Kendrick Lamar has gone viral once again, but this time it's not because of a surprise diss track. UFC 306 took place over the weekend in Las Vegas for “Noche UFC” at the Sphere in celebration of Mexican Independence Day, and many celebrities were in attendance to watch the main event between Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili.
One of those celebrities was boxer Terence “Bud” Crawford, who took in the action as he sat next to Turki Al-Alshaikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority.
However, while the producers of the TV show got Al-Alshaikh's name right, they confused Crawford with rapper Kendrick Lamar when the camera panned to one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. Of course, fans took notice and posted videos of the gaffe all over social media, with one user telling the UFC that they were in fact “going to hell.”
Both Crawford and UFC boss Dana White laughed off the situation. Bud felt like it was made on purpose by some young, intrepid producer caught up in the rap battle that defined the summer.
“To be honest I think it was done on purpose just for laughs because how can you confuse us?” Crawford said TMZ. “All in all, it was funny to me.”
He also said in the report that a lot of people hit on him by mentioning when Kendrick called him on the Drake diss track “Euphoria,” where the Compton rapper told his rival, “I don't like you poppin' on Pharrell, for him, i inherit the beef/Yeah all that pushin' P let me see you Push-a T/You better turn on it you thinkin' pushin' me/This is Terrence Thornton I'm Terence Crawford yeah I'm tiring 'em my legs”.
During the post-fight press conference, White also poked fun at the mix-up and said he had already spoken to the boxer about the mistake. “I was talking to Terence Crawford,” he said with a laugh. “I don't want to call him… I don't know who the hell did this and I thought it was… Yeah, it was really bad. He kind of looked like Kendrick Lamar, but let's not fight… So when I said we had a flawless production tonight, I take it back.”
In other K. Dot news, he dropped an untitled track with cryptic lyrics that seemed to take aim at Drake and the rap industry at large, where he proclaims that “it's time to watch the party die.” This new song comes just days after he announced that he will be headlining Super Bowl 59 in February.
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