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ESPN's Zach McCann spoke with Mike Tyson about his charity, his personal journey, his one-man show, and the UFC.

Zach McCann: You’ve said in the past you’re not a changed man, you’re just in a different phase of your life. Is that what you mean?

Mike Tyson: People always say this guy has changed or whatever, but nobody has ever changed. People just choose to go a different direction with their life. I chose a direction in my life, a direction that is profitable for other people, more so than me. That’s why I don’t do things for myself anymore. If I do things for myself, I’m self-destructive. But to see I can do things that pay it forward and help other people, I see that as something admirable to do, instead of just being greedy and getting rich for myself. I can do so much more now for other people than I’ve always done.

ZM: These days, with UFC being so popular, boxing isn’t necessarily getting the best fighters. If you were an 18-year-old kid now, would you still be a boxer?

Mike Tyson: That’d all depend on my trainer. When I came up, my trainer was a boxing guy. If my guy was in UFC, I’d probably go that way.

Zach McCann: You’re into MMA, right?

Mike Tyson: Oh yeah, I love UFC, big time. How could you not be? They play UFC so much, you see it year round, and you just have to want to be a fan. If you’re not a fan, you’re not cool.

I think some young kids may think that in boxing you’re so restricted with just your punching power and your hand speed. In natural fighting, anything goes; you’re not restricted at all. Anything on your body is a weapon. I don’t disagree with that. Wouldn’t you like to have more than just your hands to fight with? You know how I feel; I got into a fight and bit Evander’s ear off. I didn’t plan to do it, that’s just how the mind thinks in that situation.

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In natural fighting, anything goes; you’re not restricted at all. Anything on your body is a weapon. I don’t disagree with that. Wouldn’t you like to have more than just your hands to fight with?. You know how I feel; I got into a fight and bit Evander’s ear off. I didn’t plan to do it, that’s just how the mind thinks in that situation.

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i love how he's trying to pass off the ear biting as a natural, human tendency which parallels MMA vs the limitations of boxing.

Tyson in his prime is one guy that with minimal ground training could have likely tore through mma. him with those little gloves on and great TDD? yikes

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Motivated Penn 46 Member Since: 10/18/11 Posts: 3600	That's a quality Mike Tyson. And of course the rest too, love Renzo :D You have ignored this user.

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that new guy Member Since: 11/30/11 Posts: 954	Mike Tyson with TDD yikes.... You have ignored this user.

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Motivated Penn 46 Member Since: 10/18/11 Posts: 3601	that new guy - Mike Tyson with TDD yikes.... 6 months.. that's all it takes, breh. You have ignored this user.

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The Mammoth 75 Member Since: 9/8/09 Posts: 5493	Love how Mikes idea of MMA is biting someone's ear off. You have ignored this user.

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iamarealamerican Member Since: 2/23/12 Posts: 356	imagine Tyson in NHB fights back in the day, dude would straight eat your heart and drink the blood from your cracked cranium like a soup goblet You have ignored this user.

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