The main event for UFC 232 was dealt a blow today, but fortunately it did not involve either of the two fighters. Veteran Octagon official Herb Dean will not be able to officiate the contest between Jon “Bones” Jones and Alexander Gustafsson as originally planned due to an injury, as reported by MMA Fighting’s Marc Raimondi:
Herb Dean is injured and unable to referee the UFC 232 main event Saturday, per CSAC’s Andy Foster. Mike Beltran will step in. CSAC plans to keep the other referees and judges already scheduled for the two title fights when the card was in Nevada. Marc Goddard has Cyborg-Nunes.
— Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) December 26, 2018
“Herb Dean is injured and unable to referee the UFC 232 main event Saturday, per CSAC’s Andy Foster. Mike Beltran will step in. CSAC plans to keep the other referees and judges already scheduled for the two title fights when the card was in Nevada. Marc Goddard has Cyborg-Nunes.”
The original referee for the main event is down but the full card is still in tact and it is a dousy. Here is the full card for UFC 232, which takes place this Saturday, December 29th from The Forum in Los Angeles, California:
Main Card: 10:00 PM ET:
Light Heavyweight Championship; Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson
Featherweight Championship:Cris Cyborg vs. Amanda Nunes
Michael Chiesa vs. Carlos Condit
Corey Anderson vs. Ilir Latifi
Chad Mendes vs. Alex Volkanovski
FS1 Prelims: 8:00 PM ET:
Andrei Arlovski vs. Walt Harris
Megan Anderson vs. Cat Zingano
Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Petr Yan
Ryan Hall vs. B.J. Penn
Fight Pass Prelims 6:00 PM ET:
Andre Ewell vs. Nathaniel Wood
Uriah Hall vs. Bevon Lewis
Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Curtis Millender
Montel Jackson vs. Brian Kelleher
Which fight are you most looking forward to from the UFC 232 lineup?
