Why Dana White declares FIFA World Cup production even worse than UFC's

Farah Hannoun, MMA JunkieMon, July 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM UTC

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Dana White didn't think any production team could mess up the celebrity row more than the UFC – but he was wrong.

White infamously criticized his own production team for misnaming celebrities on the UFC broadcast. Former undefeated boxing champion Terence Crawford was once mistaken for rapper Kendrick Lamar, and most recently Shakur Stevenson for Oklahoma City Thunder's Jalen Williams.

While watching the FIFA World Cup final between Spain and Argentina on Sunday, White went off on their production team. Many celebrities were shown throughout the game, where Spain defeated Argentina 1-0, but there were no graphics. However, the BBC broadcast mislabeled Pharrell Williams as A$AP Rocky, and even initially accidentally called him "AKA Rocky."

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"You know what's crazy? I actually teed up the guys who are doing the production, the guys responsible for the production of the World Cup, for you guys to hit a grand slam home run," White said on his Instagram Story (h/t Home of Fight). "Even though everybody in my team was arguing with me saying that you are the worst, I said, 'No, we are the worst – they didn’t f*ck it up as bad as we did.'

"And what do you guys do? You triple down today and you just go, 'F*ck you Dana White, you're not beating us. We're the worst production team in the history of sports to ever show celebrities.' I bow down. Congratulations to the producers of the World Cup. You guys win, you guys f*cked up that flyover, too. I'm not going to nitpick, I'm just giving you credit where credit is due. You guys absolutely f*cking suck. We are the second worst."

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