The referees and judges for the UFC’s first pay-per-view event of the year have been revealed.
California State Athletic Commission’s executive officer Andy Foster provided MMA Junkie with the full list of judges and referees for UFC 311, which takes place Jan. 18 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.
In the main event, Islam Makhachev puts his lightweight title on the line against Arman Tsarukyan in a second meeting against Arman Tsarukyan. In the co-feature, Merab Dvalishvili will look to defend his bantamweight title against Umar Nurmagomedov.
Working the co-main event will be UFC veteran Chris Leben, who will judge his first UFC title fight. Leben has three total judging assignments throughout the event.
Scroll below to see which referees and judges are on assignment for each fight at UFC 311.
Champion Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan – for lightweight title
Referee: Herb Dean
Judges: Sal D’Amato, Derek Cleary, Ron McCarthy
Champion Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov – for bantamweight title
Referee: Jason Herzog
Judges: Chris Leben, Chris Crail, Michael Bell
Jiri Prochazka vs. Jamahal Hill
Referee: Mike Beltran
Judges: Sal D’Amato, Derek Cleary, Jonathan Romero
Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano
Referee: Frank Trigg
Judges: Felicia Oh, Raphael Davis, Michael Bell
Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder
Referee: Blake Grice
Judges: Sal D’Amato, Derek Cleary, Ron McCarthy
Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos
Referee: Herb Dean
Judges: Chris Leben, Chris Crail, Jonathan Romero
Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac
Referee: Jason Herzog
Judges: Felicia Oh, Raphael Davis, Michael Bell
Bogdan Guskov vs. Billy Elekana
Referee: Mike Beltran
Judges: Sal D’Amato, Chris Crail, Jonathan Romero
Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
Referee: Frank Trigg
Judges: Felicia Oh, Raphael Davis, Ron McCarthy
Zachary Reese vs. Azamat Bekoev
Referee: Blake Grice
Judges: Brian Tyler, Derek Cleary, Michael Bell
Karol Rosa vs. Ailin Perez
Referee: Mike Beltran
Judges: Sal D’Amato, Chris Crail, Jonathan Romero
Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafurov
Referee: Jason Herzog
Judges: Chris Leben, Derek Cleary, Felicia Oh
Ricky Turcios vs. Bernardo Sopaj
Referee: Frank Trigg
Judges: Brian Tyler, Felicia Oh, Ron McCarthy
Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Clayton Carpenter
Referee: Blake Grice
Judges: Brian Tyler, Raphael Davis, Jonathan Romero
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 311 referees, judges revealed; Chris Leben assigned first UFC title fight
