Veteran referees Herb Dean and Yves Lavigne will officiate the two title fights on next month’s UFC 175 card in Las Vegas. Dean will be the third man in the cage for the main event middleweight title fight between champion Chris Weidman and challenger Lyoto Machida . Lavigne will oversee the co-main event women’s bantamweight title fight between champ Ronda Rousey and challenger Alexis Davis . The appointment of the two officials took place Tuesday at the regular meeting of the Nevada State Athletic Commission in Las Vegas. In addition, the NSAC appointed judges for the two title fights. Chris Lee, Marcos Rosales and Glenn Trowbridge drew the assignment for the Weidman-Machida fight, while Derek Cleary, Doug Crosby and Sal D’Amato were assigned the Rousey-Davis fight
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Herb Dean, Yves Lavigne set as refs for UFC 175′s headlining title fights – MMA Junkie