Keith Kizer Says Herb Dean's Reasoning Was Sound on UFC 143
Point Deductions  Esther Lin, MMA Fighting  The head of the
Nevada Commission defends Herb Dean's work at UFC 143.  Referee
Herb Dean was widely criticized after UFC 143 for two decisions
he made in two separate fights: His decision to deduct two
points from Alex "Bruce Leroy" Caceres after his second low blow
of one fight, and his decision not to deduct any points from
Josh Koscheck for an eye poke after being warned.  But the man
who oversees Dean and the other referees in Nevada has no
problem with Dean's calls.  Nevada State Athletic Commission
Executive Director Keith Kizer told that he asked Dean why he
took two points -- rather than one point -- away from Caceres
for kicking Edwin Figueroa in the groin, and Kizer was satisfied
that Dean had made a well-reasoned decision under the rules of
MMA.  "That's something I asked him about afterward," Kizer
said. "We went through that at the post-fight meeting for UFC
143 and he explained himself from t