Ufc Meets With Fbi Over 'weird Betting' On Fight

UFC president Dana White says he has met pinch nan FBI complete allegedly suspicious betting activity connected a conflict astatine UFC Vegas 110.

Featherweight Isaac Dulgarian was expected to hit underdog Yadier del Valle astatine Saturday's arena but mislaid successful nan first round.

That came aft betting integrity institution IC360 had alerted nan UFC to a number of ample bets being placed connected nan fight.

"Literally, nan first point we did was telephone nan FBI," White told TMZ, external.

White said he met pinch nan rule enforcement agency doubly connected Tuesday complete nan matter.

BBC Sport has contacted Dulgarian for comment. His coach has denied immoderate engagement successful immoderate gambling allegations.

"We called nan combatant and his lawyer and said, what's going on? There's immoderate weird betting action going connected successful your fight," White said.

"Are you injured? Do you beryllium anybody money? Has anybody approached you? The kid said, 'No, perfectly not. I'm going to termination this guy'. So we said OK.

"The conflict plays retired - and first-round decorativeness by rear-naked choke. Literally, nan first point we did was telephone nan FBI."

Betting institution Caesars Sportsbook announced it would refund bets connected nan conflict soon aft it ended.

Earlier this week, nan UFC issued a connection saying it was "conducting a thorough reappraisal of nan facts surrounding nan Dulgarian vs del Valle bout connected Saturday".

"We return these allegations very earnestly and on pinch nan wellness and information of our fighters, thing is much important than nan integrity of our sport," nan connection added.

Dulgarian's coach Marc Montoya has denied immoderate knowledge of foul play astir nan fight.

"We person thing to do pinch immoderate of nan allegations being brought upon us," he told nan The Ariel Helwani Show.

"I've really ne'er moreover placed a sports stake successful my full life - I couldn't show you really to do it.

"This is my life's work. I would never, for immoderate magnitude of money, waste my integrity aliases my connection - because successful life, that's each you have."