It was rigged?

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• AVincentInSpace@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No way, you’re telling me a televised MMA fight was staged?

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  • Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    It was boxing. Nothing to do with mma.

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• Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t see how Paul wins here at all. Either he beats up a 60 year old man or gets beat by a 60 year old man. There’s no way to look good in this.

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  • lolrightythen@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    He won 40 mil and Mike won 20 mil.

    It was dumb, we paid attention, Tyson cashed in. Nobody was hurt. They both won.

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    • LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, but I would have really appreciated it if Paul was hit KO. Would have made everything just a bit nicer.

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    • todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nobody was hurt

      I mean, they both also won just a little bit of CTE.

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  • Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hit the old man enough to win by decision but not actually hurt him. That’s the only real winning path - and exactly what happened.

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  • Microw@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Meh it’s the 60 year old man’s decision to fight. Your argument is in the same vein as “you can’t fight against a woman”. If they want it, so be it.

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    • 1984@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      I wouldn’t fight a woman just because she wants it. I would feel horrible beating her up. I guess you wouldn’t.

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    • pressanykeynow@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s not a fair comparison, age matters, most people don’t get smarter or stronger when they grow old. More fair comparison would be “you can’t fight against a child”, some children are quite strong for their age, as Mike definitely is for his age, and some eager children would surely want to fight against a professional in his prime. But there’s no point for said professional to fight them apart from a show match, and you don’t destroy children or elders in a show match even of you can.

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    • LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Other then the fact of “money” I don’t see why Tyson did this. He’s a fuckin legend and he knows he’s better then this hothead youtuber. Paul his boxing pants are worth 1million because it’s full of diamonds. How far from reality do you want to live. But whatever.

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• Gingerlegs@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If anyone actually watched the whole thing, Tyson came out hot and Paul had a moment of fear. Then old man got hit a few times and looked like he was about to wobble to the ground.

  I thought it was gonna be fake and scripted. And most of it was. But, Mike came out hot and it was pretty clear Paul could have taken him out a number of times but didn’t. He didn’t want to hurt him.

  Look, I don’t like Jake Paul or Mike Tyson. But, it was a media event. It wasn’t “rigged”

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  • slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨28⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Thanks for an actualy summary by someone using their brains. I only watched the first few round, then skipped to the end, but I have the same impression.

    Paul was using his head, not wanting kill a 58 yrs old sport legend accidentally. Also, he stayed in distance, to avoid accidentally walking into a stronger punch from Tyson’s shorter arms. The results we have seen are the logical result of these factors, no scripting needed.

    Paul and Tyson made 40 and 20 million from this, 120 million ppl watched live on Netflix, so now the phones will not stop ringing at Paul’s promotion agency to make fights like these happen in the future, as I bet a lot of boxers would love to make money like Tyson did.

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    But, it was a media event. It wasn’t “rigged”

    You could gamble on it, which means there was money to be made courting suckers.

    I’m sure the lion’s share of “rigged” proclamations were coming from folks who got baited into bad bets.

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  • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think Tyson had the power in his arms to do some damage but he just did not have the speed to get in at all after 2 rounds. And he’d leave himself open if he tried.

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    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      After the 3rd he couldn’t stance, he was flat on his feet.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Thanks for the summary, I was wondering how it went down.

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  • WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Best summary I’ve read.

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• GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The same people who took this seriously are the same people who mock wrestling fans. And wrestling fans could see through this.

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  • shaserlark@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What about Mexican wrestling fans? Since they are wearing masks it might be a bit harder for them to see through this.

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    • Moob@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You buffoon. Those masks have X-ray. They saw better.

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  • zagaberoo@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wrestling fans know good kayfabe when they see it.

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• LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Glad I didn’t give Netflix any money.

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  • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    When I heard it had Jake Paul I lost all interest in the fight

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• Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Of course it was, Tyson isn’t a Saiyan. He ain’t getting stronger at 60.

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