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Herb Dean Explains Stand-Ups in Khamzat Chimaev’s UFC 319 Title Win

Veteran referee Dean defended Marc Goddard’s stand-ups during Chimaev’s dominant win over Du Plessis in the middleweight title bout. “If you have a dominant position, we want to see effort to finish, effort to initiate fight-ending sequences,” Dean said. He stressed fighters must risk posturing for damage, not simply maintain safe positions, to avoid referee intervention.