![]() This includes restrictions on gambling on other sports, game fixing, insider information, gambling in the workforce, and endorsements.įifa, soccer’s world governing body, also prohibits “all officials, referees, players as well as match agents and intermediaries” from betting on the sport. This stands in stark contrast to other major sports entities such as the NFL, which has a five-page gambling policy for its personnel that places stringent restrictions or outright bans on betting. Much of the ongoing scrutiny stems from concerns that the UFC does not prohibit insiders with access to personal information – such as a coaches, managers, handlers and medical professionals – from betting on its fights. While the UFC was quick to react to the concerns surrounding its integrity, many believe the organization only has itself to blame. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. For more information see our Privacy Policy. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. The organization also released Minner from his contract on 2 December. In response to the Canadian rulings, the UFC announced the following day that “fighters who choose to continue to be coached by Krause or who continue to train in his gym, will not be permitted to participate in UFC events pending the outcome of the aforementioned government investigations.” The Canadian province of Alberta followed shortly thereafter, announcing it would halt wagers on UFC bouts due to “possible risks of wagering integrity.” “However, the risks of insider betting on event and wagering integrity should be highly concerning to all.” “This is not a decision we take lightly, knowing the popularity of UFC events in Ontario’s sports books,” said Tom Mungham, the CEO and Registrar of the AGCO. On 1 December, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) ordered all registered operators that offer sport and event betting products in Ontario, Canada to stop offering and accepting wagers on UFC events due to “concerns about non-compliance with AGCO’s betting integrity requirements.” However, the UFC continues to feel the ripple effects of the scandal. His Discord server and YouTube channel have since been taken down. ![]() Krause has not commented on the allegations against him and he has not faced any criminal charges. ![]() I make more money gambling on MMA than I do anything else.”Īccording to screenshots provided to the Guardian by a former member of the 1% Club who wished to remain anonymous, the Discord server boasted several active UFC fighters encouraging other members to trust Krause’s tips. I take over people’s accounts and play for them, I do pretty well. “I have a Discord, like 2,000 members in it, we crush it. “I bet every single card just about every fight,” Krause said on the MMA Hour in August. ![]() He is also a notorious gambler who ran a now-infamous Discord server and YouTube show known as the 1% Club. Krause is a UFC fighter turned coach who trains the likes of UFC interim flyweight champion Brandon Moreno. The following day, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement prohibited its licensed sportsbooks from taking wagers on any fight in which Krause is involved “as a coach, trainer, promoter or fighter.” On 18 November, the Nevada State Athletic Commission informed Minner’s coach, James Krause, that his corner license was suspended as the commission underwent its own investigation into the fight with Nuerdanbieke. Over the next few weeks, however, it became clear that the UFC was embroiled in a scandal that risked jeopardizing the organization’s integrity. “That stuff happens all the time in sports,” White said. ![]() UFC president Dana White reiterated the organization’s stance at a media scrum the following week, insisting there was “absolutely zero proof that anybody that was involved bet on it.” In response to US Integrity’s analysis, the UFC announced on 7 November that its betting partner, Don Best Sports, would be conducting a “thorough review of the facts and report its findings” and that there was “no reason to believe either of the athletes involved in the bout, or anyone associated with their teams, behaved in an unethical or irresponsible manner.” US Integrity had previously flagged a Professional Fighters League event in April for suspicious betting activity after it became clear that the fights being billed as part of a live broadcast had been pre-taped the previous month. According to the firm’s analysis, bets poured in on Nuerdanbieke to win by knockout in the first round. The following day, ESPN reported that the fight was being investigated by US Integrity, a company that works with sportsbooks to monitor sports wagering for betting-related fraud. ![]()
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