Following Dominick Cruz’ controversial stoppage loss to Henry Cejudo at UFC 249, ‘The Dominator’ accused referee Keith Peterson of smelling like alcohol and cigarettes, insinuating that Peterson was drunk, or at least drinking, on the job.
“The guy smelled like alcohol and cigarettes so who knows what he was doing?” Cruz said in one of his UFC 249 post-fight interviews. “I wish they drug tested them. I know Herb Dean is good. He’s one of the best refs. Immediately when I saw that ref, I was like man is there a way to veto a ref and get a new one?