The Nevada Athletic Commission unanimous selected the judges and referees for UFC 200 fight week on Tuesday, although it did so with some objection. Following the nomination of veteran referee "Big" John McCarthy to oversee the light heavyweight title rematch between Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones that headlines UFC 200, NAC executive director Bob Bennett revealed that a representative from Jones' camp filed a concern over McCarthy refereeing the match.
"Earlier this morning, I did receive at 8:18 an e-mail from the Jones camp, from Mr. (Malki) Kawa, expressing his concerns regarding referee John McCarthy in this fight," Bennett said.