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7 unusual facts about Herb Dean


Chris Weidman

Silva immediately fell to the mat, screaming in agony and clutching his broken leg — forcing referee Herb Dean to stop the fight 1:16 into the second round and give Weidman the victory by TKO.

Dustin Neace

During the fight, inside the first round, Neace applied a heel hook submission that looked like Corassani tapped to; however referee Herb Dean did not stop the fight and Corassani was released from the hold.

Edwin Dewees

However, in the second round, Dewees sustained a large cut in his forehead, forcing referee Herb Dean to call a timeout for the doctor to assess the cut due to the large amount of blood pouring from Dewees' head.

Frank Mir

After a period of recovery from the knee Lesnar pinned Mir up against the cage and delivered multiple unanswered blows to his face, forcing referee Herb Dean to stop the fight via TKO at 1:48 in the second round.

Initially, referee Herb Dean called for a break to check a large cut on Mir's face.

Hartley Jackson

In 2005, Hartley Jackson made his first trip to the USA which was sponsored by Rick Sanders, a founder of EPW in Perth, and took Mikey Nicholls with him Hartley and Mikey lived and trained at the NJPW Dojo located in Los Angeles, California where they trained pro wresting with Kendo Kashin, Rocky Romero, Antonio Inoki and Terry Taylor and also trained in MMA which was coached by UFC referee Herb Dean.

Herb Dean

UFC President Dana White stated after UFC 109 and UFC 160, that he thinks Dean "is one of the best referees in this business. Actually, I think he's the best" in reference to his stoppage in the fight between Mike Swick and Paulo Thiago.



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