The UFC 229 megafight between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov now has a referee and judges. The Nevada Athletic Commission held a meeting earlier today and handed out the assignments for the October 6th bout:
Referee: Herb Dean
Judges: Sal D’Amato, Derek Cleary, Junichiro Kamijo
The committee unanimously agreed on their choices for the headliner. According to MMA Fighting, Dean will receive $1900 to ref the bout, while each judge will receive $1600. The three other referees that the NAC considered for the bout were Jason Herzog, Dan Miragliotta, and Chris Tognoni.
Dean has been front and center in a lot of major UFC fights over the years, and is still considered one of the better referees in the game.