Bruce Buffer misnamed Anthony Smith in a blunder while announcing at UFC 301.
Buffer has worked as the UFC’s official octagon announcer since UFC 8 and is an integral part of the show that the promotion put on for their MMA fights.
He called the shots once again at UFC 301, but made a rare error during MMA legend Anthony Smith’s win over Vitor Betrino.
After submitting his rival, Smith came into the centre of the cage to get his win made official, but Buffer accidentally declared ‘Vitor’ as the winner.
Immediately realising his error, Buffer corrected himself while Smith turned around and shared a laugh with the famous announcer.
It was a subject that was then brought up at the post-fight press conference, and Smith admitted he felt bad for the UFC cult hero.
He said: “I feel really bad for Buffer. I know how serious and how much he loves his job and how professional he is.
“He is really hard on himself. Me and Bruce are friends, like we work together a lot. So, he takes his job so serious.
“He takes it to the heart; he puts his heart and soul into this job.
“I feel bad because he’s probably bummed out about it. I hope I get to talk to him after.
“I’m good with it — people make mistakes. It’s no big deal. I just hope he’s not beating himself up too bad.”
It was a moment of relief for the pair after the result was cleared up, which sees Smith return to the win column after losing to Khalil Rountree in December 2023.
A similar mistake was made at UFC 297, when Charle͏s Jourdain lost to Sean Woodson but was announced as the winner by Buffer.
Officials then intervened and made sure that Buffer declared the correct winner to the utter confusion of Jourdain.
It was a packed evening of action on the latest UFC 301 pay-per-view and it is no wonder Buffer got in a muddle.
UFC icon Jose Aldo returned to the octagon outpointing Jonathan Martinez in a bantamweight clash.
In the main event, Alexandre Pantoja defeated Steve Erceg on points to retain his flyweight title in a second defence.
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