Herb Dean is listed among best professiona mma referees. He is currently on contract deal with UFC promotion as match official. Herb Dean will be the match official for Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic on 16 November, 2024.
"Herb Dean salary for UFC 309 will be higher compare to other weekly fight night pay-per-views. Herb Dean will earn upto $30k for the upcoming pay-per-view which will take place between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic for the heavyweight title, since the fight is high profile who ever will be selected for it will earn upto $15k to $30k for it depends on his experience in mma as match official"
Herb Dean is listed among richest referees in MMA and Boxing with earnings more than $10k to $30k per main-event of UFC. He got selected for some big fights like Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor in UFC 229. As per "Sport Rich List" media he earned $25k salary for that pay-per-view event.