After months of speculation the full fight card for the UFC: White House event in Washington D.C. on June 14th was finally unveiled tonight by Dana White during the UFC 326 broadcast on Paramount+.
And despite talk of a potential Jon Jones comeback to headline the show, he’s nowhere to be seen, with that honor instead going to lightweight champion Ilia Topuria, who will make his first defense of the belt against interim champ Justin Gaethje.
And in the co-main event, Alex Pereira recently vacated the light-heavyweight title and will now move up to heavyweight to fight recent title contender Ciryl Gane, with the winner potentially earning a title shot against Tom Aspinall.
Former bantamweight champ Sean O’Malley also features on the card, coming in off a win over Song Yadong to fight the in-form Aiemann Zahabi, who is on a seven-fight winning streak.
Michael Chandler lands on the card, looking to shed his losing slump when he goes up against Mauricio Ruffy, who comes in off a TKO victory.
Bo Nickal returns to action after a KO win last time out to fight Kyle Daukaus, who is 2-0 in his 2nd stint in the UFC so far.
And finally, recent featherweight title contender Diego Lopes will go up against Steve Garcia, who is on a seven-fight unbeaten run.
Check out the full UFC Freedom 250 card below.
Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje
Alex Pereira vs. Ciryl Gane
Sean O’Malley vs. Aiemann Zahabi
Mauricio Ruffy vs. Michael Chandler
Bo Nickal vs. Kyle Daukaus
Diego Lopes vs. Steve Garcia
The White House event, also known as ‘Freedom Fights 250’ is a special one-off show to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, and will also be taking place on President Trump’s 80th birthday.
The event will take place on the lawn of the White House with seating there for several thousand guests, while at least 60,000 more fans will be able to watch the action on giant screens erected at The Ellipse park nearby.
So what to make of the line-up overall?
well, it has to be said it’s not perfect. While Dana White had consistently stated that Jon Jones wouldn’t feature on the card, it had seemed recently that it might happen after all, so it’s inevitably a disappointment not to see the rumored match-up with Pereira.







