ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – OCTOBER 16: James Krause poses on the scale during the UFC Fight Night weigh-in on October 16, 2020 on UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
See MMA Twitter gentle up with takes and pictures at James Krause within the wake of him being basically blackballed by the UFC because of the struggle playing controversy and investigations involving him
Over the course of the final month, the struggle playing investigation involving Darrick Minner, a now-former UFC fighter and James Krause-coached fighter, has advanced into arguably one of the vital necessary unfolding in Combined Martial Arts — not to mention the most important ongoing story within the sport.
All of it got here to a head on Dec. 2, when the UFC put out a press release announcing Minner’s release and that any fighter who continues to coach and be coached underneath Krause, who heads Glory MMA, will not be granted any fights with the promotion.
This all stems from a struggle that came about at UFC Vegas 64 on Nov. 5, which noticed Minner lose in 67 seconds to Shayilan Nuerdanbieke, thanks partly to a leg damage. In keeping with Krause, days in a while his since-deleted Discord channel, Minner nonetheless competed with the damage — regardless of by no means disclosing such an damage to the Nevada State Athletic Fee (NSAC) and different officers.
The struggle additionally noticed Nuerdanbieke go from a -220 favourite to a -420 one within the hours main as much as the struggle, which raised the eyebrows of sports activities playing regulators.
MMA neighborhood on Twitter posts memes and sizzling takes after the announcement that James Krause has been, successfully, suspended indefinitely by the UFC
Within the time because the struggle, the New Jersey playing authority has ordered sportsbooks to not settle for any fights that contain Krause as a fighter or coach. Moreover, the playing authorities in Ontario and Alberta have barred betting on UFC fights altogether (and extra Canadian provinces are anticipated to come back).
