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Leading third men: The 9 referees who oversaw the most UFC fights in 2023

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  • Posted: December 26, 2023

The UFC’s 2023 schedule is in the bag.

This past year was busy and booming not only for fighters, promoters, and coaches, but referees, as well. The UFC held events in 10 U.S. jurisdictions (Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah) and seven international countries ( Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.

Over the span of 12 months, the UFC promoted 43 events. During those shows, 46 referees were used – a 70 percent increase in the number of referees (27) used across 43 events in 2022.

With the increased diversification of officials and locations, the number of fights refereed by last year’s leaders largely bumped down on an individual basis – and a new leader was crowned.

Below is a full list of every referee that officiated at least one UFC fight in 2023 (in alphabetical order by last name). The list does not include Dana White’s Contender Series or “The Ultimate Fighter” fights. The data was calculated using comprehensive MMA database Tapology:

Mike Beltran, Nick Berens, Dwayne Bess, Lukasz Bosacki, Justin Brown, Mitch Cadlick, Larry Carter, Gary Copeland, Mark Craig, Herb Dean, John English, Thomas Fann, Larry Folsom, Andrew Glenn, Marc Goddard, Kerry Hatley, Jason Herzog, Peter Hickmott, Greg Kleynjans, Phil Koldyk, Kevin MacDonald, Osiris Maia, Bryan Miner, Dan Miragliotta, Rich Mitchell, Jacob Montalvo, Dan Movahedi, Jimmy Neely, Gasper Oliver, Steve Percival, Jim Perdios, Keith Peterson, Loic Pora, Fernando Portella, Sal Ram, Jeff Rexroad, Vitor Ribeiro, Kevin Sataki, Dave Seljestd, Joao Claudio Soares, Wayne Spinola, Mark Smith, Chris Tognoni, Tyler Tomlinson, Jerin Valel, Matt Wynne

Nine officials listed above refereed a double-digit number of fights for the promotion. Which of those referees did the UFC use the most in 2023? Scroll through the list below to find out.

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