Herb Dean will be the third man in the cage when Israel
Adesanya defends his middleweight crown against Jared
Cannonier in the
UFC 276 main event.
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The Nevada State Athletic Commission revealed during a meeting on
Tuesday that the veteran official will oversee the 185-pound title
affair. Dean was also the referee for Adesanya’s last Octagon
appearance, a split-decision triumph over Robert
Whittaker at UFC 271 on Feb. 12.
Derek Cleary, Sal D’Amato and Junichiro Kamijo will serve as
cageside judges for the Adesanya vs. Cannonier.
Meanwhile, Marc Goddard will officiate the featherweight
championship trilogy clash between Alexander
Volkanovski and Max
Holloway in the evening’s co-headliner. Goddard did not referee
either of the first two meetings between Volkanovski and Holloway,
both of which were won by the Australian champion.
D’Amato, Mike Bell and Ron McCarthy will score the 145-pound title
tilt from cageside.
UFC 276 takes place on July 2 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
and will also see Sean
Strickland square off against Alex
Pereira in a matchup of middleweight contenders, while Miesha Tate
will make her flyweight debut against Lauren
Murphy.