John McCarthy assigned as referee for Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano at UFC 184

UFC 184 will be headlined by a title fight as Ronda Rousey will defend the UFC women’s bantamweight title against Cat Zingano and the third person in the cage will be John McCarthy. UFC 184 Poster

California State Athletic Commission Executive Director Andy Foster confirmed to The MMA Report that he has assigned McCarthy to be the referee for the title fight.

UFC 184 will come from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California and the main card will begin at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on pay-per-view.

The current UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano fight card is below.

Main Card: (PPV – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Ronda Rousey (10-0) vs. Cat Zingano (9-0)
Holly Holm (7-0) vs. Raquel Pennington (5-4)
Josh Koscheck (17-8) vs. Jake Ellenberger (29-9)
Richard Walsh (8-2) vs. Alan Jouban (10-3)
Tony Ferguson (17-3) vs. Gleison Tibau (33-10)

Preliminary Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Mark Munoz (13-5) vs. Roan Carneiro (19-9)
Kid Yamamoto (18-6, 1NC) vs. Roman Salazar (9-3)
Dhiego Lima (11-2) vs. Tim Means (22-6-1)
Derrick Lewis (11-3, 1NC) vs. Ruan Potts (8-3)

Preliminary Card: (Fight Pass – 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT)
James Krause (21-6) vs. Valmir Lazaro (12-3)
Masio Fullen (9-4) vs. Alexander Torres (2-1)