Mark Smith has officiated more UFC fights than anyone else in the past three years. Unfortunately, the 52-year-old will see ...

Extending fingers toward the eyes of an opponent is a foul and could result in the deduction of one point. Unfortunately, referees have not been enforcing the rule, which is understandable when you ...

Longtime referee Mark Smith tore his Achilles, not ACL as Dana White claimed, at UFC 324.

Referees in fight sports come in for all kinds of criticism, but on one weekend in Las Vegas, they gather to help each other ...

Veteran MMA referee Herb Dean says officials will look to more regularly enforce point deductions for eye pokes after recent controversies and meetings around the issue. Tom Aspinall's UFC heavyweight ...

UFC referee Mark Smith was carried out of the T-Mobile Arena after suffering an ACL injury at UFC 324, Dana White confirmed. Smith was hurt after officiating Ateba Gautier vs Andrey Pulyaev. The night ...

Eye pokes are all the rage in the UFC right now. Last month at UFC 321, we saw a heavyweight title fight end in a no-contest after a double eye poke from Ciryl Gane left the champion Tom Aspinall ...

In this edition of Uncrowned Films, legendary MMA referee “Big” John McCarthy pulls back the curtain on what it truly takes ...

Jorge Masvidal is clearly not a fan of Herb Dean's work as an MMA referee, and he hasn't been shy in expressing his criticism.

Steve Mazzagatti has had some absolute shockers in his time as an MMA referee.

It’s normal for referees to make mistakes. But there’s a fine line between brief slip-ups and a delay that puts the fighter’s life in jeopardy. And Fury FC 113 crossed that line one too many times to ...