Mike Tyson, Jake Paul Netflix Fight Sets Broadcast Team With Fight Week Events, Prelim Card to Stream Live (EXCLUSIVE)

With the Mike Tyson–Jake Paul fight on Netflix rapidly approaching, Variety has learned exclusively that the Nov. 15 bout has finalized its broadcast team.

Kate Scott (née Abdo) will serve as the main host during the live broadcast, with former world champion Andre Ward serving as lead booth analyst. The ringside play-by-play commentary will be led by Mauro Ranallo, with ringside analysis by Roy Jones Jr. and Rosie Perez.

Sean Wheelock will serve as the rules and scoring expert. Ariel Helwani and Sibley Scoles will serve as reporters, while Kody “Big Mo” Mommaerts will be in the in-ring announcer. Amir Tyson, Mike Tyson’s son, will co-lead the preliminary card reporting with Sibley Scoles.

The main card will stream globally on Netflix on Nov. 15 beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, with the event originating from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. The preliminary card will kick off at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT.

All of the fight week events will take place at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving, TX. All the events will be free and open to the public, with doors opening daily at 5 p.m. C.T. for in person fans and will be available to stream online.

First up, on Nov. 12, open workouts will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m CT. Dasha Kuret will serve as emcee, with Scoles as reporter. They will be joined by co-hosts Amir Tyson, former MMA champion Tyron Woodley, and YouTube boxing commentator Wade Plemons. Fans can watch the event on MVP’s YouTube channel as well as MVP’s Instagram.

Then on Nov. 13, the final Paul vs. Tyson press conference will begin at 7:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m CT. Helwani will host the press conference onstage. Plemons, Amir Tyson, and Woodley will co-host the opening and closing segments. The press conference will stream live on MVP’s YouTube channel, Netflix’s YouTube channel, Netflix Sports YouTube, MVP’s Instagram, and Netflix’s Tudum.

Finally, on Nov. 14, the Paul vs. Tyson public weigh-Ins will begin at 7:00 p.m. ET / 6:00pm CT. Mommaerts will serve as emcee, with reporting from Helwani onstage. Scott will co-host the weigh-ins desk, with Jones serving as analyst, joined by Woodley. The weigh-ins will stream live on MVP’s YouTube channel, Netflix’s YouTube channel, Netflix Sports YouTube, MVP’s Instagram, Netflix’s TikTok, and Tudum.

The Paul vs. Tyson live Netflix broadcast and fight week events are produced by EverWonder Studio and ConCom.

The co-main event will see Matchroom’s undisputed super lightweight world champion Katie Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs) defend her title against unified featherweight world champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano (47-2-1, 31 KOs). The fight will consist of 10 two-minute rounds. Taylor and Serrano previously met in 2022 in a bout which Taylor won via split decision.

The prelim card will feature Shadasia Green vs. Melinda Watpool for the WBO Super Middleweight title, Lucas Bahdi vs. Armando Casamonica, and Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington vs. Dana Coolwell.