Dennis Hallman wore at UFC 133 – the same briefs that ever-so-briefly exposed Hallman's nether regions to Saturday's pay-per-view audience.
"I'm seriously pissed off at the guys who work us who let him walk out with those things on," White said.
White suggested the employee (or employees) responsible could be terminated. Additionally, Hallman, who had won two straight fights before his first-round TKO loss to Brian Ebersole at UFC 133, appears headed to the unemployment line.
"I've never been so embarrassed being in the UFC," White said after the event, which took place at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center.
White said such skimpy bottoms are now officially banned from competition. But it's not just because they're revealing; he said they're also simply not functional for an active and close-quarters sport such as MMA.
As a few key eagle-eye TV viewers noticed during one ground scramble, Hallman's groin was briefly exposed.
"I thought we had some common sense, at least a little common sense," White said. "That was a really bad moment. I was horrified."
But were Hallman's shorts really any different than the type of tights worn by professional wrestlers and other athletes? It was basically just a Speedo, right?
"Maybe it was a Speedo, but Speedos weren't meant to have a cup the size of a helmet stuffed in them," White said. "I think he was overdoing it on the cup, too.
"It was bad. It was as bad as bad can be."
In fact, White was so relieved that Hallman lost and quickly got the fight off TV that he awarded the night's vacant "Submission of the Night" bonus to opponent Ebersole as a "thanks-for-getting-those-horrifying-shorts-off-TV-as-soon-as-possible" bonus. At the night's post-fight press conference, he handed the check to Ebersole, who couldn't contain his amazement and glee over the $70,000 gift.