Instead, the UFC couldn't even get the sport right, introducing him as an NBA player.The mishap set up for one of White's most memorable post-fight rants in recent memory.WATCH:"So, I tell you all the time, my production team is amazing.
We just did the White House ...and it was the greatest f---ing thing in the world to be there live and to watch it on TV," White told reporters.SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM WALKS INTO OCTAGON AS SURPRISE UFC 329 RING GIRL"I just paid Shakur Stevenson a s--- load of money, and for some reason, we can't figure this celebrity thing out."Shakur Stevenson speaks during the press conference ahead of his WBC and WBO junior lightweight championship fight with Robson Conceição, at Prudential Center on September 21, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey.
(Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)"They put him up as a f---ing OKC NBA player.Are you f---ing kidding me? It's absolutely crazy," White continued.
"We are the absolute worst to ever do the celebrity thing.When we put celebrities up, we are the worst."So what set White off?CONOR MCGREGOR REACTS TO DISASTROUS UFC RETURN: 'MY HEAD GASKET IS GONE'Conor McGregor was making his highly anticipated return to the Octagon, and the Las Vegas crowd was predictably packed with A-listers.During a routine broadcast sweep of the cageside VIPs, the camera landed on undefeated, four-division boxing champion Shakur Stevenson.The only problem? He was identified as Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder.Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams drives into the paint during the first quarter of Game Two of the NBA Western Conference Finals against the San Antonio Spurs at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 20, 2026.
(Alex Slitz/Getty Images)Yikes.Under normal circumstances, that's something you laugh off.
But for White, it was an expensive embarrassment.White had just spent big to bring Stevenson to Zuffa Boxing.UFC 329 was supposed to celebrate the signing.
Instead, the broadcast turned him into...