Dana White pulls UFC 324 fight after betting irregularities: 'I'm not doing this s--- again'

A combat acceptable for the UFC 324 aboriginal preliminary paper was silently canceled connected Saturday night, but UFC CEO Dana White confirmed irregular betting enactment was the cause.

White told reporters aft the fights, wherever the main bout saw Justin Gaethje upset Paddy Pimblitt, that the lightweight conflict betwixt Michael Johnson and Alex Hernandez was taken disconnected the paper due to the fact that of the extremity helium got from the promotion’s gaming integrity service.

"We got called from the gaming integrity work and I said, ‘I’m not doing this s— again,’ truthful we pulled the fight," White said, per Yahoo Sports.

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Michael Johnson and Alexander Hernandez look astatine the UFC 324 ceremonial weigh-in astatine T-Mobile Arena connected Jan. 23, 2026 successful Las Vegas, Nevada. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

White didn’t adhd details astir what the irregularities were arsenic good arsenic which fighter, if either, was suspected of causing the irregularity.

But it’s wide White was not trying to woody with different contention aft past year’s Isaac Dulgarian fight.

UFC CUTS FIGHTER AFTER SPORTSBOOK FLAG ‘UNUSUAL’ BETTING ACTIVITY ON HIS FIRST-ROUND LOSS

Dulgarian was chopped from UFC’s roster aft a superior upset nonaccomplishment to Yadier del Valle successful November 2025. There was unusual betting enactment earlier the fight, wherever Dulgarian went from -250 to -154 to triumph the match.

When helium lost, commentators Daniel Cormier and Michael Chiesa were confused what was happening, arsenic they called Del Valle’s decorativeness "white loop stuff," believing it wasn’t the astir analyzable stuff.

Michael Johnson and Alexander Hernandez look disconnected during the UFC 324 ceremonial weigh-in astatine T-Mobile Arena connected Jan. 23, 2026 successful Las Vegas, Nevada. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

The FBI and the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) stay successful their probe into Dulgarian arsenic well.

Making Dulgarian’s concern much absorbing are his comments astir his content that fighters should get a chopped for bets connected bouts.

"I said, ‘Don’t stake connected maine unless you’re paying maine immoderate percentage.’ I’m doing each the work, that’s however I consciousness astir it," Dulgarian told MMA Junkie. "… If you’re betting connected me, I privation immoderate of it."

Other than Dulgarian, Darrick Minner and Jeff Molina were deed with three-year suspensions by the NAC for a 2022 combat that had suspicious betting enactment involving Minner.

UFC CEO and president Dana White during UFC 303 astatine T-Mobile Arena connected June 29, 2024. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports)

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