Bloody Elbow · Nov 2, 2021
Dan Hardy: Herb Dean is ‘still making mistakes consistently’ and ‘it concerns me’
Almost a year and a half ago, former UFC title challenger Dan Hardy got a bit heated with longtime referee Herb Dean. The two got into an argument about Dean’s supposed late stoppage on the UFC Fight Island 3 matchup between Francisco Trinaldo and Jai Herbert.
Hardy particularly had a problem with Dean’s failure to immediately step in and save Herbert, who was already knocked out and continued to take damage on the ground.
Dean remains to be a constant fixture as the third man in the Octagon. Hardy, meanwhile, has since severed ties with the UFC, both as a color commentator and analyst. But to this day, he continues to have his apprehensions whenever Dean is assigned to officiate fights.