Now UFC CEO Dana White has confirmed that the bout was pulled due to irregular betting activity on the match.
“Yeah, that’s what it is, [a wagering flag],” White said at the UFC 324 post-fight press conference. “It happened again. We got called by the gaming integrity service and I said, ‘I’m not doing this shit again.’ So we pulled the fight.”
UFC bettors noted the line on Johnson vs. Hernandez shifting rapidly on Saturday morning, with Johnson going from +132 to -102 , a 234 point swing. Then sportsbooks started reacting. Some placed heavy limits on how much action was allowed on that fight, while others pulled the fight entirely.
Then in 2025, Isaac Dulgarian lost a listless fight to Yadier del Valle in the first round after a similar money line move towards del Valle. Dulgarian was immediately released by the UFC and the FBI is reportedly investigating the bout (although that’s what they said about the Minner situation too).
In both cases, the UFC had been warned by their betting integrity partner about the suspicious line move. This time they decided to pull the plug on the fight rather than let it go through, and it will be interesting to see whether that allays bettors’ fears that the sport could be rife with corruption and fight fixing.
