligently sticking

to what she's trying to do in boxing. She finally got a break.

She's making a break for women's boxing. She's doing so much.

And for her to be so strong, and to do all the things she's done

while going through all this, it's been brilliant.

Is that a bulletproof vest she's wearing?

I don't know.

Oh, my goodness. She is not playing tonight.

Look at this crowd, Mauro.

- Unbelievable. - They are on their feet.

Madison Square Garden was sold out over 19,000

for the first female main event at the world's most famous arena,

but this crowd dwarfs that here at AT&T Stadium.

A moment that women have been working for nearly 50 years

to attain in the sport of boxing.

Remember, in 1975, women were suing just to get the right to box in New York.

But here's… Well, all Irish eyes are smiling for Katie Taylor,

instrumental in getting boxing for women put into the Olympics only.

Only fitting that she won an Olympic gold medal

in the first Olympics to feature women's boxing.

She, along with Claressa Shields,

the only women to be undisputed in two different weight classes.

We talked about it and how special it was for them to headline at the Mecca,

and well, she wants to make it two in a row

after shading Serrano be a debatable split decision

in their first fight in 2022,

a woman has committed her life to the sport of boxing, Katie Taylor

Fighting out of, and proudly representing her home

of Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland,

Katie Taylor!

The greatest female fighter of all time!

stands strong for Ireland, Katie Taylor!

I think this is just another huge, monumental moment

for women's boxing.

This is a huge moment for the sport.

I've had some amazing nights in my career,

but this is gonna be the biggest night for women's boxing ever.

And now her opponent,

the defending champion fighting out of the blue corner

here is Katie Taylor!

Soaking up the magnitude of the moment.

First fight in Texas,

regarded by many as Ireland's greatest ever athlete

due to her trailblazing achievements.

When boxing was banned for females in Ireland,

she would disguise herself as a boy in order to fight.

She has not just been one of the most decorated champions in the ring,

but one of the most inspiring and committed advocates.

for women's boxing,

women's athletics, and the belts tell the story.

Thirty-eight-year-old Katie Taylor making her way

to the ring

in widely recognized championship fights.

She is seventeen and one.

She avenged that loss to Chantelle Cameron

to become undisputed champion at one forty.

Her last stoppage win, well,

that came eleven fights ago in twenty nineteen over Rose Valente.

Tonight, Taylor Serrano make her story again

under the brightest lights imaginable.

Nothing but mad respect for Katie Taylor.

What she's brought to the sport, you just have to give it to her.

She looks locked in.

I just feel the emotion just vibrating through this stadium.

It is a special night for boxing.

It is a special night for women's boxing.

All right, with the official introductions from AT&T Stadium in Arlington,

Texas, here once again is Big Mo.

Ladies and gentlemen,

this is your co-main event of the evening,

the rematch

for the Undisputed Super Lightweight Championship

of the World.

Live worldwide on Netflix

from AT&T Stadium here in Texas.

Intersection by the Texas Athletic Commission with our judges at ringside.

From Canada, Jeremy Hayes.

From Indiana, Nate Palmer.

From Texas, Chessie Reyes, and our time keepers, Hinerio Perez and Arthur White.

And our referee in charge when the bell rings, from Texas, John Shoreley.

Let's meet the fighters.

First, the challenger, fighting out of the red corner,

wearing the all black, she stands five feet five and one half inches tall.

She weighed in at one hundred thirty seven point four pounds.

She holds a professional record of forty seven victories, opposite just two defeats

and one draw

with thirty one of those wins coming by way of knockout.

And she hides out of Carolina Puerto Rico.

She is chronicled in the Guinness Book of World Records,

having captured nine world titles across seven weight divisions.

And she was the very first Puerto Rican Undisputed World Champion.

And she is the current reigning Unified featherweight champion

of the world,

The Real Gil Serrano.

And now her opponent, the champion, hiding out of the blue corner.

We're in the black trunks with gold trim.

She stands five feet, five inches tall.

She weighed in at one hundred thirty seven point four pounds.

She holds a near perfect professional record

of twenty three victories versus just one defeat

with six of those wings coming by way of knockout.

And she fights out of prey.

She's one of the most decorated boxers in history.

As an amateur, she was the five time World Championships gold medalist.

She was the six time European gold medalist.

She was the five time European Union gold medalist.

And in twenty twelve, she became an Olympic gold medalist.

And as a professional, she is the two division world champion.

And tonight, she is the reigning, defending, undisputed,

super lightweight champion of the world, ladies and gentlemen,

Katie Taylor.

Okay, ladies, this is for the Undisputed World Championship,

give me a good clean fight.

Obey my commands and protect yourselves at all times.

Touch gloves, good luck.

Katie Taylor has already cemented her legacy

as one of the best after.

She wants to close this rivalry with another win over Amanda Serrano,

who, if she records a knockout tonight,

would equal Hall of Famer Christy Martin's all-time female record of 32.

Sydney Sweeney's playing The Coal Miner's Daughter

in an upcoming biopic, Kristi Martin, a Hall of Famer.

I know she is also watching tonight…

…and celebrating the evolution of women's boxing.

This is round one, but really round 11,

following that instant classic two years ago.

And if you look at what the strategy should be, Roy,

many people say for Taylor, it's about the lateral movement.

It's about fighting off the back foot, establishing the jab.

for Serrano, as she did in the first fight.

Outworked, outlanded Taylor, but Taylor was able to dig deep

and really storm back in that last 30 seconds of the tenth round.

Hey, Riddick Bowe and Holyfield,

they may have some company for the tenth round, Roy.

What a round it was.

Yeah, it was one of the most epic rounds

in the sport of boxing that I've seen,

and definitely the biggest round ever for female boxing.

But right now, Katie's called out a little different.

Oh, and the counter shot by Taylor.

Yes. The bench throw got a little different, but…

- Oh, good jab by May. - And, of course, Serrano,

the southpaw, doubling up the jab, lands a straight left down the middle.

And one thing we saw, the adjustment being made, Taylor,

after that fifth-round onslaught from Serrano,

she was able to clinch and reset, smother the offense of Serrano,

but right now a good start for the champion, Rosie,

as she's on that back foot,

trying to angle away from the pressure of Serrano.

Yeah, but Serrano's coming forward,

and Katie better stay away from that corner

because if Serrano catches a…

It's gonna be really, really a tough night for Katie Taylor.

Oh, beautiful hand speed, crisp combination from Taylor.

Backs up, trying to set a trap for a counter. Serrano lands the left.

Serrano is a better puncher for sure,

but Katie's gotta keep out of those corners

and keep attacking Serrano first.

Yeah, Katie's using her footwork.

Nice lead left hand by the southpaw.

And that's one thing we've seen with Taylor in that first fight, too,

the bobbing and weaving, the slipping,

but returning to center line, Serrano able to time that.

- And there again! - Oh, nice shot! Nice shot!

She rattled Taylor here in round one!

Serrano's power on display!

Saved by… Well, the bell went, but Taylor was in trouble.

Wow!

- Serrano's a real pressure. - Yeah, she is not playing.

The pace suits us, right? We're going to make it a boxing match.

That suits us. Listen.

Hey, you can't get lax when you get distance like that.

You're dropping your left hand. She's coming over the top.

She's going to set you up with backhand. You got to know your range.

Hey, take a step back. You come back in range.

You got to bring this shit back up. Keep occupying her with the lead hand.

She's dunking underneath right hand, right?

Here you see Amanda coming with the overhand left right there.

She had landed a couple times already. That was a big overhand left.

Her favorite punch, her best punch of the fight.

Once again, she got Katie in the corner. Like I said, Katie couldn't be.

And bam, there she had that beautiful overhand left.

That really shook Katie. Katie was a little dizzy right there.

High drama from the jump here at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The rematch for the undisputed 140 pound crown and Serrano.

You know what? Katie better bar the door because Serrano is bringing a…

Well, an offensive onslaught to this rematch already.

Yeah, but you see Serrano being a lot more economical

- with the punches this time. - Yes.

She's not just going to war, she's boxing, fighting smart.

And I think this is gonna be a different fight for her, fighting this way.

She knows not to just put it on the gas all the time, but when to.

It's amazing, as we mentioned, Serrano has won titles at 115, Rosie.

She predominantly fights at 126, and yet she's brought her power

all the way up to 140.

That's right, because she is a true champion,

and she does not want this fight to be in question.

Nice shot by Katie Taylor.

And what a round number one was for Serrano,

the challenger, starting the way she envisioned.

Here we go.

She's taking her time more this time.

This is gonna make it a lot more difficult for Katie.

Here we go, I got you, I got you, ladies, I got you. Break.

One minute remaining in the second, Taylor got clipped again right hook

from Serrano and Taylor again.

Both of these ladies as are going to be surefire first ballot hall of famers

but Taylor 38, Serrano 36.

They have had so many legendary chapters. Beautiful combination by Taylor

Oh, wow.

Probably those four punches,

you can't allow a man to hit you

with the overhand left while you're throwing those four punches.

Man, they both exchange on the inside.

Good hook by Katie.

But she's not gonna stay over the left hand for so long, though.

That's the problem.

Katie looks like she's struggling already.

- Look at her breathing, look at her mouth. - Yep.

I don't like her presence right now.

Again, longest career layoff.

Time!

Good round. You got to bring it under.

You got to bring it under. Is she cut?

Listen you got to come under, baby. You got to come under.

You go under whenever you're throwing it to the top.

Bring it a little lower, she's ducking under.

You hear me?

She's slow.

When you're close to her, throw it under.

But throw it hard, don't throw it on the top

don't throw it on the top 'cause you're gonna miss, all right?

Throw it under and then body punches, body punches.

Don't keep coming in so you have room to catch her with multiple shots.

Breath. It's good, it was a lot better round.

- Stay switched on. - Seconds out!

And now, back to action. Round number three.

I like that Katie came out early

and met her in the middle of the ring because I did like her body,

the way her body was looking at the end of that last round,

but now she looks a little different.

Total power punches through two rounds.

Taylor, 21 of 57, 37 percent.

Serrano, 30 of 62, 48 percent.

And again, two-minute rounds,

ten rounds in women's championship fights, so, it is a sprint, not a marathon.

And yet you wonder, Serrano has been an advocate.

She wants 12 three-minute rounds

just like the men, and yet, Roy, we've talked about this.

There's something to be said about these two-minute rounds

and the action they produce.

I love the action that these two-minute rounds produce.

I think this is perfect because there are very few women,

with the exception of Serrano and the girl that fought earlier tonight,

that get a lot of knockouts.

Shadasia Green won a vacant 168 pound title

on the undercard, defeating Canada's Melinda Watpool.

Under a minute left in the third, Rosie.

You know, Katie Taylor is being smart by clinching Serrano

because Serrano is delivering power punches.

She's throwing a mean left hook

and a mean overhand left.

- But Katie is as game as they come. - I'd say.

Half a minute remaining in the third, and the pressure building.

And this is where Taylor does not wanna get

into a fierce exchange with Serrano. She's already tasted her power.

Yeah, I still don't like Katie's body language right here,

- but we'll see what happens. - Me either,

- she also has a worried look on her face. - Yes.

- All night long. - And her mouth is still open.

Yes, she doesn't look like the normal Katie Taylor tonight.

- Nope. - A low blow.

Time!

Well, Amir Tyson did a tremendous job

joining us as part of the crew on the prelims.

And what is going to be one of the more special moments of his life?

We sent him into the locker room to interview his dad,

the one and only, "Iron Mike" Tyson.

- Dad, you ready for tonight? - I'm ready, yes.

How do you feel about the disrespect he's been constantly throwing your way?

And is it fueling you to get you more violent result?

I don't pay any attention to it. We're fighting now.

- Nothing matters anymore. - What's your prediction?

- Vicious win. - Vicious win. Thank you, Dad.

- I love you. - Love you, too.

And son. And, uh…

We could have done without that butt shot there.

Well, it's like Olivia Rodrigo…

Hey, it's like Olivia Rodrigo said, "Mike Tyson maybe wants to kiss Jake Paul

with an uppercut."

I tell you, I don't like her body language,

but I like this.

She's coming out ready to fight right away every round.

She's taking the center of the ring right away,

and that says a lot about what Katie's thinking and how she's feeling.

So, though the body language doesn't look good,

that right there is saying something.

This is round four.

And concern in the Undisputed Champion's corner.

Serrano continuing to do what she did in that first fight.

Put the pressure on.

Delivered… a nice combination from the champion. Tries to escape.

Serrano trying to cut off the ring. Corrals Taylor in the corner.

And this is where Taylor wants to avoid being along the ropes.

- She's in trouble again. - Nice!

She can, uh…

It is ill-conceived for Taylor to get into a firefight with Senna.

- Oh, my God. Look at these guys. - Not small…

Not small at all.

- Because Serrano is a real puncher. - I got you. I got you.

- I got you. - It is…

Serrano is number one among female fighters in punches thrown,

landed, and power landed. Taylor number two

in connect percentage and number three

in opponent's lowest power connect percentage.

Two of the very best to ever put on the gloves,

the crème de la crème,

and this is what they are producing here…

…with 42 seconds left in the fourth.

Taylor trying to counter, but her balance, there's an issue with Rosie,

with Taylor's body line.

I think that was from a headbutt.

- It's a headbutt? - Yep. Yep.

Well, that's for Taylor, stumbling, and falling into Serrano.

- Having balance issues. - And it looks like a bad cut, too.

- Yep. - Stop.

But they're both falling to each other, actually.

Orthodox southpaw,

- it happens all the time. - All the time.

- Surprising to having it first time. - Amen.

Good shot by Katie.

Serrano was knocked out in six of the 140 pounds.

- Oh, good shot. - Good shot.

- Good shot. - Nice shot.

Oh, good job.

- Nice shot, nice shot. - Good job, Amanda, wow.

Amanda Serrano, ladies and gentlemen.

- And what a nasty headbutt. - Oh, that was a headbutt.

What a fight, you guys.

Yo, that's a headbutt.

Where's the Enswell, I hear?

Remember Mike Tyson in that ill-fated fight

against Buster Douglas?

Why no Enswell in the corner?

Here we see the girl coming, there's a headbutt right there, I think.

Yes, yes, you saw a wince. Yeah, but you see a wince right there.

Blood coming out of the cut right there, she's wincey.

So, adversity for Serrano, but we'll detect the location of the cut,

whether or not it will create…

…temporary blindness or impact her vision.

And the cut man doing a great job in the corner, though.

For, uh, Amanda Sedano, it's Mikey…

…Mike Bazelle.

She's trained by her brother-in-law Jordan Maldonado,

Russ Animate, the trainer of Katie Taylor, Mike Rodriguez.

Her cut, man, this is round five. We're almost halfway there.

These women's title fights fly by because of the time

and because of the action.

Yes, and Katie's throwing some really good punches now.

Wait, wait! I got you, I got you.

Katie Taylor…

looking to just try to keep Serrano offered.

This is what she's gotta do, utilize the footwork…

- Exactly. Exactly. - …the lateral movement.

And use her combinations like that.

Nice counter left hand down the middle by Serrano.

Lead left by Serrano. She is walking down Katie Taylor.

Serrano has scored knockouts in six of the seven divisions

that she has won the title.

The only division she hasn't scored a KO in?

One hundred forty pounds.

It's very dangerous for Katie Taylor

to keep her mouth open like that because if Serrano connects on her chin,

- she could break… - Break her jaw.

- Break her jaw. - Yep.

Taylor forced to back up again to the ropes

and just unable to get on track,

unable to build any rhythm, find her timing.

She is feeling the pressure,

the mental and the physical pressure of Serrano, and yet this is smart.

The ring IQ is there for Taylor. She has to clinch, has to reset.

- Ah, Katie, stop! - Very smart by Katie.

And the thing for Katie Taylor,

when she starts first sometimes, she disrupts Serrano's rhythm,

so Serrano can't throw the power that she normally would throw

if Katie hadn't disrupted her rhythm.

That's what Katie did in the later rounds in the first match.

Yeah, but she's going early now, like that.

When she goes early, she disrupts Amanda's rhythm good fashion.

- Real nice exchanges here. - Yep.

The second major event I've had the pleasure of calling

at AT&T Stadium.

I was here in 2016 as a WWE broadcaster

for WrestleMania, and coming up to Netflix Monday,

January sixth, 2025.

WWE comes to Netflix,

and they would appreciate the blood.

And it's great to hear from so many of my former colleagues at WWE,

glad you're enjoying boxing on Netflix.

You gotta put more pressure, baby, you hear me?

Deep breath, let it out slow.

We okay, baby, you just gotta let your hands go.

She's gonna hold, man, she's doing that dirty shit,

that's all she could do.

She grabs you, she headsbutts you…

but when you're in there, you gotta manhandle her,

let your punches go through the heart, a lot of them.

Let's go.

Hey, watch the holding, you're better than that.

Ready?

Did the ref just say that?

Roy, when it comes to the cut, and we talk about orthodox

and southpaw, it always happens,

but is it Serrano leading with her head,

or is it just, again, the nature of the stances?

Just the nature of the stances.

Both of the backhands have to make so much roll, good hook.

Both of the backhands have to come so far forward,

and when they come forward, both of the heads come forward with the backhands.

Again, the ref just gave Taylor a warning.

She said, watch the holding.

You're better than that.

Referee John Shirley, total punches through five.

Taylor, sixty-three of one-eighty-three for thirty-four percent.

Serrano, ninety-one of two-hundred-eighty-four, thirty-two

percent.

So just like the first fight,

Serrano's landing mark, Taylor is landing at a better percentage.

Exactly.

I told you we're gonna get the same fight again.

Good exchange.

Man.

Good exchange.

No, no.

That cut has suddenly become a major issue.

You're the doctor.

Shawn Wheelock is our rules expert, unofficial scorer.

Let's wait to see what the referee says first, and then we'll check in with you.

Where's the doctor?

Where's the doctor, Greg?

The doctor.

Hey, Roy, do you think that that was an intentional headbutt?

No, no intention.

Shawn, jump in here, my friend.

John Shoreley, the referee, did an outstanding job.

In round number four,

he immediately indicated it was an accidental headbutt suffered by Amanda

Serato.

John Shoreley called time.

He has not yet indicated whether he believes this is an intentional or an

accidental headbutt.

Now, again, we are in the unified rules of boxing.

If this cut were to stop the bout, we are past the four-round threshold.

This would be a technical decision, but time in for referee John Shoreley.

We will continue.

And the crowd euphoric at the fight resuming,

and gee, what was Serrano going to say other than,

yeah, of course I could continue to fight.

Of course, good shot.

And Taylor standing her ground.

Lateral movement angling away from the ropes, but Serrano continues to stalk her.

The upper body movement serves Serrano well for the most part in the first fight,

but also ended up leading to some counters from Taylor.

That cut is bad.

Yeah, it is.

And a sense of urgency, overcoming adversity.

But like Sean Wheelock said, it happened after the fourth.

They would go to the scorecards, and, well, we don't want that to be the case.

We want to have a definitive conclusion.

Even the first fight could have gone either way.

Katie digging deep with the combinations now.

Time!

Amanda has to retain her composure after that second headbutt.

Yo, Doc,

that's still good.

I think they're going to stop it.

You think they're going to stop it?

Yeah, I think they're going to stop it.

They're both doing it.

They're both coming forward, and they're going to go.

Both were coming forward.

It was not intentional.

Both fighters were just going forward.

And that's what happens with a southpaw and an orthodox fighter most of the time.

That's bad.

That's bad.

Well, you call it then.

No. You're okay.

Let her go.

You got it.

Let's fight.

Damn, man.

Wow, look at that shit.

Come on, man.

Amanda, put pressure.

Put your chin down.

Man, you need to cut the tension with the chainsaw in this place right now.

It's incredible.

It's incredible.

And Amanda's head must be ringing.

Yep.

Round number seven, and boy, they are meeting in the center ring.

There's the handspeed from Taylor, but she gets caught with the counter from Serrano,

and Serrano gets caught.

Defense be damned!

Oh, goodness.

Oh, goodness.

Oh, goodness.

of the year two beginning to form here.

Yes, ma'am.

Yes, sir, it is.

Serrano walking down, but Taylor refusing to just stay in front of her,

trying to show off the hand speed.

Watch your head.

Watch your head.

It would do anybody good to go to the body right now, too.

And we saw Amanda Serrano do just that a lot in the first fight.

She is a devastating body puncher.

I think, Roy Jones, you had a pretty devastating body shot KO against Virgil

Hill.

Virgil Hill, have his ribs recovered yet?

A minute left in the seventh.

Rosie, I know you're watching in awe.

What do you make?

You were there live in the stands.

Now you're ringside.

Look at this action.

This is an incredible fight.

Again.

An historic fight.

Again.

In the words of DJ Khaled, another one.

And yes, that was for my good friend NDE watching in Los Angeles, California.

No, he's really concerned with the cut.

- Taylor… oh the left hand from Taylor. - I'm… goodbye.

Taylor's capitalizing on that headbutt cut,

not only with her fist, but also with her head.

- You see her pulling in. - Of course she will.

- She's bumping up against it. - Of course she will.

Combining Taylor again, just like the most fight.

And another right hand from Serrano. Incredible action.

Amanda landing a very good right hook.

Yep.

And that's Taylor cannot square up in front of Serrano.

Three rounds, we got six minutes, you understand me?

Listen, your offense is… hey, you let your hands go, you touch her.

You understand me? It's when we finish. Leave her, leave her, leave her.

Hey, when we finish, we can't just stand still like a statue.

You do all this work, you can't just stand there

and let her answer back.

You gotta get small, cover up, tire up, push off, spin off.

Don't just stand still like a statue.

You're wasting your work because you're standing there

and letting her answer right back.

You land four or five shots, take a fucking walk.

You got a big ring, use it.

Reset, make her reset, and you let get off again.

You got six minutes, we're going to have to bite down for this now.

You understand me?

He's going left,

right up a couple of by a man that's been landing all night long.

Followed by, she tried to hook, and there goes her left hook.

I can't tell her, and she missed her right hand but…

Yeah, you see both girls landing there.

Amanda with that good left hand and right hook.

Well, Ross, NMA trainer

for Katie Taylor agreeing with us, and we talked about it.

He wants her to reset.

He wants her to clinch, not to get in the firefight,

not to square up, not to stay in front of her.

Easier said than done against an extra-bold machine like Serrano,

who got tagged with a left hook by Taylor.

- Oh, good shot. - Total punches in round seven.

- Taylor, 45 of 79. - Oh, goodness.

Serrano, 54 of 97.

Mamma mia!

See, this is why I like the two minutes.

They never get a chance to get too tired to not keep giving us action.

That incredible seventh round, I need to reiterate this.

They combined, 89 landed,

a 170 thrown in two minutes.

- Faster than the Kentucky Derby Royals. - Exactly.

Don't do it again, don't do it again, don't do it again.

Oh, no, no, no.

Another warning from the ref.

And it's incredible what… and, oh, the left hand by Taylor.

- Catches Serrano. My goodness. - Good shot.

So, much leverage on those punches.

Both of them throwing real shots now.

Yeah. Boy, do you think that that blood coming down

in that cut is impairing Serrano's vision?

Of course, but Serrano don't care.

She just wanna win.

Referee John surely has his work cut out for him in this one.

They are fighting at extremely close quarters.

Serrano cut over the right eye.

- Taylor standing on ground. - Wow, look at this.

And Serrano is now also brought to the pedestal,

- which I think both girls will be… - Oh, man.

Legendary action.

And yes, this is a recording between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano.

Hey, hey, hey.

- One point. - Oh, no, wow.

The ref took a point away, I told you.

- I don't think that's fair. - I told you.

John surely has just deducted a point.

I don't think that's fair.

I agree with you, Roy.

- I don't think that's fair. - Wow.

I think they're both headbutting each other by mistake.

In the words of the late great Tupac Shakur,

we've got more drama than a soap opera here, kids.

Well, the first warning was for holding.

The second warning was for the headbutt.

No, both were for hit, but his… took a play.

- One-point deduction. - Yeah, he took a point.

Both were for hit, but his wife took a punch.

Hey, let's check it now. Here's a replay.

That's too wrong, baby. This ain't doing all you got, girl.

Once again, they both just fighting.

Nothing right there.

They both just fighting and pushing forward.

I don't see how he blamed her or how he took a point

for a headbutt right there.

Well, we are going to find out momentarily

as they continue to work away on the cut.

Mike Bazell earning his money here tonight,

- working the cut of Amanda Serrano. - You better change something.

Referee John Shorley is warning Taylor,

you better change something, drawing the ire of the crowd

here in Arlington. Let's bring in rules expert Sean Wheelock.

Sean, what do you make of what's transpired in that last round?

So, we've had four headbutts ruled for Katie Taylor by referee John Shirley.

Shirley said the headbutts against Amanda Serrano

from Katie Taylor in rounds four and six were accidental.

But as we just saw round number eight, first it was a headbutt.

Shirley told Katie Taylor that was intentional.

Hard warning, the next headbutt, Shirley saw intentional as well.

That's the reason for the one-point deduction.

I gave that a nine-nine round.

All right, now let's go.

As this championship round already unfolded,

let's check in with Ariel Helwani in the Serrano corner.

Jordan, you just said Katie is so dirty.

She's so dirty. She leads with her head, man.

She's such a nice person outside, but she goes in there and she's so dirty.

A lot of opponents have been cut, headbutted.

She leads with her head, man. That's her best attribute.

How concerned are you with the cut?

It is bad. You know, it impairs your vision.

Amanda's a warrior, a little warrior coming up,

fighting the so-called best in the world.

And all she could do is, fucking headbutt and hold.

- That's why she got a point taken off. - How do you score right now?

Right now, I believe we're ahead.

I believe we're ahead. I believe we're ahead by one round.

But you know what? Look at her leading.

- Let's go, Amanda. - Thank you, Jordan. Good luck.

- Let's go. - It's a showcase of raw power,

speed, and technique that demonstrates the true potential

of human performance.

But somebody needs to check the DNA of Serrano and Taylor

because these two are superhuman.

Going toe-to-toe.

Katie's just giving up the sticky moves. She's just going toe-to-toe.

I mean, it's walk-up, sock-up,

the robots of the highest order in a championship fight.

Katie ain't nothing to just give up her title.

She's not going down without a fight.

Good body shot by Amanda.

I think Amanda can't see out of that eye.

Fair.

Man, a war of attrition, both fighters pushing each other

to the limits in this technological, architectural marvel,

AT&T Stadium, the home of the Cowboys.

Tonight is home to world championship boxing.

We got two minutes.

Everything we got, we're gonna go get it. All that sparring for right now.

All that running for right now. Two minutes.

Don't get out hustling in the last round.

We need this fucking round, you understand me?

You gotta get it. You finish, and you're sharp.

Don't let her answer right back.

Sit down and fucking let it rip. You understand me?

- Keep the smile, please. - Deep breath, deep breath.

We good. Hey, you're a dog. You're a dog. You're built for this shit. Let's go.

Take a sip. Get a sip.

Hey, you got more heart than anybody here. Let's go.

- I'm kidding. We need this round. - Two minutes. Get it.

The beauty of technique, the brutality of power.

The tenth and final round of the legendary rivalry.

It comes down to two minutes or less.

Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano,

attacking each other with relentless fury.

Nobody has no clue what's happening.

As much as we can describe the action,

as much as we can try to tell the story, this visceral action speaks for itself.

- It is incredible to witness. - It is.

Rock'em Sock'em Robots inside the ring tonight.

Good try.

Serrano looking to equal the all-time female record of 32 knockouts.

Curly held by Hall of Famer, Christy Martin.

Both Taylor and Serrano fishing for the KO.

- Final 60 seconds. - Katie has to pass her hands.

When those combinations she throws, she really turns them loose.

She's hurting, though. Look at that. Look at that.

They're both hurting. Somebody go to the body.

They were doing very good. Nobody going to the body here.

He's just pushing that head, pushing that head.

That's it. Personal fighting.

And Amanda is a dog for going through that.

She bleeds. She don't care nothing about those eyes.

She just did a good body shot by… by Amanda.

Katie Taylor, one of Ireland's most decorated athletes.

Amanda Serrano, all about Puerto Rican power.

- Blood, guts, glory, history made again. - Whoop, whoop! Oh, oh!

Taylor and Serrano with an epic encounter.

- Oh, my God. - What more

do you want from professional boxing?

Simply incredible.

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.

I'm standing up on my feet. Wow, but these ladies, they…

The broadcast team is on its feet.

Every person in this stadium is on its feet.

- I got goosebumps on goosebumps. - What a fight.

It's just simply incredible. And look at the face of Amanda Serrano.

The headbutts, the cuts, the adversity.

And now we wait and see.

It was a debatable, controversial split decision

the first time around. Roy, let's go.

You see, as it is, uh, Katie throwing four or five punch combinations

every time she could.

Amanda come back banging to the body, banging to the head,

but then Katie would run off with bing, bing, two more good punches,

but Amanda throwing some real devastating punches there.

Oh, good left hand by Amanda. Oh, good right hook by Amanda.

She throwing a right hook that could have finished matters,

but Katie kept coming right back. Look at that.

These women are probably two of the best women fighters

that we're ever gonna see as far as fighting one another.

They bring the best out of each other. This is Ali Frazier of female boxing.

- I don't care what nobody says. - So well put.

After what they did at MSG,

where it was the home of the fight of the century, Roy Jones Jr.

Amen. Testify. Let's go to Sean Wheelock.

My man, how do you have it after ten glorious rounds?

Glorious indeed, Mauro. Ninety-six, ninety-three.

And to Serrano, six rounds to four.

But go to round number eight,

I had that as a ten-nine Katie Taylor round,

but with the one-point deduction is John Shoreley,

first on the hard warning, and then on the second,

with Shoreley deemed two intentional headbutts

by Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano in round number eight.

That goes from a ten-nine to a nine-nine for Katie Taylor.

I still have regardless of round number eight

and the one-point deduction, Amanda Serrano winning this fight.

We have witnessed a celebration of the warrior spirit that inspires fans

and fighters alike, and it's up to Jeremy Hayes of Canada,

Nate Palmer of Indiana, and Jesse Reyes of Texas

to determine who leaves undisputed champion at one-forty.

Will Sedano join Taylor and Claressa Shields

as the only undisputed champions in two divisions?

I know we're waiting on pins and needles. We don't have to wait anymore.

Here is Big Mo.

Ladies and gentlemen…

Ladies and gentlemen, another round of applause for these two.

After ten full rounds,

we go to the judges' scorecards for the official decision.

All three judges see the contest, ninety-five to ninety-four,

declaring your winner by unanimous decision.

And still the undisputed super

- lightweight champion of the world. - You know what,

Texas has always been a cauldron of controversy.

And I cannot sit here and it's… I mean,

you cannot take anything away from Katie Taylor and her legacy.

But my God, how does one rob Amanda Serrano

after a performance like that, Rosie?

I think this is gonna be an asterisk on Katie Taylor's legacy.

I thought Amanda Serrano won the fight, not just because she's a Boricua,

I'm just saying that she was a warrior.

With that headbutt, she just kept going and throwing the more effective,

more power punches. And I'm… I'm just…

This has got to be crushing, Roy, for Amanda Serrano.

What do you think, Roy?

Let's see if the CompuBox totals help us make sense of this story.

And, uh, well, we will wait and see.

But I have a feeling that the, uh, the CompuBox stats

are going to favor one Amanda Serrano.

And, I mean, again, again, it's… Yeah, a broken record.

And it's so just… Yeah, devastating for Amanda Serrano.

But Katie Taylor,

again, just like the first time, a heavily disputed decision.

And Ariel Helwani is in the ring with the champ.

Thank you very much, Mauro. Katie, congratulations on the win.

Congratulations on another instant classic.

What were you thinking before the judges announced the scorecards?

Did you think you had done enough to win this fight?

Well, it's obviously very hard to tell during the fight,

but I knew it was an absolute slugfest in there, an absolute war,

and, uh, I'm just saying thank God I won this fight,

and congratulations to Amanda. She's a fantastic champion.

We've, uh…

I think we agreed to do a three-man round during the next fight,

so the triple is on.

Obviously, this crowd not agreeing with the decision,

the broadcast team as well.

How did you rebound after that first round?

It seemed like she rocked you late and you were able to come back.

- How did you rebound? - Uh, that's what a boxer does.

We train so hard to recover from those moments.

Any punch can change a fight in boxing

and she's a hard puncher. She's a very tough warrior.

And I was prepared for that.

I don't care if the commentary team or the crowd disagree with the result.

The only ones in power are the judges around the ring.

So, thank God.

Obviously, the cut was very significant.

Her team said that you were fighting dirty.

What is your response to them?

And of course, the point deduction as well.

Well, I definitely agree with the point deduction,

but I certainly wasn't flying dirty though.

Sometimes it gets rough in there and you have to prepare for those moments.

As far as your career and all the great accomplishments that you've had,

where does this moment rank for you?

This is an amazing moment again for women's boxing and we put on a show,

we put on a performance again for everybody

and just thank God for another amazing night.

I'd like to get a word here with Amanda Serrano.

A great moment here.

Arlington, show these two great warriors the respect that they deserve.

And there's the cut right over there. Amanda, another supremely close fight.

Your immediate reaction to the judges' scorecards?

Listen, I knew if I went to the judges, it was gonna be a little shady.

But listen, I came here, I chose to be great.

I went up three divisions.

I lost in two, and I dare to be great tonight.

And I went up three divisions.

I am the featherweight champion of the world.

And I wanna be great, only I fight the best.

And listen, it is what it is. She's, um… I'm a featherweight, man.

You are a tough fighter, period. The cut, obviously, very significant.

How much did it bother you throughout the fight?

Listen, every time you get a cut, it bothers.

And you get blood in your eye. It hurts. She kept headbutting me.

But we knew that from the very beginning, from the first fight.

That's what they do. It's not only my fight.

She did it with Chantel Cameron. Listen, I'm a Boricua,

I'm going to die in this ring no matter what.

No matter how many cuts I have in my face, I'm going to die to the very end.

Um, towards the end of the fight, Jordan said that she was fighting dirty.

The point was deducted.

Do you think those headbutts were intentional on her part?

I think 100% because she does it in every fight.

It's not the first fight.

It was my first fight out of 40-something fights.

My first cut was ever was with Katie Taylor.

Uh, like I said, she did it with Chantel Cameron,

and it's been in other fights that I've seen her use her head dirty,

but it is what it is. I'm a champion.

No matter what, I'm still the featherweight champion.

I went up three divisions.

Listen, I'm happy with my team. I'm super grateful.

I'm honored to be here.

Listen, I'm in Jerry's world right now, fighting on Netflix.

Who knew two women would co-headline a great fight like this?

I'm on Netflix.

But listen, I want to say happy birthday to my dad. It's his birthday tomorrow.

I couldn't bring the belts back, but I'm healthy.

I'm safe. I love you. It's been a hard year for us.

But like I did today, Daddy, we're champions.

We're going to keep fighting.

Absolutely. He has to be proud of you,

what you did tonight once again with Katie Taylor,

nothing short of amazing.

She alluded to the fact that she would be open to a third fight.

I'm assuming you would be as well?

- Listen, it's up to the team. - If headbutting is not included.

- Listen, yes, It's up to the team. - If headbutting is not included.

And we get a fair referee, one that knows what he's doing,

and is gonna do what he has to do.

Because when you're getting head-butted repeatedly,

and the ref is, "I'm doing…"

what, he didn't do anything, you know what I'm saying?

It was a lot of head-butting. Amanda Serrano has 50 fights.

The first time she ever got cut was the first fight with Katie Taylor.

If you look at Katie Taylor's fights,

you'll see a lot of her opponents have gone out with grotesque swelling

in the head, look at the way Chantel Cameron look,

cuts in their face before Nina Meinke stopped the fight on cuts, headbutt.

So, that's nothing new, that's what they do,

they leave with their head.

And Katie's a beautiful person, but has an extremely huge head.

One last thing for Nikita. Come over here. You want to say something?

Let's do PFL, man. We love to get in PFL.

That would be something nice, right?

Yeah, an MMA fight. I don't know if that's going to happen,

but I think the world would love to see you two in a ring

or a cage one more time. Final word, Jordan.

Mind you, we're coming up three divisions from 126 pounds.

They say that Amanda's not a 126-pounder,

but try fighting at 114, 118, 122, 126,

and tell me that someone at 135 can drop those weights.

Amanda's a little girl, but you know what?

With a huge heart, Puerto Rico, we love you.

Tomorrow, we'll be in Puerto Rico!

Thank you so much, Jordan.

Amanda, congratulations on another incredible fight.

Arlington, make some noise for both Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor!

I guess Serrano has never been knocked down in the ring,

but the judges have knocked her down twice against Katie Taylor,

and it's heartbreaking and crushing.

And let's revisit again this symphony of violence,

the beauty and brutality that makes this sport so amazing.

Highlight of the night, presented by Celsius Live Fit.

- Roy, take it away. - Well, right there…

Amanda hurt Katie very bad that first round, overhand left,

and Katie started throwing the combinations.

The thing to me was Katie was throwing a few more punches,

but most of Amanda's punches had more devastation on them.

That was the headbutt that caused the cut.

That was really the turning point in the fight as far as that goes,

because without that cut, I think Amanda would have got even more done.

There was another headbutt, followed by a punch, and that's right.

She was leading with her head, probably too much, but like I said,

any time a left-handed fighter and a right-handed fighter come together,

that usually happens.

So, it's not just this fight. It's not just these two.

And I don't think it was intentional. I just think this is the way they fight.

I think people are going to be arguing about this decision

for a very long time.

And it's sad that it will take away from again.

We're talking another fight of the year here, guys.

Yes, yes. I… You got to respect Katie Taylor.

I do not like the hate that's going on.

- All right. - You still got to respect her.

Netflix making this a November to remember

by streaming a main event unlike any we have seen.

It's a fight that no one saw coming, but the world will be watching.

And to set the table for Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson,

let's go back to Kate Scott.

Thank you so much, Mauro.

What a night here in Texas, and it is only going to get better.

Iron Mike looking to roll it back

in his first professional fight in 19 years.

Yesterday, he slapped Jake Paul. Tonight, he will look to knock him out.

Our main event is up next, and yes,

it is obvious that Jake Paul and Mike Tyson are an unlikely pair.

Different backgrounds, different journeys, and different generations

have led them to the exact same place

at the exact same time with the exact same goal.

"What if?"

It's a question with timeless appeal all over the world of sports.

Like, what if you just decided one day you wanted to be a professional boxer…

…and didn't listen to anyone when they told you how crazy that was?

This is the opportunity of a lifetime to fight

one of the two most famous boxers to ever live.

It is ambitious, but I'm a victim of ambition.

* I'm a king in the game But you know that *

* Get a win, only I can control that *

* Ice in my veins You can call it a cold stackd

* Take a step back And you know that show that *

Or what would happen if you were a boxer?

- A legendary one, in fact. - "Iron Mike" Tyson.

And you decided you wanted back in. All reason be damned.

No other 58 year old is doing this because they can do it, okay.

Who's gonna stop me?

* Yeah, it's in my blood *

* Came from the bottom I was living in the mud *

* I've been working so hard Only living up *

* Ain't nothing you can do That will make me stop *

Two pretty improbable stories, right?

But what if they collided?

And what if we all had a chance to find out what happened next?

For Jake Paul, just remember, if this feels like a culmination

of everything he's been working towards,

he still sees it as just a start.

I'm going to become a world champion way faster than people are expecting.

How do you take over a sport?

You topple one of its biggest names

and force everyone to reckon with what you've built.

I'm the truth. Believe that.

I'm manufactured. I'm a natural born killer.

They once called Mike Tyson the baddest man on the planet.

It was a reflection of how dangerous he seemed, how powerful he appeared.

But now, what does Mike have left?

What is he still capable of?

- Whoo-hoo! - Big dog status!

How good is Jake really?

How high can he climb?

More questions with timeless appeal. More answers about to come.

After all the hype, after all the buildup, it's at last here.

Jake Paul, Mike Tyson.

What if? Right now.

We are on the precipice of the unprecedented.

Nobody knows what is gonna happen once the bell rings tonight.

Jake Paul only has 11 pro fights. Can he beat an all-time great?

Mike Tyson is a killer, yes, but he is 58 years old, everybody.

Has he got one more knockout left in him?

We're gonna find out about 30 minutes from now.

A worldwide audience from more than 190 countries

watching live on Netflix.

And with that, very warm welcome inside AT&T Stadium once again.

I'm Kate Scott with Andre Woods, Cedric the Entertainer,

a worldwide audience with you here around Netflix,

around the globe.

It is good to be with you here this evening.

Let me talk about Mike Tyson. You've been to a Mike Tyson fight before?

- Yeah, of course. - You have? Which one?

Yeah, yeah, several.

You know, I was at the… The bite… When he bit the ear, you know…

You was in the building?

Yeah. I've nibbled on the ear. You know, I…

It's going to be my first Mike Tyson ring walk.

- I'm hyped for that. - Me too.

- No robe, no socks. - I love that.

- Yes. - That's how he comes out, though.

He's like steady, strong, like a rock.

Because he's ready. We ready for this fight.

- Tonight's been crazy. - Is he ready for this fight?

It's eight rounds, two minutes, 16 minutes in total.

Has he still got that intimate at 58 years old?

Well, we're getting ready to find out,

and I think Mike is as ready as he can be at 58.

One thing I'm encouraged about with Mike, is that he took it serious.

He's been training for six, seven months.

And when I interviewed him, I said, brother, how you doing?

How's training? Man, brother, I'm training every day.

And the look he had in his eyes

and the tone in his voice, he's taking it serious.

Now, there's an age discrepancy, as we know.

That's the big question.

- Is can Mike hope, yes. - It's a 30-year age discrepancy.

Jake Paul could be, Mike Tyson could be Jake Paul's father.

- Uh-hu. - In real life.

- Mm-hmm - So that's the question.

One thing you never lose though as an older fighter is the power.

No, I like that. I mean, he definitely got that power, man.

He's looking solid.

Jake is serious, though.

You know, he came into the game as an entertainer,

but what everybody has to understand is that he made himself a real fighter,

and so this is gonna be an interesting fight to know.

I think as well, we talk about the fact that it's, what, 19 years?

since he last had a professional fight

but we also did see him against Roy Jones Jr. in 2020,

right so you kind of get a taste of what he may still be.

In that fight he was… he tried to be intimidating,

he was coming forward, he was putting the pressure on.

We're going to see the same kind of Mike tonight.

I mean you hope so, I think that's what everybody's here for,

Mike's the sentimental favorite,

when they showed Mike on the big screen coming into the arena

- the crowd erupted. - Yeah.

Most people are here for Mike.

The younger generation, I think they're here for Jake Paul.

But nobody wants to see Mike Tyson falter tonight.

They want to see a glimpse of Mike Tyson, enough of Mike Tyson to get the job done.

- Are you here for Mike? - I agree for that.

Yeah, I agree with that.

I think Mike has got the old school here, real boxer, real old school about it.

He loves the gang, and I want to see him do his thing.

I want to see him beat Mike Tyson.

I feel like when you said you got the sentimental favorite,

there's that part of you that's concerned for his well-being.

What you don't wanna see, is him get hurt.

- I'm conflicted. - Yeah, for sure.

I'm excited because it's Mike, and it's like, "Man, you…

disciplined your body to get to where you are at 58 years old," and…

But there's the other part of me that my boxing brain is saying,

he's 58 years old.

So you're in the best shape that you can be in at that age.

What about Jake Paul?

Well, first of all, let me ask you, Andre,

do you think he can box? Is he a good fighter?

Compared to who?

- In general? - Yeah, in general.

Listen, he's improving.

He's not being matched against other fighters like that.

He's fought a couple of real fighters,

but the matchmaking is very, very strategic.

And if he has nothing else, he has power.

I do respect that he's got a real team, real boxing team,

and I see the improvement.

Where does he rate up against another fighter,

a real boxer that's been boxing his life?

It's hard to say, because the matchmaking is very strategic.

Yeah, that's true.

Of course, there's a bunch of celebrities in the house for this one.

Everybody's been turning out.

And whilst we continue to count down to the main event,

Sibley Scholes is with superstar in the building, Shaquille O'Neal.

- O'Neal! - Coming back, ringside.

My man Shaquille O'Neal is here!

You got a smirk on your face. How we feeling tonight?

That's because you're one of my favorite people.

And this cameraman, I've been loving this guy for about 20 years.

I love this camera guy. I'm feeling good.

I'm ready for Mike Tyson to whoop some ass.

- Wait, repeat that? - Mike Tyson, whoop some ass.

You heard me.

Did you just get in today or have you been here all week?

I actually live in Dallas, so I've been here a couple of days.

What do you want to see happen in that ring?

Break it down for me. What rounds and what's happening?

I'm just glad that Netflix put this beautiful pay-per-view event together.

I'm sitting here next to Gronk. Gronk, stand up.

- Come on, Gronk. - Whoa!

Me and Gronk got put together NBA versus NFL.

- When is this happening? - Coming soon.

I'm talking boxing, fighting, football, basketball.

Are we doing retired players versus retired players

or active players versus active players?

- Either, or, but we're… - Are we breaking news

on this right now?

I just thought about it because me and Gronk have been good friends

and he challenged me to a fight. I said, "Okay."

I'm not really a good friend, I'm ready to fight your ass.

- Okay. - Hey, can we be the first main event?

- You wanna do it? - We'll be the first ones up.

Can I host it?

- Yes. - Yeah, why not?

Yeah, you can host it.

Right here, you heard it first, we're making deals at the fight night.

- Love you, Grock. - I love you too, Shaq.

- Have fun tonight, guys. - We're betting money.

Yes.

- His money! Thank you, guys. - Thank you.

Shaq said that Mike is gonna whoop his behind.

- Is he right? - I like that.

- You do? Do you believe it though? - Yeah.

I saw them over there promoting everything.

I'm promoting something called "Fit for a Fight" for Netflix.

You gotta have the fit for the fight.

- It's my new Netflix show. - I like that.

- Yeah, you know what I mean? - The jacket, the shirt…

- You gotta drip. - I see the drip.

Somebody say I look like a genie, I might grant wishes.

They gonna try to meme you with the hat though, I'm just telling you.

I feel like I'm the only one that get to say, "My son works."

They gonna try to meme you with the hat, you know how they do that.

It's all right.

Is there a good outcome for Jake Paul in this fight?

'Cause I feel like if you beat Mike… Man, we all love Mike, right?

And you just beat a 58-year-old man.

If you lose to Mike, you lost to an old man.

It's lose-lose for Jake Paul tonight, surely.

For Jake Paul, it's a win-lose or a lose-lose.

- What's the win? Okay. - The win-lose is, you beat Mike,

But everybody says it's a 58-year old man, so that's the losing part.

Mm-hmm.

The lose-lose might somehow turn back the clock just long enough

to land that shot to stop Jake Paul or to somehow win a decision.

It's a tough spot for him, but that's not Jake's mentality.

- Yeah. - His nickname is "The Problem Child."

He comes to these arenas and he built his name on controversy

and daredevil stuff on YouTube.

He don't care about the bad press. "Just talk about me."

So he doesn't care about the bad press.

He just wants to say, "I was one of," I think,

"three men to knock out Mike Tyson." He don't care if he's 80 years old.

That's his mentality.

You think Mike feeds off this kind of environment?

I mean, like, throughout the decades, he's been one fighter

who's always brought out the crowds.

Everybody wanted to watch the Mike Tyson fight.

You think this is an environment that he's gonna thrive in?

Yeah, I think he loves this kind of energy,

but he also goes really inside for a fight.

So… But this is where he became famous.

So this place, this energy like this feels perfect to him.

It feels like home.

How do you think Jake Paul goes about this fight?

I think the first couple rounds, he's gonna do it.

A hundred percent of men would do in the ring with Mike Tyson,

- which is be smart… - Stay away.

…stay away from the power, but I think he's gonna start to get closer,

three, four, and I think you're gonna see him dipping down,

trying to land the right hand. Jake Paul will throw the left hook.

That's not his shot. He wants an overhand, right hand

or a straight right hand, that's the money shot.

- So look out for that. - The crowd in here is going to go crazy

if Mike Tyson starts landing some punches on Jake Paul.

- Oh! - Oh, it's going to be crazy.

A mayhem!

They went crazy with just him walking in the arena.

So if he lands a shot and does something crazy to Jake Paul…

But that's because he… Andre, he brings something special with him.

Like, he has a different aura, Mike…

There have been many great heavyweights, but Mike was just always built different.

I think it's because the world has seen the highs of Mike, but also the lows.

- Right. - People see themselves

in Mike's story in one way or another.

Mike, I guess his whole life really, not just as he's gotten older.

Mike has always been honest, transparent, open about his flaws.

He doesn't hide that kind of stuff.

And that endears him to people, especially as he's getting older.

So he is a sentimental favorite.

And everybody… Most people want to see Mike Tyson come out okay tonight.

I mean, I guess that honesty you're talking about is there are times

we've seen Mike Tyson, like, after his fight against Kevin McBride,

where he just said, "I don't have the fighting spirit no more."

- "I don't got it in me." - Yeah.

Do you think he can get that back for one fight?

- He got it back. He got it back. - You can see that he got it back.

I can see that this was something different.

And it's got to do with obviously what Andre was talking about.

Jake came in as an entertainer, and he's made the biggest spectacle event.

He's taking boxing, that Mike used to do as a serious athlete,

and he's turned it into entertainment. And now this fight is real.

These two are making it. On that note, Mike is from the old school boxing.

That's it. This'll be great.

Mike was the youngest heavyweight champion

and still is in the whole world, the whole history of boxing, 20 years old.

He's been in the limelight, he's been under pressure,

he's thrived off of this for most of his life,

so though he's older, he's still gonna thrive…

- thrive off of this energy tonight. - Absolutely, our main event

is just moments away, we can't wait for this one to get started.

We're gonna dip into Jake Paul's locker room

and show you some live shots here.

Of him getting ready. Looks very relaxed, Andre.

Put the work in, this is what he wanted.

This is what he called for, he wanted the Mike Tyson moment,

the Mike Tyson moment is here, and Jake Paul, like Mike Tyson,

he's not shy from big moments,

he thrives on them, at least thus far, let's see if he can do it again tonight.

One of the things, Cedric, they always used to say about Mike Tyson

was that he had people beat before he walked into the ring.

He put the fear of God into other men. You think Jake is feeling that?

No, no, Jake looks very relaxed, he looks like he has a plan,

whatever that plan is in his head, he feels comfortable about it.

Let's see if, like Mike said,

"You know, everybody's got a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

- So we'll have to see. - Mm-hmm.

Do you like the demeanor, Andre?

That's what a fighter who has prepared properly…

that's the way he's supposed to feel.

Of course he feels fear, but he's managing it right now.

Of course he feels nerves, but he's managing it right now.

That separates the guys that perform on the big stage

and the ones that don't.

When does the fear really kick in?

Well, it's more nerves than fear.

You don't want to get injured, that's always in the back of your mind,

you see the gurney sitting out there in the hallway,

but it's more excitement, anticipation than fear.

All those emotions, you have to manage them,

you have to walk that walk and go do what you were trained to do.

Yep.

Let's take a look back at Jake Paul's career thus far

as a professional prizefighter.

I'm gonna count to ten, y'all salute the judges.

Let's touch 'em up.

…facing one of the greatest mixed martial artists…

Anderson Silva. The right hand drops Silva.

He is dropped and knocked out.

All of those wins, including Tommy Fury, was only lost,

but if you see here, this was his first real test.

Yeah, took everything he had.

He gave it a good go for it, but Tommy Fury was ready for him.

Good jab.

He knocked Tommy Fury down with a jab, but Fury got the decision.

And yet, Paul doubled down, changed trainers, moved to Puerto Rico,

and took on the man known as The Stockton Slapper,

Nate Diaz.

And again, Jake Paul,

yes, a mixed martial artist, boxer, but here's a guy

learning on the job and making major headlines doing it.

Yes, he is. Oh, that was a great uppercut.

Oh! Devastating.

Vicious uppercut, and it's that right hand.

There was a left hook on bare-knuckle fighter Mike Perry,

who replaced Mike Tyson on short notice

after Tyson had health issues scuppering their July plans, but…

Here he is now,

locked in, working out with Theatres Chambers III, his trainer.

And with moments like this, Roy, what's going through his head here?

Just trying to work up a sweat, get into a rhythm?

That and trying to figure out

what things may work early, what things may work late,

but what's going to be the safest way to attack right away.

Ten to one with seven knockouts,

and now, well, there is his brother, Logan Paul,

boxed Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition has really opened up

a lot of people's eyes as the WWE wrestlers,

the brothers bonding in the dressing room as he gets ready

to face the former undisputed heavyweight champion.

A man who tonight wants to turn back the clock

to a time was when he was undeniably the baddest man

on the planet. I'm talking "Iron" Mike Tyson.

Yes, he was the baddest man

on the planet, had some fast hands, very explosive knockouts.

A bunch of power that we hadn't seen since George Foreman.

So, he's a beautiful specimen to see in the ring.

I mean, knocking out big, big guys.

And what people don't also talk about a lot was

he also took a great punch.

'Cause a lot of those guys put a good lick on him first,

and he still was able to come back and knock them out.

- Like this… - This is where he became

the youngest heavyweight champion in history.

Twenty years, four months,

trouncing Trevor Berbick in less than two rounds.

He would go on to become undisputed champion.

And here he is, beginning that journey

to undisputed status against Pinklon Thomas.

And Pinklon Thomas gave him a minute,

gave him a little time for a little while.

When he finally caught up to Pinklon Thomas,

he put the work on him.

That was saying say a lot, 'cause Pinklon didn't go out easy.

- He had no answer for that power. - Yes.

- Yeah, Tyrell Biggs. - Tyrell Biggs.

- Who took a spot in the Olympics. - Yes, he did.

Well, Tyson made him pay.

Again, Tony Tubbs.

Another left hook, I'm sure. There he goes.

Mike is something incredible with that left hook

and that right uppercut.

Power with both hands, something that we haven't seen.

This was the apex of his career.

When he… Well, he reversed The Spinks Jinx,

wiping out Michael Spinks, an incredible fighter in his own right,

and yet in just 91 seconds sent Spinks into retirement.

That body shot was devastating.

And of course, that fateful night,

February, 1990,

Mike Tyson goes to Japan to face 42-1 underdog,

James "Buster" Douglas.

He dropped to Douglas, but then the unthinkable happened.

- Shocked the world. - Yeah, Buster is like,

right uppercut followed by a right hook, left hand, right hand.

Brilliant punching by Buster Douglas, that shocked the world.

And of course,

the ignominious rematch with Evander Holyfield,

the night where Holyfield wishes Tyson was a vegan.

He bit his ear, the world's first paper chew, Rosie,

and it wasn't a funny matter, of course,

but then Lennox Lewis took care of Mike Tyson

in Tyson's final World Championship fight.

And hey, I was calling this fight during the pandemic,

- Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr. - Oh, low blow.

And this was during COVID, right?

- There was barely an audience. - This was during COVID, yeah.

And here we are four years later at the age of 58.

Hey, Brooklyn's in the house, Rosie Perez.

You have followed the Dickensian career

of the artist formerly known as Kid Dynamite.

I know you're from Brooklyn.

I know you have followed Mike Tyson's career since it started.

Does he have one more knockout in him?

He possibly does, but we're gonna see

because 58-years-old is 58-years-old.

And they usually say that power goes first.

But when you fought him,

you said you felt like you got kicked by a donkey.

The power ain't going nowhere. Trust me.

What is your feeling about this fight

when you look at the magnitude, the landscape?

The boxing business is the hard business. It's not an easy sport.

And at 58, yes, he's Mike Tyson,

but he's facing a guy in his physical prime at 27.

Yeah, it's definitely the hard business.

I like the fact that he's fighting a guy that's 27

because two-minute rounds are not gonna allow him

to get tired enough or fatigued enough that he'll have to just stop.

Mike takes a better punch than people think Mike can take.

Now, fatigue is a different animal.

But with these two-minute rounds, he may never see fatigue.

The stakes are as high as the Texas sky.

AT&T Center Electric is Thomas Edison's basement.

Let's go to Big Mo.

Ladies and gentlemen…

…it is about that time.

To get us ready for this main event and to perform the national anthem,

it is my honor to welcome the two-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist,

here is Tori Kelly.

* O say can you see *

* By the dawn's early light *

* What so proudly we hail’d *

* At the twilight's last gleaming *

* Whose broad stripes and bright stars *

* Through the perilous fight *

* O’er the ramparts we watch’d *

* Were so gallantly streaming? *

* And the rocket’s red glare *

* The bombs bursting in air *

* Gave proof through the night *

* That our flag was still there *

* O say does that star-spangled *

* Banner yet wave *

* O’er the land of the free *

* And the home *

* Of the brave? *

And sports superhero, and a Canadian, gotta love Zibalu.

Josh Duhamel.

Joe Manganiello.

Charlize Theron, she's a badass on the big screen.

Furiosa's in the house.

There they are, Karate Kid, Cobra Kai, Ralph Macchio, and William Zabka.

Wax on, wax off, and sweep the leg, guys.

Joe Jonas is in the house!

Maybe I'll make a visit to the Waffle House,

that's my favorite Jonas Brothers stop.

Micah Parsons of the Dallas Cowboys.

Representing the hometown squad, the one, the only,

Shaquille O'Neal.

And it wouldn't be a party without Rob Gronkowski.

So, the stars from around the world of pop culture entertainment

and sports are here to witness this one-of-a-kind main event.

Let's go to the tail of the tape.

And the biggest stack, the 31 year age difference,

the largest age disparity in a legally sanctioned boxing bout ever.

And both have said they're going for the knockout.

Tyson says if Paul doesn't run, he'll get it in round one.

Paul predicts round four or five KO.

Tyson calls Paul a manufactured killer.

Tyson says he's a natural-born killer.

Paul says, "Yeah, I'm a manufactured killer."

"I'm a nuke."

And let's bring in Sean Wheelock with the rules.

Tonight's main event will use the unified rules of boxing,

but with two variations.

Both fighters will wear their 14-ounce gloves

instead of the standard ten-ounce gloves in the heavyweight division.

Rounds will be two minutes in length rather than three minutes.

Everything else is standard. There is no three-knockdown rule.

If an accidental foul ends the fight,

four rounds must be completed to consider it official

and a technical decision will then be rendered.

All right, time to take a closer look

at a man who's changing the game.

Jake Paul's a neophyte boxer,

but the power's scarier than a gas station restroom.

He has KO'd or knocked down every opponent he has been in the squared circle with

in this attention economy.

Well, he commands it, and he turns it into capital.

It's like his favorite artist, Drake, When it comes to capital, he left the caps lock

on.

He has really been a huge advocate for fighter pay and women's boxing.

We saw another fight of the year between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano,

and they earned big bucks here tonight.

And yeah, his first pro fight came during the pandemic in twenty twenty.

But here now in this large cavernous edifice,

it's Paul versus Tyson.

I just came up with a crazy idea.

Do you think I could beat Mike Tyson?

Mike, this is my

sport now.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the wait is over.

Making his way to the ring first, fighting out of the blue corner,

here is Jake Paul!

Jake Paul knows how to make an entrance.

It's a customized Chevy dually crew-cut truck

built by Gas Monkey Garage, full hydraulic lowrider

with 12 inches of suspension drop, double metal flake paint

with air brush flames, Wet Sounds audio system.

It's driven by Heavy D Sparks of Diesel Brothers.

And well, Heavy D & The Boyz, "Now that we found love,

what are we going to do with it?"

Hey, there's the pigeon that Paul tried to give to Tyson.

Tyson said he was going to feed it to his falcon.

Paul brought it back, and yeah, we can all feel it.

There is something in the air tonight.

Jake Paul, Mike Tyson have attracted an audience

of 72,300 here at AT&T Stadium

in Arlington, Texas. Just a shade

under the record here

at AT&T Stadium for Canelo Alvarez fight in 2021.

But mamma mia, Rosie,

a social media sensation turned boxer has turned the sport…

On its ear, this is incredible.

And what must be going through this twenty-seven-year-old's mind?

Like so many members of his generation dealing with mental health issues,

he dealt with drug and alcohol issues.

Boxing gave him purpose, discipline, health, community.

It has saved his life, he tells us.

And now he wants to change other people's lives

through his promotion and through his efforts as a fighter.

Listen, hate him or love him,

you gotta respect what he has contributed to the sport of boxing.

When he first came on the scene, everyone thought he was a joke,

and he has had the last laugh, especially tonight.

Let's take a closer look…

at "Iron Mike" Tyson.

At twenty years, four months, trounced Trevor Burbick, thirty-eight years.

Next Friday is the anniversary of when

he became the youngest heavyweight champion ever.

It happened in Jamaica, and he took down a fellow Canadian in Burbick,

blasting him, and it remains the record

for the youngest champion in heavyweight history.

From 1987 to 1990,

he was the undisputed heavyweight champion.

It's been only 7,097 days between sanctioned fights.

And of course, his plaque hangs in Canastona, New York,

in the International Boxing Hall of Fame

for the first time in nearly twenty years in an officially sanctioned match,

we get to see Mike Tyson again.

There's fundamental difference

between me and Jake,

he's a manufactured killer.

I'm a natural born killer.

The baddest man on the planet,

"Iron Mike" Tyson!

It was good while it lasted for Jake.

I'm not gonna lose, did you hear what I said?

And now, ladies and gentlemen, fighting out of the red corner,

making his way back to the ring.

Welcome home.

"Iron Mike" Tyson!

* Ladies and gentlemen Your attention please *

* Make way, make way, make way *

* For the new kings *

* We are the new kings We're gonna fight tonight *

* With our name lit up in lights We are the new kings *

* This is our time to shine Set it off like dynamite *

* Boom, boom *

* Address the court from the throne Newly made it *

* Crown of thorns on the dome You want it, come and get it *

* Noble bloodline business Rule with an iron fist *

* This is how we do business That's why I go ballistic *

* Swords forged in steel Running towards the field *

* Hundreds more to deal Give 'em something more than real *

* The legacy that we bring When that last spell breaks *

* They gon' remember one thing *

* We are the new kings We're gonna fight tonight *

* With our name lit up in lights We are the new kings *

* This is our time to shine Set it off like dynamite *

* We are the new kings We're gonna fight tonight *

* With our name lit up in lights We are the new kings *

* This is our time to shine Set it off like dynamite *

* Boom, boom *

* Explode on the scene Like a firebomb *

* Launched from a siren song Over your whole team… *

And it's classic, all black, straight out of The Matrix.

Shout out Wiz Khalifa.

I think we've all stepped into the Matrix here tonight.

Mike Tyson is back in the ring.

What is life?

* We are the new kings *

* We ignite the night With our name lit up in lights *

* We are the new kings And it's our time to shine *

No matter what happens tonight,

it's an incredible feat for a 58-year-old man

to get in shape like he has done and to step in the ring once again

and challenge his legacy.

Incredible and unbelievable, all I can say.

Streaming live around the world on Netflix,

we are set for the official introductions for tonight's main event.

Here one more time is Big Mo.

Ladies and gentlemen,

this is your main event of the evening.

Eight two-minute rounds in the heavyweight division,

sanctioned by the Texas State Athletic Commission,

promoted by Most Valuable Promotions,

and brought to you live worldwide on Netflix.

Our judges at ringside, from Texas, Lawrence Cole.

From Texas, David Iacobucci.

And from Texas, Jesse Reyes.

And our timekeepers, Pinero Perez and Arthur White.

And our referee in charge when the bell rings

from Texas, Mark Calo-Oy.

So, for the viewers joining us around the world on Netflix,

to those of you joining us right here in Texas.

Are you ready to make history?

And let's meet the fighters.

First, fighting out of the blue corner, wearing the silver and chrome trunks,

he stands six feet, one inch tall.

He weighed in at 227.2 pounds.

He holds a near perfect professional record of ten victories,

opposite just one defeat,

with seven of those wins coming by way of knockout.

And he fights out of Dorado, Puerto Rico,

by way of Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

He is the multi-talented superstar who bridged the gap

between social media and professional boxing.

He is a boxer, a content creator,

an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, and a promoter,

and the self-proclaimed face of boxing.

Ladies and gentlemen, he is the Problem Child,

Jake "El Gallo" Paul.

And now his opponent, fighting out of the red corner.

Wearing the black trunks,

he stands five feet, ten inches tall.

He weighed in at 228.4 pounds.

He holds a professional record of 50 victories versus just six defeats

with 44 of those wins coming by way of knockout

and 22 of those knockouts coming within the very first round.

Fighting out of Brownsville and the Catskills, New York.

Introducing the former lineal heavyweight champion

and the former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world!

He was, he is, and he will forever be

the baddest man on this planet!

Ladies and gentlemen, he is…

"Iron Mike" Tyson!

Okay, gentlemen, we've already gone over the rules.

I want you to obey my commands at all times.

Most importantly, protect yourself at all times.

I say, "Stop", stop whatever you're doing and listen to my commands.

Punches in this area and up will be considered legal.

Punches in this area and up will be considered legal.

Choquen guantes.

Mike Tyson turned pro nearly 12 years before Jake Paul was born,

fought his final official match when Paul was eight years old.

He's boxed 215 pro rounds compared to Paul's 52 rounds.

But Jake Paul told us he's wearing the most expensive fight shorts ever

with a price tag of a million dollars for the full wardrobe.

His appearance has 380 carats in diamonds.

Made by Shoe Surgeon. Painted by Alec Monopoly.

He wants to shine bright like a diamond here tonight.

As he is standing across

from his father Greg's favorite fighter.

His dad broke down in tears

when he told him he was going to face Mike Tyson.

We are putting the real in surreal,

and Tyson in his trademark coming out fast.

Or how fast he can be at 58, Roy Jones.

- Stop! - He's very fast at 58,

- as you saw right there. - Let him go. Let him go.

He's still Mike, just…

I'm just wondering how much can his leg take

chasing Jake around the ring like that.

Again, these are two-minute rounds.

Tyson requested the two-minute rounds, wanting to see more action.

He just landed the overhand right, testing the beard of Paul early.

Paul has hit him, too.

So, they both are trading punches now.

Paul is using that ring to his advantage.

- He'd better. - Stop! Stop!

- Making Tyson chase him around. - He'd better.

Let him go nice and clean.

For Mike Tyson, taking a page out of his buddy Jay-Z,

"allow him to reintroduce himself." Here with a minute left and again.

- Stop! Nobody punch. - Only 2-0, and…

Jake Paul has to be careful when clinching with Mike Tyson.

Just ask Kevin McBride, just ask Francois Boto,

Evander Holyfield, you get the gist.

Yep, Tyson's slipped a good one there.

And the jab from Jake Paul.

It was expected that he would use lateral movement.

Circled, used the jab, tried to wear out Mike Tyson.

- Yep. - Yes.

And everybody was saying… Ooh!

- Nice shot by Jake Paul. - Nice right hand by Paul.

That is his most effective punch.

Again, he has knocked down or knocked out every opponent he has faced.

There's the jab. Now, Paul setting the rhythm.

- And Tyson coming in, burrowing in. - Keep'em up, Mike. Keep'em up.

Referee Marco Roy telling Tyson to keep it above the belt,

not below the combat sports demilitarized zone.

Everybody was saying that…

Jake Paul would not be able to touch Mike Tyson,

but this first round, he definitely touched him.

He did.

In surprising fashion.

- Mike… - Breathe and relax.

* Big as the Super Bowl But the difference is *

* It's just two guys playin' shit That they did in the studio *

* Niggas usually send they verses Back to me and they be terrible *

* Just like a two-year-old *

* I love a dinner with some fine women When they start debatin' *

* About who the G.O.A.T. I'm like go on 'head, say it then *

* Who the G.O.A.T.? Who the G.O.A.T.? Who the G.O.A.T.? Who the G.O.A.T.? *

Let's see Mike early,

man, this jab right there, that really knocked Jake back.

Man, that slow defensive punch back around.

- But they was, uh… - Move over to your left…

Yeah, uh, right hand grazes.

Mike Tyson by Jake Paul, that would have been a good shot

had it been on the chin.

Let's go! Let's go!

Veteran MMA striking coach,

man I've known for over twenty years,

dating back to our days in Japan with Pride Fighting Championships,

Rafael Cordero, the chief second for Mike Tyson,

and he told us that it was going to be technical,

not a massacre, and that Paul will feel Tyson's heavy punches.

Yup, but Paul's doing a good job of staying away

from Mike early, which is very smart on his head.

And our unofficial scorer, Shawn Wheelock,

gave the opening round to the returning legend.

Nice body shot by Paul with the right hand.

Yeah, it was.

I don't like Mike's legs at the gate, though.

The first round he's won in more than two decades.

Yeah, I don't like Mike's legs.

I don't like Mike's legs at all.

And he wore that knee wrap during training.

There were health issues, and of course, a lot of consternation,

a lot of concern from a lot of people

about 58-year-old Mike Tyson returning,

and yet, Mike Tyson is a grown man.

He makes his own decisions.

He knows how the consequences can be in this sport.

Of course he does.

And he said, though, had reawakened,

and we saw that he's biting his glove again.

We did see that throughout his career, the habit of biting his glove, Mike.

Or excuse me, Roy, which, hey, it beats biting ears, right, Roy?

Yeah, it does, but Jake missed him

with a mean uppercut just a little while ago.

I don't like that at all.

Me either.

And Paul, tempting fate with his hand flow.

This full-throated throng, screaming "Tyson."

I don't like Tyson's legs.

Something wrong with his mouthpiece too.

He keeps trying to put his mouthpiece back in his mouth.

See that?

I don't like that either.

Not a good sign.

All right? Fake, fake, jab.

Now, you cannot go to his left.

You're letting him fucking you up.

- Papi, move over to your left… - Right! In!

You go straight.

You go straight, you go under, then you go over.

Pick it, pick it!

Get near and pick it.

Switch up on that shit, okay?

- But give him some good ass jabs. - Seconds out!

Listen, one and one.

Mouthpiece? Where's your mouthpiece?

Hey, give me some water.

Total punches through two rounds.

Jake Paul, twelve of 53, 23 percent.

Tyson coming out aggressively.

Tyson, seven of 34, 18 percent.

So Tyson is averaging more punches than he did in that fight

with McBride and in the exhibition against Roy Jones,

where he averaged 24 punches a round.

I don't like the fact they keep messing with that mouthpiece.

Left hook, triple left hook by Paul.

- He wobbled Tyson. - Mike is hurt.

Mike's hurt.

Yes, he is.

And Paul had him jabbed now.

He landed three hooks, lands another left hook,

a lead left hook, flips Tyson, body shot by Paul.

Mike might get caught by overhand right soon.

And you know referee Mark Colloy.

Has a very important task, all referees do,

but Mike Tyson taking punishment here in round three from Paul.

Taking bad punishment.

Mike does not look good right now.

No, he does not look good at all.

Not look good at all.

His age is showing.

Yep, he's about out of luck.

Final minute.

Mike Tyson said this fight reawakened the beast inside.

It gave him something to look forward to.

He's in a much better place mentally.

He's in a great place with his family.

And yet Mike Tyson said, no, I want a challenge.

I want to see what I'm capable of doing.

But man, oh, man.

Twenty-seven-year-old, chronological physical peak.

Training regularly.

And Mike Tyson in trouble here with round three.

He's in big trouble.

This might be his last round.

And Jake Paul…

Looked very fatigued.

Yeah, Jake Paul, that extra weight

that everybody said was gonna slow him down,

not slowing him down.

Against McBride, 20 years ago, Tyson weighed a sluggish 233

just got rocked again with that left hook and resorts to biting his left glove.

He needs to bite down on his gum shield and try to…

produce nostalgia, more nostalgia than Grandma's basement with a punch,

but things aren't looking good for the legend.

Not good at all.

You gotta breathe and relax, champ.

It's not much for him. Why? Because you stopped.

If you don't want a full punch, move just to the side.

Don't stay in front of him.

Don't let his high strikes jab you. Push, move ahead.

On the rope side you…

- We're downstairs this way. - Uh-huh.

More jabs, more right hands.

Yeah, more jabs, more right hands.

Here you see Jake Paul laying a beautiful jab with right hand first,

right there and knocked Mike off balance two times.

And Mike was highly off balance right there.

I don't like how his legs look.

Yeah, something wrong with the mouth still.

That affects his oxygen intake, right?

Yeah, something wrong with it.

Now he's fighting, I've seen it throughout his career, it's interesting

but he does bite those gloves even

in preparing to… for this fight, going back through his history…

I think he had a problem with his mouthpiece.

I have to tell you Roy, I've seen it

in a lot of fights with Tyson, I don't think that's the case.

Power punches in the third round.

Paul one of 11, 11 of 22, 50 percent.

Tyson, four of eleven, thirty-six percent.

And unofficial score, Sean Wheelock gave Paul his first round.

Right hand.

And CompuBox has Paul more than doubling Tyson in total punches landed.

Well, you fought Mike Tyson at 54.

What do you think he needs to do?

Well, he's not the same man as he was at 54.

His legs don't look nearly as good as they did when I fought him.

So, his legs look like they've gone down a lot.

See that right there? He didn't do that against me.

I didn't see much of that.

So, he needs to be able to attack more, but his legs won't get him to do the job.

So, he can't get there.

- He can't… - His legs are killing him.

- Yeah. - Killing him.

Sorry, and Jake looks very confident.

And relaxed because he knows Mike's legs are failing him.

And he keeps biting that mouthpiece again.

Even in the last fight where Paul faced Mike Perry

when Tyson had health issues,

we did see Perry, or excuse me, Paul take deep breaths,

but looking again… We talked about fight management earlier.

With the energy, the pressure… …I mean main-eventing

the first boxing event on Netflix against a living legend,

and Jake Paul settling into a rhythm here in round four.

Smart body shot by Jake Paul, too.

Left hook lands for Paul.

And watching training camp footage of Tyson,

you can see at times, even when he threw punches, Roy,

that he would put himself off balance.

The balance has been an issue.

Yes, it has, but I fought him in 2020.

I've never seen him do his mouthpiece like he's doing it tonight.

Ten seconds, warriors.

Time.

- Breathe. - Breathe. You feel good.

Kick your feet out, brother.

There you go.

Yeah, you feel good man.

Give me… You feel motherfucking good.

Remember, man, you control everything.

He done slow all the way from the dime, Jake.

You do what you want to do, motherfucker.

Walk in, stab him, step to step.

You walk slow, but your speed is still [mouths noises].

You can see Jake Paul landing a good right hand

to the body after the jab.

Lay the jab down, do a good right to the body.

Push Mike off balance again because Mike wasn't ready for it.

You don't like to see those kind of punches land

because that tells you that his reflexes are off,

and they're not what they used to be.

- Check yourselves. - Check yourselves. Round five.

And just like that,

we are already beginning the second half

of this eight-round…

…heavyweight attraction.

of my… A rule tweak, instead of three-minute rounds,

they are fighting two-minute rounds.

And Jake Paul's trainer, Theo Chambers hails from Detroit's legendary Kronk Gym,

where he was a pupil of the estimable Emmanuel Stewart,

whose mantra was knockout cell,

and both of them are promising KOs here tonight.

And Jake's actually boxing beautiful here.

Though Mike is older and Mike has more rhythm,

Jake's boxing very beautiful.

Nice right or two catches Tyson.

Yeah, Jake is looking at that chin.

Yep, he's trying to get Mike.

See how he's still getting that mouthpiece?

I just don't understand that.

And I don't want to debate or get into an argument

with you Hall of Famer, but like I say,

it has been a tic of his in fights past, and I don't know what it is.

And maybe his son Amir, who's been a great asset to us tonight,

can find out sometime.

But in terms of Jake Paul, you're right, Roy,

he's turning into a boxer.

- Yeah, good shot by Mike. - Oh, and again, the left hook.

Good shot by Mike.

And Paul's hands are low.

Thirty seconds left in the fifth.

Paul was averaging 35 punches a round coming in.

We talked about Tyson, of course.

You can't really talk about any stats, because it's been 20 years.

Ten seconds left in the fifth.

Ten seconds, warriors.

Body shot by Paul.

Right hand lands for Paul.

Good right hand by Paul, but Mike takes a good shot still.

The lead left by Tyson.

- Yes, Mike is taking those shots. - Yes.

But the question is, for how long?

- You're hurting him. - You move very well.

- You need to get on… - Let's not put more pressure.

- You can't wait. - Let's not put more pressure.

We're going to see him,

but we're going to come in a little bit more forward.

I don't like your pressure too much.

I like the way you move outside.

He can follow you. But you can move forward a little bit more.

- We're going to move forward. - Breathe and relax.

We'll see you on double jab. Jab, double jab…

Here we see Paul look down and come over with an overhand right.

- Wow. - Right on Tyson's nose.

Good shot. A little bit lower might have ended the fight,

but that was a good shot. It looked like it hurt Mike a little bit.

And then you see a left hook right there

that was partially blocked by Mike's shoulder.

But then Mike landed a left hook on his neck.

Hit him clean

- and hit him on the neck. - Ten seconds left.

That one's going to have more effect on him.

And Tyson's neck is one of the more developed in the sport.

Very bad. And, of course, a strong neck helps you absorb punches.

And I meant Mike's punching…

- Jake on the neck. - Box.

Yeah, yeah. And Jake, of course, working his neck as well.

I mean, all fighters do neck exercises to absorb the blows,

but for Jake Paul, it's dictating the terms

and everything being equal.

You don't want to overhype, undersell.

Again, he's facing a 58-year-old man,

and we're just trying to tell the story of the fight, Rosie.

But it's a hard story to watch, I have to tell you.

I think we're going to see all we're going to see from Mike

as far as danger shots.

If Jake's smart, he'll just fight him from the outside

and keep beating him like that and having his way.

All right, let's go check in with Ariel Helwani in Jake Paul's corner.

I'm here with Jay Leon Love.

Jay Leon, how do you think Jake's doing?

He's doing great. Boxing. Boxing well. Comfortable. In control.

Is the finish near, you think?

I mean, we just setting it up. We boxing. It'll happen.

Keep boxing, baby.

I heard Logan say, "Use the jab more".

Do you want to see him use the jab more?

Of course. It's the most important punch in boxing.

And you got a guy that's slow, sitting there, stagnant.

Use that jab. Break him down.

- Thanks. Good luck. - Yes, sir.

Using the jab to break down Tyson.

Forty seconds left in the sixth.

Tyson moving laterally, unable to…

And his former trainer, Teddy Atlas,

wondered whether he would still have the delivery system.

Ten seconds, warriors.

It appears he doesn't. No, he doesn't have any more.

Legs are gone.

Time.

Question I have is, "Why isn't Jake Paul just teeing off on you"?

I don't want that to happen.

Yeah a lot of people don't want that to happen.

But I understand what you're saying.

It is a professional fight,

- but a lot of people wonder… - You know what. Listen.

Give me a little more, all right?

Come on, man.

You're the young lion. He the old lion, all right?

Let's make the difference in this shit.

Let's make the fucking difference in this shit.

You stay on top of Mike, but then you're in and out with Mike.

He's too slow.

- His reflex is slow. Speak your shit up. - Okay.

Once you start on it and then go back, you reset and go right back on Mike.

- I got it. - You can stop Mike, Jake.

Okay. Come on, let's go.

There's Charlize Theron,

incredible actress, watching here tonight with many other luminaries.

Again, 72,300…

…filling AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas

for the return of Mike Tyson

against a man who's disrupting the sport of boxing, Jake Paul.

Round seven, and Mike Tyson showing some life.

He sure is.

- Little jab… - But how many seconds of life

does he have each round,

even at two minutes at this stage of the career?

Only about five or ten.

And you look at the numbers,

and they're very, I hate to say it, they're just, they're kind of sad, Rosie.

Yeah.

And there is, it's…

You know what, I do have to say, it is 16 more punches

than any other 58-year-old has landed in boxing.

You better believe it.

Good body.

You’ve got to watch for the overhand right here, though.

Yeah.

It's incredible to see how stunned the crowd is.

Final minute of the seventh.

Mike still has pretty good defense, though.

Jake still not being able to hit him with that hammer.

Well, you said it. You told us after your exhibition

that he's still even close. It's still hard to hit Mike Tyson.

Jake having a hard time still hitting him.

That's 27 years old. See that? He's catching all that on his arm.

I mean, one's going to get through your wrist, but…

But there's the catch, but there's not the shoot, Roy.

No, he ain't got the shoot back, but he is catching him.

Don't measure it.

Referee Mark Colloy warning Paul not to measure,

but he measured him, and then he hit him with a right and a left.

Tyson coming forward,

but Paul is landing…

…the cleaner effective punches.

- Ten seconds, warriors. - And then some.

- But Mike is taking it. - Yes, he is.

And you'll see we got

two final minutes.

Time.

And Tyson breathing heavily as he makes his way back to the corner.

Great opportunity to cut that ring off. And you waited. Can't wait.

- Last round. - Last round.

Let's go for last round.

Got a mouthpiece out.

Last round, Mike.

Hey, champ, you've got to get more aggressive.

Seven to one.

- What? - Put water on him.

Here we see Jake Paul land a… throwing a jab hook right hand,

followed by a hook. The last hook was cool.

Wasn't a real power shot…

- …but it was a good hook. - Check yourselves.

The final two minutes of the fight, Tyson is still on his stool.

Mouth guard put in. And he does stand up.

And here we go, final two minutes of this fight.

It's been, as many, many expected,

if it would go past the first round,

it would belong to Jake Paul, and that has definitely been the case.

But what is left in "Iron Mike" Tyson?

Does he have the one knockout left in his arsenal?

Or is Jake Paul going to be able to live the rest of his days saying,

"I beat Mike Tyson"?

He gave Tyson a chance, I'll tell you that,

because he tried to knock Tyson out.

But he gave Tyson a chance by trying to knock him out.

He's crazy to go for the gusto here against Iron Mike,

because back in the days, this would have been a very dangerous move.

The final minute of the fight.

I'm a 54-year-old man.

Many of my 50-something friends blew up my phone,

wondering if the old guy could do it for the rest of us.

Unfortunately, reality had other ideas,

and as much of a cliché as it is, it's because it's true.

Father Time is unbeaten for a reason, everybody.

That's right.

Mike Tyson's always taking all his shots, though.

And the fact that Mike Tyson goes eight, two-minute rounds

with a guy more than half his age,

that has to mean something as well, Roy.

- At 58 years old. - Yep.

Everything has to be put in perspective.

Ten seconds, Royals.

- Oh wow. - Tyson's final victory

was against Clifford Etienne. The show of respect.

That fight lasted 49 seconds.

This one goes 16 minutes.

And it ends…

…at the final bell. And what a moment it has to be for Jake Paul.

- And for Tyson at 58. - Well, Tyson,

but just to see that Jake Paul is having this story.

Rosie, go ahead.

Yes, I'm just saying that it's an emotional moment for both fighters.

You know, at 58 years old. Listen, [chuckles] I'm old, man,

you know, and I know how hard it is to, like, get back up there,

and I just have to give it to Mike Tyson.

You know, I'm not surprised,

I have to say that, but, you know, with Jake Paul giving him his respect,

that was very touching.

Let's see if we can listen to what they're saying.

I know everybody at home is saying,

"I'm just glad that Mike Tyson didn't go down."

- Exactly. - Yeah.

Not everybody at home,

- Everybody at this arena. - And then what does this mean

for Cammy? We will…

Let's go to the unofficial score, Sean Wheelock.

Seventy-eight, seventy-four, six rounds to two, Jake Paul.

I gave Mike Tyson rounds one and two.

He was coming forward, he was landing the more significant strikes.

Jake Paul, a very slow start to this fight,

which I believe was, by design, very defensive.

Starting with round number three,

the volume picking up, the forward pressure.

Jake Paul, rounds three through eight,

having the more significant strikes, the volume, the forward pressure,

straight through.

On my unofficial scorecard call, sweeping rounds three through eight.

And the official judges who will render their verdict,

Laurence Cole of Texas, David Iacobucci of Texas,

Jesse Reyes, also from the Lone Star State.

He came in at 228 pounds.

He was 233 against Kevin McBride back in 2005.

Quit on the stool at the end of the sixth saying he lost his fighting guts.

Well, he proved he still has guts, but…

Professional sports, a young man's game.

Yes, indeed it is.

Let's go to Big Mo.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Can we please clear the ring, ladies and gentlemen?

Can we please clear the ring, ladies and gentlemen?

That's Jutta Leerdam, the girlfriend, the Dutch speed skater.

There's Logan Paul, his brother.

Ladies and gentlemen, please clear the ring for the official decision.

Can you take it back?

Another round of applause for these two main eventers tonight,

Jake Paul and Mike Tyson.

After eight full rounds, we go to the judges' scorecards

for the official decision.

Judge David Iacobucci sees the contest, 80 to 72,

while judges Laurence Cole and Jesse Reyes see it, 79 to 73,

declaring your winner by unanimous decision,

Jake El Gallo Paul!

Well, it happened. Jake Paul beat Mike Tyson.

And the crowd here,

wondering what to make of it all. Rosie?

I have to tell you, I'm just not surprised.

- No. - You know?

Are you surprised, Roy Jones Jr.?

No, I'm not really surprised.

And seeing Mike's legs, I'm not surprised at all.

So what does this mean for Jake Paul's career, Roy?

He continues to go on,

see who he can find to make the most interesting fight with next.

And, you know, people like Canelo, who are not really looking for

the toughest fights in the world right now,

might even take that fight, so you never know.

Well, let's look at the Compute Box.

Final stats for this main event here tonight.

Paul landed 78 punches, Tyson only landed 18,

and you look at the numbers of punches thrown, and yeah.

- No. - No surprise.

No surprise, but I'm still saying, for 58 years old,

throwing 97 times, hey, you know, you gotta give it to him.

And you know what, at the end of the day, everybody's still gonna love Mike Tyson.

You gotta love the Brooklyn love shared between the two Brooklyn…

All right, let's go to Ariel Helwani.

Mauro, thank you very much.

Jake, congratulations on the victory. Are you surprised that went the distance?

First and foremost, Mike Tyson.

It's such an honor. Let's give it up for Mike, bro.

This is… He's a legend. He's the greatest to ever do it.

He's the GOAT.

He's the GOAT. I look up to him.

I'm inspired by him. And we wouldn't be here today without him.

This man is an icon. And it's just an honor to be able to fight him.

And he's obviously the toughest, baddest man on the planet.

So it was really tough, like I expected it to be.

I want to go back and forth here.

So, Mike, if you can respond to that as well.

Congratulations on a very strong performance.

Are you happy with what you did out there tonight?

Absolutely happy, yes.

Are you surprised it went the distance?

No. I knew he was a good fighter. I knew he was prepared.

Um, I came to fight.

You know, at 58, a lot of people thought you shouldn't be here.

A lot of people thought you'd be done and dusted in the first round.

Do you feel like you proved the world wrong,

that you could at least go eight rounds with a younger man?

I didn't prove nothing to anybody, only to myself.

I'm not one of those guys that look to please the world.

I'm just happy with what I can do.

Could I ask about the knee brace?

Were you dealing with an injury going into the fight?

Yeah, but I can't use that for an excuse, because if I did, I wouldn't be in here.

The broadcast team was debating what you were doing with your glove.

Was it a mouthpiece issue or were you just biting on your glove?

What was that? Could you tell us?

Oh, I have a habit of biting my gloves when I fight, yes.

- Why do you do that? - Um…

I have a biting fixation.

I've heard about that.

I don't want to know more.

Stay right here, Mike, if you can.

Jake, back to you.

Did this man surprise you?

Was he better than you thought he would be?

He's exactly what I thought. One of the greatest to ever do it.

He's an icon. He's a legend. So, yeah.

But this night's not about me, man.

I wanted to give a thanks to all the real heroes, the U.S. military,

the doctors, the nurses in the ER, the cops,

the firefighters, the farmers, the truck drivers,

all the people who make this world go around.

Thank you, America. It's the era of truth.

It's the era of good. There's a shift in the world, and good is rising.

The truth is rising.

I'm just honored to be a part of America, and it feels like we're back, baby.

Mike, back to you.

Now that you've actually gone eight rounds with Jake Paul,

what is your assessment of Jake Paul, the boxer?

A very good fighter.

Do you think he deserves respect from the public?

Absolutely.

That's pretty cool to hear.

Yeah, man. This guy's always had my back.

I love him. I love his family, his coaches.

Amir, Billy White, Rafael, amazing group of people.

And it's just an honor to be in the ring with all of them.

Did you try to knock him out?

Man, I was trying to hurt him a little bit, you know?

I was scared that he was going to hurt me.

I'm trying to hurt him, but, you know, I did my best. I did my best.

Mike, could I ask, do you want to do this again, or are you officially done now?

I don't know.

It depends on the situation.

What does your gut say right now?

Is this possibly the last time for you?

I don't think so.

You've got more in you.

What comes to mind?

Well, I don't know. Maybe his brother.

You want to fight Logan.

Logan, I think he said you might be next.

Motherfucker, I'll kill you, Mike.

No, please. No, no, no.

- It's on then. - Just don't step on his toes.

It's all forgiven between you two

because yesterday it got pretty personal and heated.

Uh, that happens when you're in a fight.

You're in the moment.

Hey, that was a good slap. I like that.

Thank you.

Mike, final thing for you,

to all the 50 year olds out there,

to all the 40 year olds who grew up watching you.

What is the message to those people who thought,

"You know what, maybe… Maybe, I could do this one day?

Well, this is going to be really tough. If they can, I wish them the best.

Thank you so much, Mike.

Everyone, show some love to the great Mike Tyson.

And finally, to Jake Paul, look into your crystal ball for us.

Who are you fighting next and when?

Anyone I want. This is the biggest event.

Over a 120 million people on Netflix. We crashed the site.

The biggest U.S. boxing gate. 20 million dollars.

U.S. history…

And everyone is next on the list.

You know, I'm not even going to call out specific names, but…

How about Canelo? You said Canelo this week.

Canelo needs me, so I'm not even going to try and call him out.

But he knows he wants the payday, so he knows where the money man's at.

Thank you, Jake. Congratulations.

Mike, thank you so much. Congratulations.

Thank you.

Mauro, back to you.

All right, Ariel, thank you very much.

You know, Muhammad Ali said it best. "You can love me, you can hate me.

"I don't care. Buy a ticket."

and 72,300 bought a ticket tonight to see Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson

and last thing for me, I… I saw so many fathers and sons

people who saw Mike Tyson and his prime,

now sharing tonight, with their children.

And maybe that's the best takeaway from this fight

as we go to the highlight of the fight presented by Celsius Live Fit.

There you saw Jake come out right there with an uppercut hook at him,

threw a right hand, hook at him right there.

Cleverly used the jab, knocking Mike off balance,

but Mike's legs just really weren't there.

See his balance right there, it's horrible.

But, you know… Mike came out and gave it an effort.

Now, Jake couldn't hurt Mike.

That was good, but he did keep knocking him off balance a lot.

Mike finally landed a hook there,

probably the only one he really landed clean.

Then Jake came back, he took that hook,

licked the tongue, and kept on giving it to Mike.

And right here, you know, he realized that it was over with.

He's not trying to destroy Mike.

Mike wanted to shake his hand,

but Mike said, I don't know, he might try something, so he didn't do it.

Final word, Rosie, of what has been a monumental night.

You were fantastic. Yeah, you're the first lady of boxing.

You know your stuff, and thank you for sharing it with us tonight.

This was a pleasure. I want to thank you, Mauro.

- I want to thank you, Roy. - Thank you.

This was amazing to sit here. It was such an honor.

I want to thank Netflix and MVP Promotions.

This was just a great night for boxing.

Final word, Roy?

I just want to say it was a great night for boxing, too.

I feel bad for Serrano a little bit because that was a very close,

tough fight, but those girls left their hearts out there for us.

The fight before that, the Barrios fight, was a great fight.

I think these people put on a great fight,

a great fight night, and I love what I saw.

And for a guy who's always been obsessed with pop culture,

entertainment, and sports, I couldn't have asked for a better night.

Jake Paul gets to walk the rest of his days on Earth saying, "Hey, guess what?

I don't only think I can beat Mike Tyson, I beat Mike Tyson."

With the final word, let's go back to Kate Scott.

Mauro, Roy, Rosie, thank you so much. Great to be with you tonight.

we're gonna welcome you back to our desk over here

as we look at the pictures of Jake Paul,

still in the ring, just enjoying the moment, soaking it in.

I'm Kate Scott with, Hall of Famer Andre Ward.

Man, there's almost like a sense of disappointment in the room

because I think like you, everybody was kind of hoping to the last minute,

"Man, is he gonna find something special?" and well…

Well, the crowd, they were confused throughout the fight.

Confused, why?

Their heart is with Mike, and they wanted…

they wanted Mike to give them something to cheer about.

Mike wasn't giving… much to cheer about because of the age and the wear and tear.

But they didn't want to boo Mike, but they were kind of restless,

and they didn't really know what to do.

I mean, they say, age ain't nothing but number,

- but age is a real thing. - That's a lie.

It's a real thing, and he is still undefeated.

Yeah. You think Mike is feeling his age right now?

Oh, yeah. He felt it after the second round.

You know, because it just is what it is.

You can get in shape, and you can change your physique,

and you can do all these different things, but…

it doesn't mean that the engine runs the way that it used to.

It's not going to run the way that it used to.

We saw that with Mike tonight, right?

We saw, you know, the legs weren't there.

Roy made that point, you know…

And he sees it. His mind is telling him, throw this and do that,

and his body's saying, uh-uh, bro.

- We're not doing that tonight. - Mm-hmm.

Still got a good chin, Mike Tyson. You got to say that.

I was a little surprised though by the fact that he's saying

- he might do this again. - I was too.

I would have thought he would say, "Okay, that was enough."

But I mean…

I'm more relieved than anything because I didn't want to see Mike

take a bad fall tonight, get hit with a shot and something bad happened

I mean, it doesn't seem like

everybody knew what they were getting themselves into,

because Mike can sell a fight, so good.

He's still got that look in his eye.

I told you when I interviewed him, I…

I walked away like, man, I'm fired up for this fight.

He has that ability, and sometimes that can let people down

because the action doesn't warrant the talk.

But this is just what it is. It's an event.

It's a 58 year-old legend saying, I'm going to test this YouTuber out.

and see what I got.

So, I appreciate Mike getting in shape.

Hopefully people aren't too disappointed, but come on, he's 58 years old.

- Right. - What'd you expect?

Expectations, yeah. I feel you.

Temper, thought was a little bit.

We did see some great fights throughout the night, though,

especially, particularly the co-main, of course, the one that we saw

before Mike Tyson and Jake Paul got into the ring,

Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor running it back.

You enjoy that fight?

Tremendous fight. I'm jumping around all night long.

Ooh, ah, all night long.

But I just want to say something about that fight.

I feel bad for both ladies for different reasons.

- Katie Tay… that was not a robbery. - Agree.

I don't care what CompuBox said…

We appreciate CompuBox, we need that

but that's not always the story of the fight.

It was back and forth, it could have went either way

and I think maybe Serrano edged it with the point deduction.

Some people didn't agree with the point deduction.

It's too great of a fight.

You can't say that it's a fight of the year candidate,

and then say it's a robbery.

Those two don't go together.

If it's fight of the year, it's ebb and flow,

back and forth, and it could go either way.

It's a difference of a round or two.

Nobody can stand on their morals and say, it was a robbery.

I just wish we would stop using that for such a great fight.

I get it.

Katie got the first one.

So, more people now were like, well, it's time for Amanda to get her.

She didn't get it, but just a great fight.

Let's enjoy it as such.

As people who are invested in boxing, though,

it's very cool to see 72,000 people turn out.

To kind of come and support an event like this and to just enjoy a moment of boxing.

That's what I enjoyed about it, right?

You had like real deal fights on the undercard

and then you have what you had in the main event, just a spectacle.

Just an event. I enjoyed it and to see all these people pull up,

and all the people that were watching on netflix

just a powerful powerful thing lets people know

that they are interested in fighting and in fighters and i you know i appreciate it

for what it was i wasn't expecting Mike to be old Mike Tyson even though everybody

has a little bit of hope yeah i wasn't expecting

that i feel you it was good to watch it with you i enjoyed myself we got uh

pictures

of Jake exiting the ring here you know the the fact

that this went the distance does this do anything

for his boxing career i'm trying to figure out like where does he go next he said

he's not calling out canelo but that's

because canelo needs him he says i'm not sure how this furthers his career I don't

think Mike,

I don't, excuse me, not Mike, but I don't think Canelo wants to do that, at least

not right now.

He could change his mind if the number's right.

You know how that goes.

I think it's time, like, really what Jake is after is legitimacy.

He's got the money.

He's got the followers.

He's got all that stuff.

He knows he can fill up in the ring.

I think it's time for Jake to call somebody out a lot younger than Mike

Tyson.

Gives a name.

A little bit more dangerous.

Right?

Mm-hm.

More of a threat.

And somebody that the boxing public can say, we respect you.

And even if you lose, you took that challenge.

You have somebody in mind?

Got a few people in mind.

Really?

Give us one.

I ain't gonna do that tonight.

Okay.

But I would say somebody a lot younger than Mike.

All right, all right.

Well, I appreciate it.

It was fun being with you tonight.

Thank you very much.

Thank you from all of us here at Netflix.

Thank you so much for watching.

We hope you enjoyed it as well.

Have a great night, everybody.

See you soon.

Bye-bye.