Bellator’s Scott Coker supports regulators’ actions in James Krause case

Bellator president Scott Coker helps the Nevada State Athletic Fee suspending MMA coach James Krause and the UFC barring fighters who stick with Krause’s Glory MMA fitness center.

Coker responded to an inquiry from MMA Preventing on the steps the athletic fee and the UFC are taking whereas investigations play out round potential betting irregularities surrounding the November 5 bout between the Krause-coached Darrick Minner and Shayilan Nuerdanbieke.

“As a lifelong martial artist, integrity and honor have been the muse upon which I’ve constructed my profession as a Combined Martial Arts promoter, and I imagine that it’s of utmost significance that the integrity of MMA stays unquestioned,” Coker wrote in his statement. “It’s my understanding that sure regulatory companies have taken motion that they deem crucial to make sure that any look of impropriety is faraway from our sport, and I help these actions.

“Bellator MMA is a promotion that extremely values the significance of unbiased regulation of our sport, and we’ll proceed to abide by the mandates of the regulatory our bodies which sanction and oversee our occasions.”

The ongoing investigation into the struggle, which came about at UFC Vegas 64, kicked off after the betting line on Nuerdanbieke moved from -220 to -420 and bets got here in on Nuerdanbieke to win through knockout.

Throughout the early moments of that struggle, Minner’s knee buckled within the first change of the struggle. Nuerdanbieke completed him through TKO shortly afterward.

Playing watchdog U.S. Integrity instantly notified sportsbooks of the irregular line motion and opened an investigation into the struggle. The UFC and NSAC adopted shortly afterward.

Minner’s coach, James Krause, turned an instantaneous particular person of curiosity for a lot of followers and pundits following the investigation, as Krause had not too long ago made headlines for working a preferred Discord channel the place he gave betting ideas. The channel has since been closed together with a equally centered YouTube account.