Daniel Cormier Recounts Alleged Fixed UFC Fight as FBI Monitors Betting Lines for Irregular Swings
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Updated · MMA Fighting · Aug 6
Daniel Cormier Recounts Alleged Fixed UFC Fight as FBI Monitors Betting Lines for Irregular Swings
3 articles · Updated · MMA Fighting · Aug 6
Summary
Daniel Cormier said he criticized a fighter’s basic grappling on a UFC APEX broadcast, only to learn afterward the bout had been flagged in an FBI fight-fixing investigation.
Cormier said UFC officials told him the fighter was taken backstage after the loss and that suspicious betting-line movement now prompts scrutiny and, at times, fights being pulled.
Isaac Dulgarian appears to fit the bout Cormier described: he flipped from betting favorite to underdog before a first-round submission loss, was later released by UFC and suspended by Nevada regulators; he denied wrongdoing.
The account adds to a wider UFC crackdown after earlier betting scandals, including the Darrick Minner case that led to his release and effectively sidelined coach James Krause from the sport.