Two title fights set for UFC 248 now have their respective officiating teams.
The Nevada Athletic Commission, which will regulate UFC 248 next month, announced the referees and judges for the card’s main and co-main events during a monthly meeting Wednesday.
Dan Miragliotta will referee the fight between UFC middleweight champion [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag] and [autotag]Yoel Romero[/autotag]. The judges will be Sal D’Amato, Chris Lee and Ron McCarthy.
For the co-main event between UFC strawweight champion [autotag]Weili Zhang[/autotag] and [autotag]Joanna Jedrzejczyk[/autotag], referee Keith Peterson will be on assignment, with Mike Bell, Derek Cleary and Eric Colon serving as judges.
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UFC 248 takes place March 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.
Both Adesanya (18-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) and Zhang (20-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) will look to remain undefeated in the UFC.
The UFC 248 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero – for middleweight title
- Champ Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk – for strawweight title
- Li Jingliang vs. Neil Magny
- Sean O’Malley vs. Jose Quinonez
- Derek Brunson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Danaa Batgerel vs. Guido Cannetti
- Gerald Meerschaert vs. Deron Winn
- Polyana Viana vs. Emily Whitmire
- Jamall Emmers vs. Movsar Evloev
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET)
- Saparbek Safarov vs. Rodolfo Vieira
- Austin Hubbard vs. Mark Madsen
- Beneil Dariush vs. Drakkar Klose
- Max Griffin vs. Alex Oliveira
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