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Dana White sounds off on World Cup production after final match: ‘You guys absolutely f*cking suck’

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Dana White sounds off on World Cup production after final match: ‘You guys absolutely f*cking suck’

Dana White felt a little better about his own production staff after watching the World Cup finale on Sunday.

The UFC CEO dropped a video on his Instagram stories following Spain's 1-0 win over Argentina. Following UFC 329, White blasted his own production unit after showing new Zuffa Boxing signee Shakur Stevenson during the broadcast, with the lower third calling him Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder — even calling UFC production the worst in sports in that department.

That changed after Sunday's match.

“It'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. “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.

“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 every show celebrities.â€

White and the UFC are in the middle of their first year with Paramount under their new broadcast deal. The partnership is set for another six and half years with the UFC earning a total of $7.7 billion. Fans have enjoyed the price decrease from the old pay-per-view model, but haven't been impressed with other things about the deal, such as the walkouts not being shown, pacing issues, and post-production of the event not allowing fans to watch entire cards.

But despite all of the issues fans seem to have about the UFC's broadcasts this year, White is tipping the cap to the folks at FIFA and their broadcast team for their performance on Sunday.

“I bow down,†White said. “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 juts giving you credit where credit is due. You guys absolutely f*cking suck. We are the second worst.â€

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UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2, Tsarukyan vs. Ruffy live stream watch party

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UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2, Tsarukyan vs. Ruffy live stream watch party

MMA Fighting has a live stream watch party for Saturday's UFC 331 event at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. In the main event, Joshua Van defends his flyweight title in a rematch against the man he won the championship from, Alexandre Pantoja in a heated rematch.

Join MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Jed Meshew as they watch the main card and more for the promotion's upcoming numbered event in the City of Angels.

In the co-main event, top lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan faces knockout artist Mauricio Ruffy in a high-stakes, five-round contest.

Additionally, former Bellator champion Patricio Pitbull takes on Doo Ho Choi in the featherweight featured contest, while Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson battles Sean Sharaf in a heavyweight bout.

The UFC 331 main card opens with a light heavyweight tilt between Alonzo Menifield and Iwo Baraniewski.

Watch MMA Fighting's UFC 330 live stream Watch Party beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT with the featured preliminary fight between Marlon Vera and Charles Jourdain.

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Anything but Fighting: Edmen Shahbazyan answers random questions

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Anything but Fighting: Edmen Shahbazyan answers random questions

LOS ANGELES — UFC middleweight contender Edmen Shahbazyan joins MMA Fighting's Jose Youngs on #AnythingButFighting to talk about his favorite movies, music, foods, concerts, and more.

Shahbazyan (16-6) is looking to get back into the win column against Brunno Ferreira on the preliminary card of UFC 331. “The Golden Boy†previously dropped a unanimous decision win to Brendan Allen, snapping his three-fight win streak in the process. To date, Shahbazyan holds notable wins over Andre Petroski, André Muniz, Jack Hermansson, Brad Tavares, and Jack Marshman.

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Dana White says Ciryl Gane won’t be promoted to undisputed champion: ‘He’s still got to fight’

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Dana White says Ciryl Gane won’t be promoted to undisputed champion: ‘He’s still got to fight’

Ciryl Gane is NOT the undisputed UFC heavyweight champion.

On Monday, Tom Aspinall vacated his UFC heavyweight title after reinjuring his eyes in training, forcing him out of action indefinitely. As such, many expected that interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane — the man who caused Aspinall's original eye injuries when he poked him during their heavyweight title fight at UFC 321 — would be elevated to undisputed champion and then defend his belt; but not so fast.

“Does it make him the undisputed champion?†White asked when questioned about Gane. “No. He's still got to fight.â€

White added that he expects Gane's next fight, the bout for the title of undisputed champion, will be announced “very soon.â€

Ostensibly, Aspinall could face the winner of whatever that potential bout is, should he be ready to return to action by then. But White has no timeline on when that might be.

“I don't [know],†White said when asked how long Aspinall's will be out for. “Obviously, whenever he feels healthy again, whenever his eyes are healed, then we're ready for him.â€

Gane won the interim heavyweight title with a TKO win over Alex Pereira at UFC White House this summer. It was expected that Gane and Aspinall would unify their titles in a rematch this year, before Aspinall's setback ended those plans.

As for the rest of the heavyweight division, Aspinall's latest update seems to have left the UFC scrambling, with White not having a clear path forward, but saying the UFC will figure it out.

“We'll see how this whole thing plays out with Aspinall,†White said. “Ciryl will fight, and we'll see who becomes the champion. This isn't like this is the first time this has ever happened, and it's happening right now with Valentina Shevchenko, too. This is nothing new. This happens sometimes, and it's unfortunate. Not the best outcome, but it is what it is.â€

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