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On Saturday, the UFC announced the card for its White House event scheduled for June 14 as part of President Donald Trump’s America 250 celebration.
There will be two championship fights on the card.
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UFC CEO and President Dana White speaks during the UFC 326 event at T-Mobile Arena on March 7, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
Ilia Topuria will face Justin Gaethje for the UFC World Lightweight Championship and Alex Pereira will face Ciryl Gane for the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship.
Elsewhere on the card, Sean O’Malley will face Aiemann Zahabi, Michael Chandler will face Mauricio Ruffy, Kyle Daukaus will fight Bo Nickal and Steve Garcia will face Diego Lopes.
The event will be called UFC Freedom 250.
White has insisted the event will not be “overly political” despite it taking place at the White House and President Donald Trump likely to attend.
Ilia Topuria (red gloves) before the fight against Charles Oliveira (blue gloves) during UFC 317 at T-Mobile Arena on June 28, 2025. (Stephen R. Sylvanie/Imagn Images)
“I mean, I don’t know how it would be too political if it wasn’t in the White House,” he told Bloomberg in January.
“Listen, if you look back throughout history, I think [former President] George Bush was a great baseball fan, [former President Barack] Obama was an NBA fan and Trump is a UFC fan. “I don’t think any of those guys, being fans, made any sport too political.”
White said his staff has the logistics of the event “figured out,” noting that about 5,000 people will be able to watch the fights on the White House lawn, while an additional 85,000 people will be able to watch the fights on big screens at The Ellipse.
UFC President Dana White speaks after UFC Fight Night at the Toyota Center on February 21, 2026. (Troy Taormina/Imagn Images)
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“We’re going to take Washington, D.C. the week of the fight,” White said.
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