Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos Did you know the use of “abusive language” is technically a foul under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts? It’s a point worth mentioning ahead of tonight’s UFC 196 headliner. After all, when featherweight champion Conor McGregor (19-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) meets lightweight Nate Diaz (18-10 MMA, 13-8 UFC) in the welterweight pay-per-view main event, the language is expected to be, well, quite colorful. So how will veteran referee Herb Dean, who officiates tonight’s bout at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, enforce a rule that could be interpreted any number of ways? As he told MMMAjunkie Radio, expect each trash-talker to get a long leash
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