{"id":233871,"date":"2019-10-08T02:50:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T06:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=233871"},"modified":"2019-10-08T02:50:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T06:50:31","slug":"former-champ-mike-tyson-takes-a-swing-at-mma-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/08\/former-champ-mike-tyson-takes-a-swing-at-mma-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Former champ Mike Tyson takes a swing at MMA coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Mike Tyson signing autographs while promoting Mike Tyson Mysteries during the 2017 Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center. (Photo By Nehrams2020 – Own work\/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mike Tyson is ready to talk to your ears off about MMA.<\/p>\n

The former heavyweight champion is set to join the Professional Fighters League as host of the new series \u201cMike Tyson’s New Fight Game: The PFL,\u201d which will debut this week on the league’s YouTube channel and other digital platforms before the playoffs start Friday.<\/p>\n

Tyson will conduct interviews with fighters, and musicians, entertainers and other famous fans of mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n

Tyson will be joined on \u201cFight Game\u201d by co-host Sean O’Connell, PFL ESPN play-by-play announcer and PFL 2018 light heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n

The PFL is a tournament-based organization that kicks off the playoffs this week.<\/p>\n

PFL playoffs are held over three nights in October: Friday’s fights are headlined by women’s 155 pounds and welterweights; Oct. 17 features featherweights and lightweights; and Oct. 31 has light heavyweights and heavyweights.<\/p>\n

Each male fighter must fight twice and win twice that night to advance to the championship finals.<\/p>\n

Tyson can add TV host to an entertainment tableau highlighted by a scene-stealing stint in \u201cThe Hangover .\u201d<\/p>\n

He voiced himself in an animated show on the Cartoon Network and even starred in a one-man show on Broadway.<\/p>\n

He hosted a podcast and founded his own cannabis company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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