Alex Pereira continues his attack on referee Herb Dean with ‘coward’ jab after UFC Baku

Alex Pereira is refusing to let a contentious Herb Dean decision go by without publicizing it to his thousands and thousands of followers.

Former middleweight and light-heavyweight champion Pereira has been on the warpath against the veteran referee since UFC Freedom 250. In his effort to make history and win an unprecedented third belt at heavyweight, Pereira was knocked out by Ciryl Gane on the White House lawn.

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Nevertheless, there was massive controversy surrounding the choice to stop the fight on condition that Gane had appeared to hit Pereira to the back of the top multiple times in the ultimate sequence. The Brazilian refuses to let the problem go, and is taking any opportunity to spotlight the referee’s failures.

Alex Pereira goes after Herb Dean yet again following UFC Baku

Following the controversial end to his fight in Washington, DC Alex Pereira has been out for Herb Dean’s head. He’s highlighting every dodgy moment from the veteran referee’s fights – including tonight’s clash between Shara Magomedov and Michel Pereira.

Rising Russian star ‘Shara Bullet’ was called on multiple occasions for pulling Pereira’s hair while on his back. So it got here as something of a surprise when after a stern talking to from Dean he was not penalized for a watch poke in the next round.

Pereira was not one to let this slide, taking to Instagram to share a post made by Michel Pereira highlighting Dean’s inconsistency. Had Magomedov been deducted a degree, the fight would have resulted in a draw.

Alex Pereira shared the post with the caption “coward” to his nearly 7 million Instagram followers. Michel Pereira had put out a series of clips showing Magomedov’s fouls with a caption wherein he questions the veteran referee.

“In MMA, there are rules,” he wrote. “They have to be applied with the identical level of rigor to everyone. Respecting the principles means protecting the integrity of the game and ensuring justice contained in the Octagon.

“My opponent was warned several times and was not punished. When a rule is ignored, the result’s compromised.”