Referees, Judges Selected for Title Bouts at UFC 290

Herb Dean will be the third man in the cage when Alexander
Volkanovski defends his featherweight crown against Yair
Rodriguez in the UFC 290
main event.

Meanwhile, Mike Bell, Ron McCarthy and Sal D’Amato will score the
headliner from cageside. The Nevada Athletic Commission on Monday
appointed the referees and judges for the two championships fights
at UFC 290, which takes place on July 8 at T-Mobile Arena in Las
Vegas.

Dean officiated Volkanoski title defenses against Max
Holloway (UFC 251), Brian
Ortega (UFC 266) and Chan Sung
Jung (UFC 273) before Marc Goddard oversaw the City Kickboxing
standout’s last two efforts.

In the evening’s co-feature, Jason Herzog will referee the
flyweight title tilt between Brandon
Moreno and Alexandre
Pantoja, while Ben Cartlidge, Junichiro Kamijo and Derek Cleary
will serve as judges. In recent bouts, Herzog was the third man in
the cage for two of Moreno’s four championship meetings with
Deiveson
Figueiredo.