So it was another big fight night. But, mind you, not just any big fight night.

Mike Tyson fought Jake Paul.

Yes, you read that correctly. But go ahead and reread it to make sure.

Indeed, it's true. Tyson, who turned 58 in June and is 19 years, five months and four days beyond his last professional fight – and another 840 days past his previous victory – worked his AARP-eligible body down to 228.4 pounds (less than he weighed for his last two fights) to meet Paul, who was five months old the night Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ears.

For those somehow unaware, Paul, now 27, has worked his way into the 21st-century mainstream as a social media influencer-turned-boxer, having won 10 of 11 pro bouts against opposition that could be generously described as dubious in its competitive nature.

He'd beaten five foes best known for work in the UFC, two more who were "pro boxers" in the most liberal use of the phrase, and had wins over an ex-NBA player and a fellow social media savant. His lone loss came against the most accomplished of the bunch, Tommy Fury, the half-brother of a former heavyweight king named after Friday's opponent.

Still, despite the circus silliness, the big show went on at AT&T Stadium in Texas, home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. And it was watched by millions, too, on Netflix, which streamed the main event to top off a four-bout show that got started at 8 p.m. ET.

The B/R combat team was in the house to take in the atmosphere and deliver a real-time account of the event's most definitive winners and losers. Take a look at what we came up with and drop a thought of your own in the app comments.

Loser: Collective Nostalgia

Once the hype became the fight, it was something else.

A 27-year-old wannabe elevates his profile by beating up an old man.

Oh sure, Jake Paul stuck his tongue out and gestured as if he'd toppled King Kong and the Incredible Hulk in one fell swoop, but what he did was go eight (abbreviated) rounds with a Hall of Famer old enough to be his father who had nothing left to offer.

"He doesn't have it anymore," analyst Roy Jones Jr. said. "His legs are gone."

It took about two rounds to turn a crowd of 72,300 from giddy anticipation to sad reality, as the younger and more energetic man picked, poked and prodded his way to the unanimous decision that only he and his sycophants regarded as anything resembling competition.

To call it exciting would be a stretch of heavyweight proportions.

Instead, Tyson was essentially stationary after two rounds of moderate exertion and reduced to curiously gnawing on his left glove as Paul stabbed him with jabs, rattled him with right crosses and decided to stay safely away from whatever danger "Iron Mike" still possessed.

It wasn't much.

And it suddenly became easy to recall why guys who haven't fought in 19 years – and haven't won in 21 – don't typically decide to come back and fight guys in their 20s.

Tyson threw just 97 punches and landed just 18.

Still, the nostalgia-fueled crowd booed the decision, issued by scores of 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73. Those in attendance were also largely unresponsive when Paul launched into his requisite post-fight nonsense and implied he'd eventually become a world champion or fight on a championship level.

"Anyone I want. Everyone is next on the list," Paul said. "Canelo (Alvarez) needs me, so I'm not even gonna try and call him out. He knows he needs a payday, so he knows where the money man is at."

Loser: Rightful Revenge

It was the female version of Ali-Frazier or Gatti-Ward.

And then it was something else.

A ripoff. Again.

Amanda Serrano threw more punches, landed more punches and landed the punches that did the most damage across 10 rounds against Katie Taylor. But for the second time in two years, she exited the ring without a victory after a gut punch of a decision in Friday's co-main event.

It was 31 months ago that Serrano dropped a split verdict in the main event of a historic women-led show at Madison Square Garden, which made her extra determined to reverse the result in the final bout before the Tyson-Paul experience in metropolitan Dallas.

She did. But then she didn't.

Judges Jeremy Hayes, Nate Palmer and Jesse Reyes each scored it 95-94 for Taylor, which, with a one-point penalty assessed by referee Jon Schorle, meant the trio each gave the Irish export – who arrived with four belts representing her status at 140 pounds – six of 10 rounds.

The crowd, estimated at 70,000 by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, voiced its displeasure with the result, and blow-by-blow man Mauro Ranallo agreed, saying "Serrano has never been knocked down in the ring, but the judges have knocked her down twice."

Serrano was cut by a headbutt in the fourth round and had the gash split to horror-movie levels two rounds later, forcing her to fight the back half with blood pouring into her right eye.

"We knew it from the very beginning. That's what she does. She does it in every fight," Serrano said. "I'm a Boricua. I'm gonna die in this ring no matter what."

Her trainer, Jordan Maldonado, accepted the idea of a trilogy fight if headbutts could be removed entirely, then ended his chat with Ariel Helwani with a mic-drop moment.

"Katie Taylor is a beautiful person," he said, "but she has an extremely huge head."

Loser: Streaming Success

The broadcast team took turns playing "Can You Top This" while going to great lengths to celebrate the enormity of the Netflix-stream event and the crowd that had gathered in Dallas.

Paul's business partner Nakisa Bidarian chimed in. Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin chimed in. Heck, even the architect of "Jerry's World," Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, chimed in.

But on the outside of the building, the vibe wasn't quite so positive.

The social media platform formerly known as Twitter was a buzz with complaints about the back-end quality of the show, which was the first live boxing event produced by the entity that began in 1997 as a DVD-by-mail enterprise before transforming to on-demand streaming.

Many subscribers said they had to restart several times to achieve a watchable resolution while others hoped out loud for a significant drop in the company's stock price on Monday.

"So the reports are in," Dave Portnoy tweeted. "Netflix wasn't ready for this. This is unwatchable."

Winner: Stealing the Show

It won't be the night's most remembered men's fight.

But it probably ought to be.

Welterweights Mario Barrios and Abel Ramos showed what can happen when rugged, determined boxers get together on a legitimate world-class stage, engaging in 12 rounds of fight of the year-worthy combat for the WBC title belt toted to the ring by Barrios.

A 29-year-old native of San Antonio, Barrios was elevated to a full-fledged champion when Terence Crawford moved up in weight and he arrived Friday night as a significant favorite, but ultimately found himself in a blood-and-guts struggle with his eighth-ranked challenger.

Barrios dropped Ramos with a right hand late in the second round and seemed on the verge of a KO win in the third, but his 33-year-old foe steadied himself and jolted the pre-main event crowd with his knockdown in the sixth that triggered a prolonged multi-round rally.

Both men were swollen, bloodied and vulnerable down the stretch and while it was not popular with the crowd it was somehow fitting that a clear verdict was unreachable and the scrap was ultimately deemed a split-decision draw.

Judge Javier Alvarez scored it 114-112 for Ross, while Mike Ross saw it 116-110 for Barrios and Doug Robinson failed to break the tie with a 113-113 verdict.

B/R basked in the competition but disagreed with the scoring, seeing it 115-111 for Barrios.

Barrios landed more punches (279-204), threw more punches (789-753) and had a higher land percentage (35-27).

"It's just a testament to their will, their skill, their grit, and their heart," blow-by-blow man Mauro Ranallo said. "They left the vestiges of battle all over the face of their opponent. This is what you expect from warriors."

Winner: Owning His Level

Neeraj Goyat doesn't (and shouldn't) remind anyone of a title-level boxer.

He's a big deal in his native India and had competed in 25 pro bouts upon arrival in the ring for the opener of the Netflix portion of Friday's show, but has neither the size, speed, or skill to accomplish anything beyond the sport's legitimate undercard strata.

Still, when compared to an influencer, he might as well have been Ray Leonard.

The 33-year-old was matched with Brazilian social media star Whindersson Nunes – whose 150 million followers earned him an in-ring ticket – and comprehensively dominated his outgunned opponent on the way to a forgettable six-round unanimous decision.

Looking flabby at 162 pounds, Goyat nevertheless had his way for nearly every moment of the 18 minutes, immediately establishing his superiority on the inside, outside and in between before playing to the crowd with mugging, clowning and other not-quite-ready-for-prime-time nonsense.

He won by a 59-55 margin on one scorecard and 60-54 on two others, and ended with clear advantages in punches landed (171-87), punches thrown (481-365) and land percentage (36-22).

Nunes, 29, had split five previous fights with a 2-2-1 record and would be best served in staying in his competitive lane when it comes to future opponents. Meanwhile, Goyat will continue to pine for a visit from Paul – who made him the first India-based fighter signed by Most Valuable Promotions – in a South Asian superfight, while more likely staying content riding shotgun.

"I'd like to see what (Goyat) could do if he got in shape and went to a real boxing gym," analyst Roy Jones Jr. said.

Loser: Getting It Right

Not surprisingly, Mike Tyson's son, Amir, knew the drill.

The 27-year-old, born the same year as his father's Friday night opponent, suggested from his position at the broadcast table that Melinda Watpool deserved the nod in the preliminary card finale for the WBO's vacant women's championship at 168 pounds.

But having been brought up so close to the game, he wasn't nonplussed when the Canadian's opponent, second-time title challenger Shadasia Green got her hand raised.

"I thought Watpool won the fight. I thought she deserved it," he said. "But that's boxing."

And that's why the Toronto native and her entourage of several dozen supporters will head back to the Great White North without the belt they should have had to declare at customs.

One judge did lean in Watpool's direction by a 96-94 margin – matching the B/R scorecard – but was outdone by the 97-93 and 96-94 the opposite way that gave Green the jewelry despite big deficits in both punches thrown (409-346) and punches landed (111-93).

Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr. echoed the younger Tyson's viewpoint that Watpool had done enough, and it seemed academic down the stretch as Green seemed to tire and her foe was increasingly effective with quality footwork and effective punching from mid-range distances.

Green lost a previous bid for the crown to Franchon Crews Dezurn on the undercard of Paul's fight with Andre August in Florida last December, while Watpool lost for the first time after seven consecutive victories.

Winner: Earning Early Notice

Sometimes you seize the moment. Sometimes the moment seizes you.

It was a little of both across the first two fights on the show's deepest, darkest undercard portion, which took place in a football stadium housing a crowd that was far better suited at the moment for a mid-sized conference center ballroom.

Featherweight Bruce Carrington, labeled last year as Ring Magazine's top prospect, continued an impressive ascension with a one-sided rout of Australian import Dana Coolwell that included excellent body work, precision combinations and a pair of knockdowns.

All three judges scored it 80-70 in the winner's favor, giving him all eight rounds and two by two-point margins.

Carrington is a long-armed 126-pounder who's nevertheless adept at fighting on the inside and mixing it up, and he seemed to enjoy his work – particularly in the fight's back half as he wore a smile/snarl like a cat playing with his food before devouring it.

Meanwhile, lightweight Lucas Bahdi was a winner – albeit a far less decisive one – after 10 rounds with Italian grinder Armando Casamonica, who troubled him enough with consistent aggression to make it a majority decision that some greeted with boos.

One judge saw it even at 95 apiece while two others overruled in Bahdi's favor with counts of 96-93 and 98-92.

Regardless, it was hardly the spike needed or perhaps expected for Bahdi, who'd never fought outside of Canada and Mexico before grabbing a spot on Paul's show with Mike Perry in July and scoring an epic one-punch KO of Most Valuable Promotions property Ashton Sylve.

He may find himself back in the small rooms even with a pristine 18-0 record, while Casamonica, fighting for the first time outside Italy, is 14-1.

Full Card Results

Main Card

Jake Paul def. Mike Tyson by unanimous decision (80-72, 79-73, 79-73)

Katie Taylor def. Amanda Serrano by unanimous decision (95-94, 95-94, 95-94)

Abel Ramos drew with Mario Barrios (114-112, 110-116, 113-113)

Neeraj Goyat def. Whindersson Nunes by unanimous decision (59-55, 60-54, 60-54)

Preliminary Card

Shadasia Green def. Melinda Watpool by split decision (97-93, 94-96, 96-94)

Lucas Bahdi def. Armando Casamonica by majority decision (95-95, 96-93, 98-92)

Bruce Carrington def. Dana Coolwell by unanimous decision (80-70, 80-70, 80-70)