Dana White Blasts World Cup Final Broadcast After 1-0 Match for Celebrity Misidentifications
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Updated · MMA Junkie · Jul 20
Dana White Blasts World Cup Final Broadcast After 1-0 Match for Celebrity Misidentifications
3 articles · Updated · MMA Junkie · Jul 20
Summary
Dana White said the World Cup final production team was even worse than UFC's after Spain's 1-0 win over Argentina, mocking repeated celebrity-identification errors on his Instagram Story.
BBC coverage mislabeled Pharrell Williams as A$AP Rocky and briefly called him "AKA Rocky," while White also faulted the broadcast for showing celebrities without graphics and botching a flyover.
White framed the rant against UFC's own recent on-air mistakes, including Terence Crawford being mistaken for Kendrick Lamar and Shakur Stevenson for NBA player Jalen Williams.
The outburst extends a running embarrassment over live sports celebrity graphics, with White sarcastically conceding FIFA's crew had overtaken UFC as the "worst production team" in that category.