{"id":237434,"date":"2017-05-16T09:07:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T16:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=237434"},"modified":"2017-05-16T09:07:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T16:07:25","slug":"herb-dean-reflects-controversial-eddie-alvarez-dustin-poirier-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/herb-dean\/herb-dean-reflects-controversial-eddie-alvarez-dustin-poirier-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"Herb Dean reflects on controversial Eddie Alvarez-Dustin Poirier ending"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday night in the preliminary card main event of UFC 211, former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez stepped into the Octagon against streaking lightweight Dustin Poirier for a highly anticipated showdown.<\/a><\/p>\n

Dustin Poirier began to land early, stunning Alvarez with hard shots throughout the first round before ultimately then rocking Alvarez in the second. Miraculously, Alvarez survived the brutal onslaught, and even managed to flip the script as he rocked Porier in the second. This unfortunately led to a sequence of events that saw a ‘Fight of the Year’ candidate cut short as Alvarez unintentionally landed several illegal knees that dropped Poirier<\/a>, who was deemed a ‘grounded fighter’ at the time of the knees.<\/p>\n

\"Eddie<\/p>\n

Now, referee Herb Dean, who chose to call the fight a ‘No contest’ rather than disqualify Alvarez, has spoken to MMAJunkie<\/a> to reflect on the controversial situation, saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cI would have disqualifed him if I believed they were intentional,\u201d Dean said. \u201cHow I rule I knew that Eddie couldn\u2019t see whether (Poirier\u2019s) knee was down or not \u2013 that\u2019s why I ruled it unintentional.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot going on in there, and that\u2019s why (referees) give people a little bit of leeway with some of those rules. I reserve \u2018intentional\u2019 for someone acting out of the rules and being a bad guy, and they need to be disqualified. I don\u2019t think (Alvarez) was trying to be a bad person. I think he was trying to fight within the rules \u2013 it\u2019s just that it\u2019s difficult.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In regards to the possibility of Porier attempting to appeal the ‘No Contest’ in hopes of getting the win, Dean said:<\/p>\n

\"Dustin<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not personalizing this,\u201d Dean said. \u201cIt\u2019s not about me \u2013 it\u2019s about him. He\u2019s a fighter. I\u2019m here just trying to do a good job and serve him and the other fighters. This is about him. I don\u2019t take that personally. He should do everything he can. If he feels he needs to appeal, I think he should do that. I don\u2019t take it personal on me. The fight is the most important fight of their career.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 5\/16\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday night in the preliminary card main event of UFC 211, former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez stepped into the Octagon against streaking lightweight Dustin Poirier for a highly anticipated showdown. Dustin Poirier began to land early, stunning Alvarez with hard shots throughout the first round before ultimately then rocking Alvarez in the second. 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