Why is media so anti Herb?

[Straatblaffer]

When Herb doesn't stop the fight on the perfect time, he inmediately gets flamed by media. I know he has made some bad decisions, but he also reffed over 3000 fights. Is Herb really statistically worse than Lonely Tognoni, Keith Peterson, Mark Smith etc?

 

[Mike]

He's absolutely terrible

 

[Hellowhosthat]

They all seem to be doing shitty jobs at the moment with Herzog being the only real exception.

 

[WildShrimper]

Herb has made some bad calls and good calls. What I DO notice is when he makes a less than optimal call people treat it like it's the end of the world.

 

[MeganFan]

It's not the media. It's the fans.

Herb has made some bad calls and good calls. What I DO notice is when he makes a less than optimal call people treat it like it's the end of the world.

It's because he does it all the time. It's not just one bad call here and there. He'll make multiple mistakes on one card.

He really is a terrible ref.

 

[Kaynan]

Because he has an incident on nearly every single card he refs

 

[thehighking]

Herb has reffed so many fights that making mistakes is inevitable. Unfortunately he's had a couple very memorable ones and some in close succession. Refereeing isn't as easy as it looks though.

 

[Darbo]

They all seem to be doing shitty jobs at the moment with Herzog being the only real exception.

Yeah Herzog quietly goes about his business without controversy, sometimes i think this is why he falls under the radar with regard to referee conversations but he's very good at his job.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Yeah Herzog quietly goes about his business without controversy, sometimes i think this is why he falls under the radar with regard to referee conversations but he's very good at his job.

I noticed during one of the fights that when a headkick landed but the dude just ate it, that he was in a perfect place to intervene quickly had it KO'd him.

Very good ref. Seems to focus a lot on being in shape so he can intervene quickly if he needs to too.

 

[Gilday]

The guy's been shit for 7 years but people still pretend he's the "gold standard" because Joe Rogan says so

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

When Herb doesn't stop the fight on the perfect time, he inmediately gets flamed by media. I know he has made some bad decisions, but he also reffed over 3000 fights. Is Herb really statistically worse than Lonely Tognoni, Keith Peterson, Mark Smith etc?

He’s been on a streak lately of really tough fights.

 

[Darbo]

I noticed during one of the fights that when a headkick landed but the dude just ate it, that he was in a perfect place to intervene quickly had it KO'd him.

Very good ref. Seems to focus a lot on being in shape so he can intervene quickly if he needs to too.

Saw him stuff a takedown as well a while ago, fighter was rocked and the fight called off, fighter went for a takedown on Herzog due to brain scramblization and Herzog stuffed it with a lovely sprawl.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Saw him stuff a takedown as well a while ago, fighter was rocked and the fight called off, fighter went for a takedown on Herzog due to brain scramblization and Herzog stuffed it with a lovely sprawl.

FLW champ with a couple of months training it sounds like.

 

[Xuh]

The media has always been anti-herb. Just tradition I guess.

 

[aerius]

Because he has an incident on nearly every single card he refs

This. He's pretty much guaranteed to screw up at least once on every event that he refs.

 

[chinarice]

Been a inconsistent ref for the better part of the past decade.

 

[Kaynan]

This. He's pretty much guaranteed to screw up at least once on every event that he refs.

sad part is that he used to be fairly decent

 

[MMAcolyte]

Probably because Herb Dean is the most inconsistent and terrible ref who has worked a UFC card.

 

[JonJonesNeedle]

Bcuz he is a terrible referee. He also showed he is corrupt and biased as fuck in some fights like Khabib/Conor when he let Conor get away with almost 20 fouls/cheating tactics

 

[letgodiego]

seems like he hesitates more and more often. it didnt cause any extra damage this time, but someones gonna get really hurt badly