Referee, Judges Selected for Khamzat Chimaev vs. Nate Diaz at UFC 279

Veteran official Marc Goddard will be the third man in the Octagon
when Khamzat
Chimaev
and Nate Diaz
square off in the UFC
279
main event next month.

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Goddard was selected during a Nevada State Athletic Commission
meeting on Tuesday. Notable headlining assignments for Goddard this
year include Alexander
Volkanovski
vs. Max
Holloway
3 at UFC 276; Jiri
Prochazka
vs. Glover
Teixeira
at UFC 275 and Charles
Oliveira
vs. Justin
Gaethje
at UFC 274. He will be paid $2,500.

Meanwhile, Derek Cleary, Sal D’Amato and Ron McCarthy will serve as
cageside judges for the welterweight bout. Each will earn $2,000
for their work.

Chimaev appears to be on the verge of securing a welterweight title
shot with victories in his first five promotional appearances. The
Allstars Training Center representative last appeared at UFC 273,
where he defeated Gilbert
Burns
via unanimous decision on April 9.

One of the sport’s most popular fighters, Diaz is entering the
final bout of his UFC contract. The 37-year-old Stockton, Calif.,
native is coming off a five-round unanimous decision defeat to
Leon
Edwards
at UFC 263 in June 2021.

UFC 279 takes place on Sept. 10 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
and will also include a welterweight tilt pitting Tony
Ferguson
against Jingliang
Li
.

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