Herb Dean breaks down referee protocol for 12-to-6 elbows in light of UFC on FOX 30 situation 

The sequence right before the finish of the UFC on FOX 30 main event has drawn some serious conversation.
Right before Dustin Poirier beat Eddie Alvarez by second-round TKO last Saturday night in Calgary, Alvarez had achieved full mount with Poirier up against the cage. But when Alvarez threw an illegal 12-to-6 elbow, referee Marc Goddard stepped in, stood Alvarez up and moved the fight back to a neutral plane.
Some have questioned why Goddard just didn’t give Alvarez a warning and kept t