Media Herb Dean repeatedly allowing Conor to get a false start to the center of the octagon

Herb Dean is getting a fixed payment for his reffing, so he wants the fights to finish faster. Also perhaps he had bet on Conor
 
Referee Herb Dean,
His lungs are green,
The rules forbid false starts,
But Conor gets a pass.
 
I can't believe people glossed over this one. To let a guy like Conor who's strongest at the beginning of a fight/round take immediate octagon control like that... Herb's either a moron or corrupt.
I feel like this one isn't that big of a deal.

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It isn't in this case because nothing really happened in that first exchange and Poirier won the fight anyways, but Herb has consistently been shown to ignore the rules when Conor's fighting. That's a pretty big deal.

And shit like this is more of a hindsight kinda thing, it doesn't look bad now but imagine if Conor had knocked Poirier out right there. Watching this live I was pretty pissed Herb just let that happen.
 
is Ali sponsoring bots to post here? its just getting stupid now
 
I can't believe people glossed over this one. To let a guy like Conor who's strongest at the beginning of a fight take immediate octagon control like that... Herb's either a moron or corrupt.

It isn't in this case because nothing really happened in that first exchange and Poirier won the fight anyways, but Herb has consistently been shown to ignore the rules when Conor's fighting. That's a pretty big deal.


I can see that for the Dustin one. That's the only one that really stood out to me. He halted Conor and called Dustin forward. Herb kinda lost control on that one.

The other ones really weren't that bad and seemed desperate for a narrative by adding them to the video.
 
I can see that for the Dustin one. He halted Conor and called Dustin forward. Herb kinda lost control on that one.

The other ones really weren't that bad and seemed desperate for a narrative by adding them to the video.
Yeah the other ones definitely weren't as egregious, but they were added just to show consistency in Herb's reffing. It's still bad and deserves to be pointed out.
 
poirier one was bad i felt a little bad for dustin, seemed slightly unfair at the time, but herb did make them start again before that cos conor came forward too soon, which messed things up a little cos dustin didnt seem entirely ready, and i guess herb was just like "fuck it that will do im not starting again". he made a mess of it no doubt but conor is a pain in the ass with that
 
Yeah the other ones definitely weren't as egregious, but they were added just to show consistency in Herb's reffing. It's still bad and deserves to be pointed out.


We can have a gentleman's disagreement but I don't see the other ones being a big deal. You can see Khabib already in the center with Conor and the other ones he waited for the start. He just started fast when Herb gave the "go ahead".
 
Hope Herb “Dean of incompetence” doesn’t muck up the main event with more shenanigans this time. Dan Hardy exposed him, YouTube explanations are not gonna save him from disgrace.
 
I never realized that once one guy got to the center that the other guy had to stop and let him stay there.
 
Herb always allows Conor to cheat, what do you expect? He gets $1900, Conor bump his pay up another $5000 and he allows shots to the back of the head, short grabbing, starting in the centre etc
 
I watched both fight yesterday and I noticed this to omfg herd Dean fucking corrupt he should been telling Conner back up instead he yelling at Dusten smh
 
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