UFC battle underneath investigation for betting incident
The UFC and a U.S.-based betting integrity agency are investigating “suspicious betting exercise” surrounding Shayilan Nuerdanbieke’s first-round victory over Darrick Minner at UFC Vegas 64.
Based on MMA Junkie, the win wasn’t the one shock however “it was the betting strains, which drastically modified simply hours earlier than the featherweight bout occurred, that raised eyebrows. As rumors emerged that Minner was injured, Nuerdanbieke went from a -220 to -420 favourite. Some huge cash got here in on Nuerdanbieke successful by first-round TKO, which had sportsbooks suspicious of the weird line change for such a low-level battle.”
Only recently the UFC introduced it was banning fighters from betting on fights, even ones they weren’t concerned in.
“Like {many professional} sports activities organizations, UFC works with an impartial betting integrity service to watch wagering exercise on our occasions,” the UFC’s assertion to ESPN mentioned. “Our betting integrity companion, Don Greatest Sports activities, a number one international provider of real-time betting information for North American sporting occasions, will conduct an intensive evaluation of the info and report its findings. Right now, we’ve got no cause to imagine both of the athletes concerned within the bout, or anybody related to their groups, behaved in an unethical or irresponsible method.”
Nuerdanbieke defeated Minner after it was clear he had a leg or knee harm, of which many suppose he could have had going into the bout.
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