During the UFC 306 primary occasion inbetween Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili a coupleof weeks ago, the referee in charge, Herb Dean, got a lot of criticism for the method he officiated the battle throughout.
The UFC 306 primary occasion inbetween Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili on September 14 got off to an incredibly strange start when Herb Dean stopped the action around 20 seconds in to alert O’Malley’s corner for extreme training.
Tim Welch lateron confessed that he was calling guidelines to Dvalishvili to be ‘patient’ which is versus the guidelines and comes under extreme training.
Herb Dean describes why he stopped the battle in round one
Although anumberof fans and even the UFC commentary group were uninformed of the extreme training guideline, Dean did the right thing by stopping the action and providing Welch a caution.
“It takesplace and we do address it and it’s been takingplace for as long as the sport’s been here, and even training the referee through the fighter, ‘Okay well Herb’s gonna stand you up duetothefactthat all he desires to do is hold you and he’s a boring b*ch-ass wrestler’, you understand what I imply?” Dean stated in an interview with Helen Yee.
Again, the referee was called to action in the 2nd round when ‘The Machine’ infamously started to kiss the neck of O’Malley whilst he had him in a guillotine.
“That does fall into unsportsmanlike conduct… violent language, things like that you’re not expected to do. It was a little bit romantic, yeah, a little too much love,” Dean continued.
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Herb Dean reacts to criticism for calling for more work in round 5
Despite dealing with the 2 strange circumstances extremely well, Dean was then under the spotlight on social media for informing Dvalishvili to work throughout round 5 when he was managing the 29-year-old then-champion.
Explaining his thinking for informing a fighter to work more, the veteran referee stated: “I’ve seen on social media individuals haveactually spoken about me calling the fighters for more action and that’s