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Dana White is livid with the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s production team for getting celebrities’ names wrong on the broadcast.
Four-division boxing champion and Zuffa Boxing’s latest signing, Shakur Stevenson, was in attendance at UFC 329 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. However, when Stevenson was shown on screen, a lower third had him captioned as NBA player Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder. White later slammed the UFC’s production team for the mix-up.
White notes that his production team, which he is usually immensely proud of, just hosted a monumental event on the South Lawn of the White House last month. However, the UFC CEO believes his production team is the worst in all sports when it comes to showcasing celebrities at UFC events.
“My production team, we just did the White House. We built an arena on the South Lawn of the White House, and it was the greatest thing in the world to be there live and to watch it on TV,” White said at the UFC 329 post-fight press conference. “I just paid Shakur Stevenson a sh*tload of money, and for some reason, we can't figure this celebrity sh*t out. They put him up as a f*cking OKC NBA player. Are you f*cking kidding me? But we are the absolute worst to ever do the celebrity thing. When we put celebrities up, we are the worst.”
Stevenson enjoyed White’s rant, posting on X, “Yea Dana,” followed by a laughing and fire emoji. Williams also took the incident in good stead and couldn’t help cracking a few jokes. The NBA champion wrote on his Instagram Stories, “Ehh close enough,” before accepting lifetime free ringside tickets to UFC events as a token of apology.
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Four-division boxing champion and Zuffa Boxing’s latest signing, Shakur Stevenson, was in attendance at UFC 329 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. However, when Stevenson was shown on screen, a lower third had him captioned as NBA player Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder. White later slammed the UFC’s production team for the mix-up.
Shakur Stevenson and Jalen Williams react to mix-up at UFC 329
White notes that his production team, which he is usually immensely proud of, just hosted a monumental event on the South Lawn of the White House last month. However, the UFC CEO believes his production team is the worst in all sports when it comes to showcasing celebrities at UFC events.
“My production team, we just did the White House. We built an arena on the South Lawn of the White House, and it was the greatest thing in the world to be there live and to watch it on TV,” White said at the UFC 329 post-fight press conference. “I just paid Shakur Stevenson a sh*tload of money, and for some reason, we can't figure this celebrity sh*t out. They put him up as a f*cking OKC NBA player. Are you f*cking kidding me? But we are the absolute worst to ever do the celebrity thing. When we put celebrities up, we are the worst.”
Stevenson enjoyed White’s rant, posting on X, “Yea Dana,” followed by a laughing and fire emoji. Williams also took the incident in good stead and couldn’t help cracking a few jokes. The NBA champion wrote on his Instagram Stories, “Ehh close enough,” before accepting lifetime free ringside tickets to UFC events as a token of apology.
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