Sean Strickland and Dana White blast World Cup soccer final

Many around the world were captivated by the 2026 World Cup Finals, but not everyone is a Soccer enthusiast, to use the more domestic phrasing. Sean Strickland and Dana White seem to be within that collective, with the pair saying less-than-glowing things about the football match from last weekend.

Spain was able to best Argentina 1-0 in extra time, and the UFC middleweight champion took a screenshot of the action during that overtime period. By way of his personal Instagram story, the two-time titleholder at 185 pounds posted text over top of his screenshot, as Strickland succinctly said,

“This sport sucks”

Dana White took issue with something more specific from the 2026 World Cup finals

Spain besting Argentina over the weekend also drew in massive viewership from around the world. Someone who often touts the massive viewership of companies he involves himself in is Dana White, who skewered the production decisions made for the hugely viewed television broadcast.

White also tied this into a grievance he had with his own production team, with Paramount falsely identifying Zuffa Boxing signee Shakur Stevenson at UFC 329 via a lower third graphic that showed the name Jalen Williams, who plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Also using Instagram as the medium for his message, Dana White created a video piece to blast production elements utilized for the World Cup broadcast, as White stated [via MMA Fighting],

“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. 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**k you, Dana White, you’re not beating us. We’re the worst production team in the history of sports to every show celebrities.”

“I bow down. Congratulations to the producers of the World Cup. You guys win. You guys f***ed up that flyover, too. I’m not going to nitpick, I’m just giving you credit where credit is due. You guys absolutely f***ing suck. We are the second worst.”

This isn’t the first time that White has made inflammatory comments about the world’s sport that have drawn the ire of observers, and it doesn’t seem like it will be the last either.