Ilia Topuria, Justin Gaethje are set to co-headline UFC’s White House event

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Ilia Topuria, Justin Gaethje are set to co-headline UFC’s White House event

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The UFC announced the card Saturday for its White House event, which will take place June 14 as part of President Donald Trump’s America 250 celebration.

There will be two championship fights on the schedule.

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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 lightweight world 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 face Bo Nickal and Steve Garcia will face Diego Lopes.

The event is dubbed UFC Freedom 250.

White insisted the event would not be “too political” despite being held at the White House with President Donald Trump in attendance.

Ilia Topuria before the fight against Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 at T-Mobile Arena on June 28, 2025. (Stephen R. Sylvanie/Imagn Images)

“I mean, I don’t know how it could be too political other than in the White House,” he told Bloomberg in January.

“Look, if you look at 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 these fans have become too political of a sport.”

White said his team has the logistics of the event “connected” and noted that about 5,000 people will be able to view the fights on the White House lawn while an additional 85,000 people will be able to see the fights on the big screen at The Ellipse.