Herb Dean did not have the best night of his career on Saturday. The veteran referee made three questionable calls during the UFC on ESPN 14 fight card. Two of those calls were of the fight ending variety. The second of those two, the stoppage in the Francisco Trinaldo vs. Jai Herbert fight drew the ire of UFC commentators Paul Felder and Dan Hardy. The pair felt that stoppage was late. They were not alone. A fair number of fans, fighters and media voiced the same opinion on social media.
I will not bash or defend Dean.