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The UFC on Saturday announced the card for its White House event, set to take place on June 14 as part of President Donald Trump’s America 250 celebration.
There will be two championship bouts 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 take on Ciryl Gane for the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship.
Elsewhere on the card, Sean O’Malley will take on Aiemann Zahabi, Michael Chandler will take on Mauricio Ruffy, Kyle Daukaus will take on Bo Nickal and Steve Garcia will take on Diego Lopes.
The event will be dubbed UFC Freedom 250.
White has insisted the event will not be “too political” despite taking place at the White House, where President Donald Trump is likely to attend.
Ilia Topuria before the fight against Charles Oliveira 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 other than it’s in the White House,” he told Bloomberg in January.
“Listen, if you look back through history, I think [former President] George Bush was a big baseball fan, [former President Barack] Obama was an NBA fan and Trump is a UFC fan. I don’t think any of the guys who are fans made any sport too political.”
White said his staff has the logistics of the event “diagnosed,” noting that about 5,000 will be able to watch the games on the White House lawn, while another 85,000 people will be able to watch the games 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 over Washington, DC, the week of the game,” White said.
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