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The Nevada State Athletic Comission announced this week that “Big” John McCarthy will serve as the referee for UFC 195’s main event welterweight title fight between champion Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit. UFC 195 takes place on January 2nd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
McCarthy recently served as the third man in the octagon at UFC 194, when he had to stop the fight between Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo at the 13 second mark.
The commission has also announced that Derek Cleary, Chris Lee, and Tony Weeks will be the judges for Lawler vs. Condit.
The main card for UFC 195 will air on pay-per-view, while the prelims will air on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass. We’ll have full round-by-round coverage of the event right here on MMANews.com. Here’s the full card for the event so far:
Main Card (PPV – 10 PM ET/7 PM PT)
Robbie Lawler (26-10, 1NC) vs. Carlos Condit (30-8)
Stipe Miocic (13-2) vs. Andrei Arlovski (25-10, 1NC)
Kelvin Gastelum (11-2) vs. Kyle Noke (22-7-1)
Albert Tumenov (16-2) vs. Lorenz Larkin (16-4, 1NC)
Diego Brandao (24-10) vs. Brian Ortega (9-0, 1NC)
Preliminary Card (FS1 – 8 PM ET/5 PM PT)
Michael McDonald (16-3) vs. Masanori Kanehara (25-12-5)
Justine Kish (4-0) vs. Nina Ansaroff (6-4)
Drew Dober (15-7, 1NC) vs. Scott Holtzman (8-0)
Abel Trujillo (12-7, 1NC) vs. Tony Sims (12-3)
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass – 6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT)
Dustin Poirier (18-4) vs. Joe Duffy (14-1)
Joe Soto (15-4) vs. Michinori Tanaka (10-1)
Edgar Garcia (14-4) vs. Sheldon Westcott (9-3-1)
