Alex Pereira Calls Herb Dean Coward Over 2 Unpunished Fouls at UFC Baku
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Updated · MMA Fighting · Jun 28
Alex Pereira Calls Herb Dean Coward Over 2 Unpunished Fouls at UFC Baku
3 articles · Updated · MMA Fighting · Jun 28
Summary
Instagram post by Alex Pereira escalated his criticism of Herb Dean after UFC Baku, where he labeled the veteran referee a "coward" over officiating in Shara Magomedov's fight with Michel Pereira.
Two hair-pulling warnings and a later eye poke drew no point deduction for Magomedov, even after Dean told the Russian's corner that one more foul would cost him points.
That sequence revived Pereira's broader grievance with Dean, whom he had already blamed after his UFC White House loss to Ciryl Gane for not stopping repeated strikes to the back of his head.
The latest outburst keeps attention on Dean's handling of fouls and on consistency in UFC refereeing when repeated illegal moves go unpenalized.