Apr 26, 2025; Kansas City, Missouri, UNITED STATES; Randy Brown (red gloves) reacts after defeating Nicolas Dalby (not pictured) during UFC Fight Night at T-Mobile Center. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Images

The biggest scandal in MMA isn't knocking Randy Brown's focus ahead of UFC Fight Night 264.

Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 263, Isaac Dulgarian became the center of suspicious betting activity for his fight against Yadier del Valle. The UFC was notified before the fight and questioned Dulgarian, who said he had nothing to do with it. The fight proceeded as scheduled, and Dulgarian lost by stoppage for the first time in his career by submission in the opening round. UFC CEO Dana White said he then immediately called the FBI, and an investigation is now underway.

Seven days after the event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Brown (20-6 MMA, 14-6 UFC) will take center stage at the same venue for his first main event opportunity. While Brown has caught wind of the news, his focus is solely on the fight against Gabriel Bonfim (18-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC), and he stated no one has come to him with an offer to fix a fight.

"I'm not thinking about any of that," Brown told MMA Junkie. "I've never been approached about throwing a fight or nothing like that, so that whole betting thing, I don't even think about it, for real. I'm just ready to fight, man.

"This – I'm present in the moment. For me, maybe not for everyone else or people on the outside, but for me, this is my moment. This is for me and my family. I need to seize this moment, so, I'm not worried about what's happening in the news. That's not my problem. I'm not involved, I'm focused on this."

As the betting scandal continues to make headlines, some fighters who have competed in the UFC have revealed they have been approached to throw a fight for money. It's not a shocking revelation to Brown, but he doesn't want to speculate too much on what has transpired in the past or the current situation with Dulgarian, because he simply doesn't have enough information.

"Anything is possible," Brown said. "Nothing surprises me with people and when there's money involved, you know what I mean? It doesn't surprise me at all, but I personally think that you can have a longer career and a better career – also, a lot of people are throwing around a lot of allegations, and I don't like speaking on things when I don't have the full facts and the information. I'm not a big talker. I'm not going to come and start spewing opinions on sh*t that I know nothing about. If I had the facts and the information, then it's easy for me to speak, but if I don't know – I see people digging up stuff about all this other stuff, and information is all over the place. I don't know. I can't speak on it too much.

"What I will say is there's a lot of allegations and sh*t that's getting thrown out, and I think that people need to slow down, get the information, and wait for things to come out and see what's what, and see what's actually happened and what's actually happening."

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Randy Brown reacts to UFC betting scandal, says he's never been approached to fix fight

Reporting by Matthew Wells and Mike Bohn, MMA Junkie / MMA Junkie

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