 Herb Dean will oversee the heavyweight title unification scrap between champ ionBrock Lesnar and interim title-holder Frank Mir at UFC 100, while controversial referee Steve Mazzagatti will be officiating welterweight king Georges St-Pierre's title defense against.
Dean has been much maligned over the past few years as he built a reputation for having a quick trigger. On multiple occasions he has "prematurely" stopped fights, receiving loads of criticism for his insistence to err on the side of caution.
Mazzagatti has been openly blasted by UFC president Dana White for his past ineptitude inside the cage.
After Cheick Kongo served up a buffet of punches and elbows to Mustapha Al-Turk's grill at UFC 92, Mazzagatti took his sweet time stepping in to stop the punishment which promoted the brash president to state, “He’s a nice guy, but he’s not a referee.”
The Commission also confirmed to MMAJunkie that referee Mario Yamasaki will also be working July 11th, as well as Yves Lavigne.
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