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Report: Ex-UFC fighter Tae Hyun Bang gets jail time for involvement in fight-fixing scheme

A fighter received jail time this week in South Korea for his role in a UFC fight-fixing scandal.

Tae Hyun Bang was sentenced to 10 months by the Seoul Central District Court for taking $92,610 (100 million won in South Korea) to throw a fight against Leo Kuntz at UFC Fight Night 79 in Seoul in November 2015, according to the Korea Herald. Three people who gave the money to Bang also got jail terms.

"The crime of match fixing damages the credibility of sport, and in international matches, it has a bad effect on the country's credibility as well," the court said.