Jorge Masvidal was not a fan of Herb Dean interjecting himself into Saturday’s most important occasion conflict between Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili.
It was clear from the get-go that the longtime referee wasn’t going to tolerate any shenanigans within the UFC 306 — also referred to as Riyadh Season Noche UFC — headliner. Seconds after the bout started, Dean briefly paused the motion to warn each Dvalishvili and O’Malley’s coach, Tim Welch, to cease partaking with each other. The second was undoubtedly odd, however nothing that had any form of impression on the battle itself.
Sadly, that wasn’t the one time Dean received concerned within the five-round headliner. All through the competition, Dean constantly inspired the fighters to work whether or not they had been standing, on the mat, or clinched up towards the fence.
The commentary trio of Jon Anik, Joe Rogan, and Daniel Cormier expressed their frustration with Dean’s endless instructions which finally trickled all the way down to social media the place fighters and followers alike slammed the Pasadena native.
That features the UFC’s authentic BMF, Jorge Masvidal, who held nothing again in his evaluate of Dean’s efficiency.
“Worst referee within the recreation Herb Dean,” Masvidal wrote on X.
Merab Dvalishvili dominates lackluster Noche UFC title battle
Dvalishvili’s battle with O’Malley had somewhat little bit of all the pieces; a stoppage for “extreme teaching,” an incident the place Dean actually needed to inform ‘The Machine’ to not “kiss” his opponent, and, in fact, Dean’s fixed calls for to “preserve working.”
However after all of the antics and the drama had been over, followers witnessed the crowning of a brand new UFC bantamweight champion. Dvalishvili ran away with the battle on the scorecards, securing a decisive unanimous determination to each lengthen his streak to 11 and declare his first piece of gold contained in the Octagon.
What comes subsequent for O’Malley is unsure, but it surely seems to be rather more clear on Dvalishvili’s aspect of issues.
