Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje, Alex Pereira vs. Ciryl Gane, Full Main Card Announced For UFC Freedom 250 At The White House
The main card is set for UFC Freedom 250 at the White House on June 14.
UFC announced that the event will be headlined by Ilia Topuria defending the UFC Lightweight Title against Justin Gaethje. Topuria is 17-0, knocking out Alexander Volkanovski, Max Holloway, and Charles Oliveira in his last three fights.
Gaehtje defeated Paddy Pimblett in his last bout.
The co-main event sees Alex Pereira moving up in weight to challenge Cyril Gane for the Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship. Tom Aspinall is the reigning UFC Heavyweight Champion, but is currently sidelined with an eye injury. Pereira vacated the UFC Light Heavyweight Title to move up to Heavyweight.
The rest of the main card is as followed:
- Bantamweight: Sean O’Malley vs. Aiemann Zahabi
- Lightweight: Mauricio Ruffy vs. Michael Chandler
- Middleweight: Bo Nickal vs. Kyle Daukaus
- Featherweight: Diego Lopes vs. Steve Garcia
Fightful will have coverage of UFC Freedom 250 when itairs.
