Michael Strahan and the Fox NFL team mocks Netflix with brutal Mike Tyson-Jake Paul joke

Netflix has been brutally mocked by Michael Strahan and the Fox Sports NFL team over its faulty coverage of Jake Paul's win over Mike Tyson on Friday night.

Tyson, 58, was well beaten by the 27-year-old Paul in an underwhelming contest at Arlington's AT&T Stadium, with a staggering 65 million households tuning in to watch it unfold on Netflix.

However, the streaming giants came in for heavy criticism on the night after their live broadcast continually glitched and buffered throughout the event, leaving millions of fans across the globe furious.

Former New England Patriots tight end and Fox Sports analyst Rob Gronkowski avoided those technical difficulties as he was one of the 70,000 fans in attendance at the home of the Dallas Cowboys.

And before Sunday's first round of NFL games kicked off, Fox couldn't resist taking a dig at Netflix while discussing Gronk's night out at the boxing.

After the likes of Strahan and Curt Menefee joked that he gets 'everywhere', the network pulled up a clip of the Patriots legend carrying out an interview with basketball icon Shaquille O'Neal at AT&T Stadium.

Yet in a cheeky swipe at Netflix, the video then froze and buffered dramatically to mimic their broadcast of Friday's fight.

Gronk went on to mock the Cowboys after the Fox Sports panel brought up his appearance at the Tyson-Paul showdown.

'Jake Paul has more wins at the Dallas Cowboys' stadium this year than the Dallas Cowboys,' he said about 3-6 Dallas.

Fox NFL Sunday returned to its Los Angeles studio for Week 11, with Strahan making his first appearance on the show since last weekend's national anthem controversy.

Last Sunday, the ex-New York Giants defensive end and Super Bowl winner was on the Fox Sports panel as they broadcast from the San Diego Naval Base ahead of Veterans Day.

But when the national anthem was played with a large number of military personnel standing around the crew, Strahan kept his hands in front of him instead of placing it on his chest - prompting outrage from many fans.

Despite facing a barrage of calls from viewers and fans to fire him after the 'unpatriotic' act, DailyMail.com understands Fox Sports will not impose any sanction for what was an honest mistake.

Amid the controversy, Strahan lashed out when asked by DailyMail.com for a comment on the situation on Tuesday afternoon, snatching and throwing our reporter's phone. 

The following day he finally spoke out; expressing regret over his clash with the reporter outside his home, highlighting his family ties to the military and explaining why he didn't cover his heart when the Star Spangled Banner was played.

'Everybody it's Michael here, and I wanna address what happened this past weekend,' he said in a video message posted on Instagram Tuesday night.

'I feel like I need to address it because it's spilled over to the point where I get out of my car today and I'm ambushed by a media outlet here at my house.

'I'm not proud of the way I handled that whole situation, but I think anybody out there can understand the things you're gonna do. You're gonna protect your family and you're gonna protect your home, which I felt like I needed to do in that moment.'

Strahan went on to reveal what caused his viral national anthem blunder, admitting he was too busy admiring the US navy personnel in attendance before realizing his mistake. 

'If you want the truth, I'll tell you the truth... it's that I was caught up in the moment,' he continued. 'I'm looking at all these young sailors standing there at attention before the national anthem played and I'm thinking to myself, "How incredible to be that young and to know that you wanna do this. It's such a commitment but you're willing to commit to something that gives us our freedoms." Plain and simple.'