Dustin Poirier is appealing the no-contest result of his fight with Eddie Alvarez from UFC 211 on Saturday night in Dallas. Herb Dean, the referee who made the call, maintains that he made the correct choice.
“Of course, I do,” Dean told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “I definitely stand by that, ruling it a no-contest.”
Poirier’s appeal with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) will center around the belief that Alvarez should have been disqualified for landing fight-ending illegal knees and Poirier should be given the victory.