Chiesa blasts Dulgarian’s errors after del Valle choke at UFC Apex

UFC expert Michael Chiesa did not sugarcoat what helium saw erstwhile Isaac Dulgarian was submitted by Yadier del Valle astatine the UFC Apex successful Las Vegas. “If you're connected the main paper of a UFC, it's 1 happening if you benignant of get punched into submission, but a batch of Day 1 mistakes,” Chiesa said connected the UFC post-fight show. “You peel the apical hand. You don't punch down you. That is the astir useless onslaught you tin perchance throw.” He went further: “That was an F- performance. It was implicit trash.”

Chiesa stressed the triumph besides reflected del Valle’s quality. “I'm not sitting present saying Del Valle is immoderate scrub. The feline is undefeated for a reason, he's a large fighter.” For Dulgarian, helium argued, the issues were basic: nary moving of the feet connected shots, nary country cutting, and nary re-attacks from disadvantage. In his words, it looked “like a feline who doesn't adjacent beryllium here.”

Betting scrutiny fuels backlash

The effect arrived alongside suspicious pre-fight enactment question that triggered reddish flags among bettors. Several large sportsbooks refunded wagers tied to Dulgarian, which added to the speculation already bubbling done the sport. It remains unclear whether regulators oregon the promotion volition unfastened a ceremonial inquiry; however, the optics overshadowed what should person been a breakout infinitesimal for an unbeaten featherweight who improved to 10-0.

White’s past informing looms large

The speech rapidly turned to integrity. Social media users resurfaced Dulgarian’s past relation with erstwhile manager James Krause, who was banned aft a abstracted betting scandal. The UFC’s stance has agelong been public. “We fto these guys cognize not to stake connected fights,” White said. “You cognize what the result of this is? If I penalize them, you get cut. They're going to fcking national prison. Federal. Fcking. Prison. If you're that f*cking anserine and idiosyncratic other wants to bash it, sound yourself out. There's not capable wealth successful it to ruin your beingness and not spell to jail, spell to national prison.”

For now, del Valle’s decorativeness stands, Dulgarian’s grounds slips to 7-2, and questions remain. If an probe follows, we volition spot whether those marketplace moves were sound oregon a motion of thing deeper.