Veteran referee Mario Yamasaki will be the third man in the cage when UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (24-2 MMA, 18-2 UFC) and Johny Hendricks (15-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) meet in next month’s UFC 167 headliner. Judges appointed for the title bout were Sal D’Amato, Glenn Trowbridge and Tony Weeks.

Nevada State Athletic Commissions officials doled out the assignments during a meeting today in Las Vegas.

“UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks” takes place Nov. 16 at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena.

UFC Vice President Marc Ratner, who was present at the NSAC meeting, voiced no objections to the officials selections. Yamasaki will bank $1,500 for the assignment while the judges will earn $1,200 each.

Champ St-Pierre seeks his ninth consecutive defense of the UFC welterweight title, a mark that would leave him one shy of former middleweight title holder Anderson Silva‘s UFC record.

Meanwhile, Hendricks carries a six-fight win streak into the bout, his first UFC championship bid.

Yamasaki is certainly no stranger to high-profile assignments, though his most recent main-event job was overseeing a heavyweight bout between Fabricio Werdum and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in June at UFC on FUEL TV 10.

D’Amato is one of the most active judges in MMA, having scored 15 major events including this month’s UFC 166. Trowbridge is also a regular fixture at UFC events, though he’s only worked six major shows this year. Weeks, meanwhile, has worked five, including August’s UFC Fight Night 26.

UFC 167 serves as the 20th anniversary event for the industry-leading MMA promotion and is expected to do big business at the box office.

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