Herb Dean will oversee the heavyweight title unifier between undisputed champ Francis Ngannou and interim champ Ciryl Gane at UFC 270.
Dean joins judges Sal D’Amato, Ron McCarthy and Derek Cleary as the officials for the pay-per-view headliner, which takes place Saturday at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The event will be regulated by the California State Athletic Commission, which assigned referees and judges. Pay information for the officials was not immediately available.
Over the past year, Dean has been a regular subject of controversy for his calls inside the octagon. He has received high-profile assignments and was praised numerous times by promoters. However, he is still considered one of the best referees in this sport.
D’Amato, McCarthy and Cleary remain regular fixtures of marquee fights in the UFC’s home state of Nevada. D’Amato scored, per MMADecisions.com, at 44 octagon event in 2021,.
Jason Herzog is the referee for the UFC 270 co-headliner. He joins Wade Vierra, Chris Crail and Michael Bell to serve as officials in a trilogy of flyweight titles between champion Brandon Moreno, and ex-champ Deiveson Figuero. Herzog is a frequent fixture at UFC and Bellator events. Bell and Vierra have the most scorecard experience. Crail has scored seven events in the past seven years, six of which took place under the Bellator banner, per MMADecisions.com.
