UFC fight under probe for suspicious betting

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A US-based betting integrity steadfast is investigating the UFC combat nighttime bout connected the play betwixt Darrick Minner and Shayilan Nuerdanbieke, aft respective betting agencies successful aggregate states crossed America reported suspicious betting connected the archetypal circular KO.

According to ESPN, the likelihood connected Nuerdanbieke to decision underdog Minner shifted abruptly successful the hours starring up to the bout successful Las Vegas. Money flooded successful from punters convinced that not lone would Nuerdanbieke win, but via archetypal circular KO and nether 2.5 rounds.

The suspicious action led to immoderate bookies taking the combat disconnected the board, according to investigation conducted by US Integrity, a Las Vegas-based steadfast that works with betting agencies and authorities gaming regulators to show the betting market.

Hours earlier the fight, rumours dispersed astir Minner's health, and past conscionable 30 seconds into the bout, Minner threw a near footwear to Nuerdanbieke's assemblage and was visibly shaken arsenic helium reached for his limb successful pain. Nuerdanbieke closed successful and inevitably scored a TKO stoppage astatine 1:07 of the archetypal round.

It was Nuerdanbieke's archetypal decorativeness successful the UFC successful 4 fights with the promotion. Minner, a 10-year MMA veteran, has present mislaid 3 consecutive and 4 of six UFC fights.

ESPN obtained a study from the US-based betting integrity firm, which conducted a probe. It recovered different betting agencies crossed the state had besides experienced irregular betting astir 3 hours earlier the combat began.

The betting didn't stop, according to the analysis, adjacent aft the likelihood moved to importantly little charismatic prices. Continuous betting adjacent aft the likelihood dropped accrued suspicions among immoderate bookmakers and the integrity firm.

Matthew Holt, president of US Integrity, said the institution cannot uncover immoderate details of an ongoing investigation.

The UFC responded connected Tuesday via a statement.

"Like galore nonrecreational sports organisations, UFC works with an autarkic betting integrity work to show wagering enactment connected our events," the connection said.

"Our betting integrity partner, Don Best Sports, a starring planetary supplier of real-time betting information for North American sporting events, volition behaviour a thorough reappraisal of the facts and study its findings. At this time, we person nary crushed to judge either of the athletes progressive successful the bout, oregon anyone associated with their teams, behaved successful an unethical oregon irresponsible manner."

ESPN reported that Minner is coached by James Krause, a retired combatant and known sports bettor who hosts the "1 percent Club" podcast. Krause did not respond to requests by the publication.

Minner's manager, Andrew Lee of Disorderly Conduct Management, wrote that helium was "unaware of thing similar this," erstwhile reached by substance message.

The quality comes conscionable weeks aft the UFC announced that fighters and their teams were prohibited from betting connected UFC fights.

Bookmakers and bettors who spoke to ESPN were divided astir what happened during the fight.

Some were convinced that Minner threw the fight, portion others believed the bets were based connected leaked accusation that Minner was wounded severely and shouldn't person been fighting.

A root acquainted with Minner's campy said his near genu was "absolutely injured going into the fight."

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