Jorge Masvidal was not a fan of Herb Dean interjecting himself into Saturday’s fundamental 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 — often known 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 participating with each other. The second was undoubtedly odd, however nothing that had any type of influence on the struggle itself.
Sadly, that wasn’t the one time Dean acquired concerned within the five-round headliner. All through the competition, Dean repeatedly 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 unending 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 unique BMF, Jorge Masvidal, who held nothing again in his overview of Dean’s efficiency.
“Worst referee within the recreation Herb Dean,” Masvidal wrote on X.
Merab Dvalishvili dominates lackluster Noche UFC title struggle
Dvalishvili’s struggle with O’Malley had a bit little bit of all the things; a stoppage for “extreme teaching,” an incident the place Dean actually needed to inform ‘The Machine’ to not “kiss” his opponent, and, after all, 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 struggle 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, however it seems to be far more clear on Dvalishvili’s facet of issues.
