‘Brutal’ – Angry Dana White fumes at UFC production quality following TV blunder and says ‘we gotta lot of work to do’

DANA WHITE has once again ripped into the UFC production following their latest fight card. The UFC president has been very vocal about improving the standard of production for both Zuffa Boxing shows and UFC in recent months and does not care who knows it. Dana White has lit up his own production team in several press conferences now Credit: John Fycke/AdMediaPhoto / SplashNews.com White has to worry about the production of his Zuffa Boxing shows as well as the UFC Credit: John Fycke/AdMediaPhoto / SplashNews.com Following UFC 329 earlier this month, White took aim at his producers after another high-profile incident of misidentifying a celebrity attending the event. While showing an image of Shakur Stevenson, one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world who White had signed to Zuffa, a graphic on the broadcast identified him as Oklahoma City Thunder star Jalen Williams. Sign up for the Sport newsletter Thank you! At the time, White said of the blunder: “We’re the worst ever to f*cking do it.” During this weekend’s Fight Night event headlined by Magomed Ankalaev-Bogdan Guskov, there were no faux pas. But White was clearly still not happy with the end product. He said: “So many nitpicky things tonight. “I literally have a laundry list. The production was brutal tonight. Brutal. I was texting with my guy all night long. We gotta lot of work to do.” Following the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, White joked that he had spoken too soon about UFC’s broadcasts being the “worst ever” after seeing the Fifa’s attempt at spotting the stars. Shakur Stevenson, after making the biggest move of his career, was wrongly identified White claims he has a ‘laundry list’ of complaints and is working to make it better Credit: Zuffa LLC White concluded after watching the World Cup final: “We are the second worst.” Most read in Sport It’s becoming a common theme for UFC events right now and almost a running joke among fans. White’s next big chance to get it right is UFC 330 on August 15. Ireland‘s Ian Garry will challenge Islam Makhachev for the welterweight title in the main event. But if the stars come out for the show in Philadelphia, the production truck best be ready! Comment now