Referee, Judges Selected for UFC 264 Main Event

Herb Dean will oversee the action when Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor square off for a third time in the UFC 264 headliner on Saturday.

The veteran official was approved by the Nevada State Athletic Commission to referee the trilogy bout during a Wednesday meeting. Dean was the third man in the cage for both of the first two fights between Poirier and McGregor.

Meanwhile, Derek Cleary, Sal D’Amato and Junichiro Kamijo were appointed as cageside judges for the lightweight bout. Neither of the first two fights needed the scorecards: McGregor defeated Poirier via first-round TKO at UFC 178 in September 2014, while “The Diamond” avenged that loss in a second-round stoppage at UFC 257 this past January.

UFC 264 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and is available on pay-per-view via ESPN+ beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. The preliminary card begins on ESPN and ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.