LoL: UCAM Esports Club vs ⁠Movistar KOI Fénix (BO3) - LES Regular Season

Platform comparison

Market context

UCAM Esports Club and Movistar KOI Fénix were due to meet in a best-of-three in the LES regular season, and the late market move to **0% YES** for KOI’s side is stark given that the same pairing was listed with a live 1-1 score and a deciding game on the day. Sofascore and Strafe both place the match on 5 August 2026 at 17:30 UTC, which matches the scheduled regular-season slot rather than a postponed fixture.[1][2][3][4]

The clearest historical frame is the head-to-head: Strafe lists 21 previous meetings, with UCAM winning 13 and KOI 8, while the most recent completed meeting on 4 June ended 3-2 to UCAM in the playoffs.[4][9][10] That record supports reading UCAM as the side with the better series profile in this matchup, even though both teams were shown as having won 3 of their last 5 matches on Strafe’s form line.[4] Earlier spring-market pricing also tilted towards UCAM, which is consistent with the broader pattern of the head-to-head rather than a one-off upset.[7][8]

For traders, the main catalysts are straightforward: confirmation that the series finished normally, any official correction to the live scoreline, and whether the event is ultimately treated as a completed BO3 rather than a cancellation or abandonment. The settlement terms matter because if the match was not played to completion, or is delayed beyond the seven-day window without a winner, the market resolves 50-50 instead of a team win. With the event already inside its settlement window, the key watch item is the league or tracker’s final result feed, not pre-match lineup news.

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Methodology

We track LoL: UCAM Esports Club vs ⁠Movistar KOI Fénix (BO3) - LES Regular Season across the five venues with material prediction-market liquidity. The probability shown is the live Polymarket mid; the comparison rows summarise how each venue treats the underlying contract — fees, KYC thresholds, settlement currency, deposit options. The highlighted row marks the cheapest route into Polymarket's order book.

Resolution & payout

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

Once finalised, the smart contract pays USDC to the holders' wallets within minutes — no withdrawal fees beyond Polygon network gas. Kalshi settles in USD via CFTC clearance, Betfair in account currency net of commission, Manifold in play-money mana with no cash-out.

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