Quote from: bittraffic on November 25, 2024, 05:09:01 PM

Holysh$t she put all her eggs on Mike. lol losing that amount of money is devastating in this crisis time.

Did you guys watched the news about Netflix being sued for the scripted fight of Mike and Jake? A lot of people says its a rigged fight. I'm not really sure if they could prove it but there is really a chance that Mike could KO Jake that time. I think they really fooled people into making the fight as a pro fight instead of just an exhibition.

Anyone can file a suit for anything, doesn't mean it will be successful, though I haven't seen anything other than a lawsuit against Netlfix for the bad stream which seemed to effect a lot of people. Even my stream was going down. If someone did believe the fight was fixed then they could file a suit, though I doubt it would be successful unless there's some strong evidence of such. If it did go to court the contracts would have to be presented as evidence etc. That would actually be very interesting to just see what was in them and if there was contractual agreements to take it easy etc then they might have a case.

Quote from: Josefjix on November 25, 2024, 08:46:31 PM

Quote from: hilariousetc on November 25, 2024, 12:03:49 PM

But then what do you define as scripted? If it's scripted then it would be WWE. Every punch and move is planned to a tee and follows the script they've planned and trained for to perform publicly. This really wasn't in any way scripted in my opinion. It was what it was: A 27 year old in his prime having a glorified sparring session with a near 60-year old 30 years out of his prime. Jake obviously took it easy and Mike struggled to go the full distance but I don't believe they had any contractual agreement to do x and y at specific times other than maybe an agreement - whether contractual or just verbal - to not go crazy on each other. They might not have even had that. Jake may have just tested him out for the first round or so to see how dangerous (or not) Mike is and then decided whether to go a little easy once he realised there's not much chance of him getting hurt. As long as he threw and landed the most punches then he knows he will win and that's probably the best result for him as opposed to knocking a 60-year-old out or even worse for him getting knocked out himself. As for what I'd call it - it was just a spectacle. A headline grabbing fight that earned them both a shitload and it probably ended in the best way for both of them. I think whatever would have happened in this fight whether Jake or Mike got knocked out certain people will stay say it was scripted or fake etc.

I'm not certain about the whole game but I'm sure there was "No KO" clause in their contract before the game and that's my definition of "scripted" although I may be wrong.

Well, the first round was real fight, Jake didn't know what to expect and was abit scared, then found out he could beat Tyson even with his eyes closed then, the whole rounds became exhibition to entertain us.

I think the whole "no KO" clause is also BS and just chatter on the internet and only really started with the Jake Paul fights, and in which Jake has KOed most of his opponents. There's certainly never been any evidence for it. How do you even plan for that? What happens if you do KO someone by accident? It's not really something you can plan for unless you were puling every single punch. Even a light punch can KO someone if you land it right. As Connor McGregor often stated "precision beats power, timing beats speed" and it's true. Sure, harder punches often lead to most KOs but not always. Jake was definitely throwing some dangerous punches at certain points but lightened up or stepped off the gas a little as the fight went on. Even Tyson threw some good ones. Just check out the highlights with some of the slow motion shots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aja2KfuoqGA

Most of those punches could have caused a KO and both Jake and Tyson dodged a fair few great punches. They were both throwing good ones right to the end though they were few and far between. If it was fixed, scripted or there was a no KO agreement I think it would have been obvious and the fight would have gone a much different way.