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The UFC's ever-changing betting scandal has reached its CEO, Dana White. Three days following Yadier Del Valle's highly controversial first-round rear-naked choke win against Isaac Dulgarian at UFC Vegas 110, White spoke to TMZ Sports about the situation in an exclusive sitdown Tuesday evening. White said the promotion was unaware of such wrongdoing by anyone affiliated with Dulgarian's team, yet grew suspicious upon watching Dulgarian remain non-competitive in a fight that he was a significant betting favorite in. "So we called the fighter and his lawyer and said, 'What’s going on?'" White recalled to TMZ. "'There’s some weird action on your fight. Are you injured? Do you owe anybody money? Has anyone approached you?' The kid said, 'No, absolutely not. I’m going to kill this guy.'” White says he has been in direct contact with the FBI, citing the UFC works with a betting company IC360, to track down uneven action on a fight. Dans White Reacts To UFC's Betting Scandal "So we said, 'Okay.' The fight plays out — and it ends with a first-round rear-naked choke," White said. "Literally, the first thing we did afterward was call the FBI. I’ve met with the FBI twice today. Now, you see people online saying there are hundreds of fights under investigation — total bulls***. The usual clickbait bulls***. But, we just had an office full of FBI agents here." The bulk of the reporting on this ordeal has been orchestrated by Ariel Helwani of Uncrowned Combat, alongside independent MMA journalist Harry Mac. Mac spoke to MMA Knockout's
