Referees, Judges Selected for Title Fights at UFC 266

Veteran official Herb Dean will be the third man in the cage for the UFC 266 headliner on Saturday night.

Dean was selected the oversee the featherweight title bout between Alexander Volkanovski and Brian Ortega during a Nevada State Athletic Commission meeting on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Michael Bell, Sal D’Amato and Junichiro Kamijo will serve as judges for the fight.

Keith Peterson will officiate the co-main event, a women’s flyweight championship clash between Valentina Shevchenko and Lauren Murphy, while Dave Hagen, Eric Colon and Chris Lee will score the fight from cageside.

Both Dean and Peterson will earn $2,500 on Saturday night, while all six judges will receive $2,000 apiece for their work.

UFC 266 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and airs on pay-per-view via ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Prelims begin on ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT and continue on ESPN and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.