Longtime referees John McCarthy and Herb Dean will be the third men in the cage during UFC 196’s title fights next month. The Nevada Athletic Commission voted Wednesday morning for the judges and refs for the Rafael dos Anjos–Conor McGregor and Holly Holm–Miesha Tate title fights.
Dean will be the man in charge for the lightweight title between 155-pound champion dos Anjos and challenger McGregor at the MGM on March 5. The three elected judges for the main event will be Derek Cleary, Sal D’Amato and Junichiro Kamijo.