Leading third men: The 10 referees who oversaw the most UFC fights in 2022

The UFC’s 2022 schedule is in the bag.

This past year was busy and booming not only for fighters, promoters, and coaches, but referees, as well. 2022 marked an upward tick in non-UFC Apex events for the promotion. The UFC held events in eight U.S. jurisdictions (Arizona, California, Florida, New York, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, and Utah) and three countries abroad (Abu Dhabi, London, and Singapore).

Over the span of 12 months, the UFC promoted 42 events. During those shows, 27 referees were used – a 35 percent increase in the number of referees (20) used across 43 events in 2021.

With the increased diversification of officials, the number of fights refereed by last year’s leaders largely bumped down on an individual basis.

Below is a full list of every referee that officiated at least one UFC fight in 2022 (in alphabetical order by last name). The list does not include Dana White’s Contender Series fights. The data was calculated using leading MMA database Tapology:

Mike Beltran, Lukasz Bosacki, Ryan Brueggeman, Gary Copeland, Herb Dean, Thomas Fann, Larry Folsom, Andrew Glenn, Marc Goddard, Kerry Hatley, Jason Herzog, Kevin MacDonald, Dan Miragliotta, Rich Mitchell, Jacob Montalvo, Dan Movahedi, Steve Perceval, Keith Peterson, Loic Pora, Dave Seljestad, John Sharp, Mark Smith, Chris Tognoni, Tyler Tomlinson, Frank Trigg, Chad Trukovich, Jerin Valel

Ten of the officials listed above refereed a double-digit number of fights for the promotion. Which of those referees did the UFC use the most in 2022? Scroll through the list below to find out.