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What is Herb Dean’s net worth and salary?

Herb Dean, an American mixed martial arts referee and retired fighter, has a net worth of $2.5 million dollars, according to reports. He is widely respected as the gold standard in MMA officiating. Dean has won the Fighters Only Magazine’s World MMA Award for Referee of the Year every year from 2010 to 2014, and again in 2019 and 2020.

Dean earns an annual salary of $500,000 as a referee for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Early Life and Training

Herb Dean was born in 1970 in Pasadena, California. He started training in martial arts at nine years old and continued to train in various disciplines throughout his teenage years, including jiu jitsu and judo. Dean trained with Frank Trejo when UFC 1 was just starting and continued to train with him.

In 1996, Dean met Larry Landless, who introduced him to MMA training at Submission Factory in Los Angeles.