MMA Hour host and MMA Insider Ariel Helwani just announced on Twitter that the Nevada State Athletic Commission will have a hearing on August 16th to decide who will act as the referee and the judges for the upcoming Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather fight on August 26th.
Nevada Athletic Commission’s Bob Bennett tells me the referee and judges for Mayweather-McGregor will be decided at a hearing on Aug. 16.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) August 3, 2017
That’s when Bennett will recommend the officials to the commission. He has an idea but wouldn’t reveal. Still working through it, he said.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) August 3, 2017
One has to wonder if the commission will give anymore consideration to Floyd Mayweather’s request for 8 oz gloves to be used instead of the mandated size for a 154 pound fight of 10 oz gloves. While the commission