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Dave Legeno vs Herb Dean

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Dave Legeno and Herb Dean met once (2007). Dave Legeno won in 2007 by ko.

SOURCE·Dave Legeno and Herb Dean — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Dave LegenoHerb Dean
—Reach—
—Height73″ (185.4 cm)
—Reach advantage—
4–3Record2–3
75%Finish rate100%
2Longest unbeaten run1
7Recorded bouts5
—Stance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Dave Legeno

2000loss v Alan Murdock, 2005, submissionwin v Alan Murdock, 2006, submissionwin v Kimo Leopoldo, 2006, submissionloss v Mark Epstein, 2006, koloss v Ikuhisa Minowa, 2006, submissionwin v Herb Dean, 2007, kowin v Dan Severn, 2007, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2005–2007
loss vs Alan Murdock (2005)win vs Alan Murdock (2006)win vs Kimo Leopoldo (2006)loss vs Mark Epstein (2006)loss vs Ikuhisa Minowa (2006)win vs Herb Dean (2007)win vs Dan Severn (2007)
winlossdraw / NC2005–2007

Herb Dean

2000win v Randy Halmot, 2001, submissionloss v Joe Riggs, 2003, submissionwin v Timothy Mendoza, 2004, koloss v Choi Jung-gyu, 2006, submissionloss v Dave Legeno, 2007, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2001–2007
win vs Randy Halmot (2001)loss vs Joe Riggs (2003)win vs Timothy Mendoza (2004)loss vs Choi Jung-gyu (2006)loss vs Dave Legeno (2007)
winlossdraw / NC2001–2007

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