Alex Pereira Still Upset at Herb Dean After UFC Reffing Blunder

UFC famous person Alex Pereira says that he is still upset at Herb Dean after his reffing blunder at UFC Freedom 250.

Pereira was dropped by a Ciryl Gane jab and then hit several occasions in the back of the head, photographs that are unlawful under the Unified Rules of MMA. Yet, Dean did not deduct any factors from Gane for the unlawful strikes.

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“Poatan” has made it clear that he felt like Dean erred during the bout, and he has spoken out several occasions against the long-time MMA official.

Now, practically two months after the combat, Pereira is still upset at Dean.

Alex Pereira Still Upset at Herb Dean

Speaking to The Mac Life in a current interview, Pereira admitted that he still has a bone to choose with Dean for the method he dealt with Gane’s unlawful strikes at UFC Freedom 250, though he is not upset at Gane, since he feels like it’s the referee’s job to officiate the bout.

“Mistakes happen in fights. Fighters are obviously under a lot of adrenaline, and kind of taken by the moment, so things happen. But I don’t think the ref has the benefit of not being in there and being emotional or anything else,” Pereira said (via MMAFighting.com).

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“I got jabbed, I felt it, and maybe I could have recovered better. I had a lot of legal blows, then some illegal blows, and I just think the ref needs to be the one to step in and really see what’s legal and what’s not legal. That’s not necessarily the fighter’s place.”

Alex Pereira Still Committed to Heavyweight

Though Pereira’s UFC heavyweight debut did not go the method that he deliberate, he said that he still plans on sticking around at the UFC’s heaviest weight class.

“The plan is to stay at heavyweight. That’s the mission I have in front of me. I want to get that belt, and I’m going to have that opportunity,” Pereira said.

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We’ll see what the UFC matchmakers do as far as Pereira’s next reserving goes, but primarily based on the rankings, Josh Hokit seems like an splendid next opponent.

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