Referee, judging assignments set for UFC 182's Jones vs. Cormier title fight

The referee and judging assignments are set for next month’s heavily anticipated UFC 182 headliner.

Veteran official Herb Dean, who’s overseen some of the sport’s biggest fights in recent years, will ref the headliner between UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones (20-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) and challenger Daniel Cormier (15-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC)

UFC 182 takes place Jan. 3 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

The title fight, which is undoubtedly one of the biggest in company history, will be judged by veteran officials Marcos Rosales, Cardo Urso and Tony Weeks.

All of the fight-night officials were determined at today’s Nevada State Athletic Commission hearing in Las Vegas.

The full UFC 182 lineup includes:

The complete UFC 182 lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

• Champ Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier – for UFC light heavyweight title
• Donald Cerrone vs. Myles Jury
• Nate Marquardt vs. Brad Tavares
• Louis Gaudinot vs. Kyoji Horiguchi
• Josh Burkman vs. Hector Lombard

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)

• Danny Castillo vs. Paul Felder
• Marcus Brimage vs. Cody Garbrandt
• Jared Cannonier vs. Shawn Jordan
• Rodrigo Damm vs. Evan Dunham

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)

• Omari Akhmedov vs. Mats Nilsson
• Alexis Dufresne vs. Marion Reneau

For more on UFC 182, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.