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  • UFC Freedom 250 Headliners Meet President Trump, USA Belt Unveiled

    UFC Freedom 250 Headliners Meet President Trump, USA Belt Unveiled

    UFC Freedom 250 comes next month on June 14, 2026 on a special Sunday event. Headlining the card will be Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje for the UFC Lightweight Championship. In the co-main event, Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane will battle for the UFC Interim-Heavyweight Championship.

    Today, all four headliners met President Trump at the White House and accompanied him in the Oval Office where Trump put over the magnitude of each fighter. A comparative USA UFC Championship belt was also revealed, but it’s unclear if this is a comparative piece for Trump, or other plans are in tow for the title.

    The White House event is undoubtably UFC’s biggest show ever. During this meeting, renderings for the event were shown, granting fans a look at how the stage will be presented come fight night.

  • Dana White Says White House Correspondents Dinner Shooting Was “F-cking Awesome”

    Dana White Says White House Correspondents Dinner Shooting Was “F-cking Awesome”

    Saturday Night, President Donald Trump and company held a White House Correspondents dinner at the Washington Hilton hotel ballroom in Washington, D.C.

    In what ended up being a chaotic scene, a shooter was active in the building and shots were fired. Officers in tactical gear with guns jumped over tables, brandishing their weapons as the president and other dignitaries were rushed from the stage as other guests ran and hid under tables.

    One of those guests was UFC president Dana White, and he, surprisingly, had a glowing stance about what occurred. He thought it was awesome.

    ”Inside, they started up- all the sudden it started getting noisy. Tables getting flipped over, guys running in with guns, and they were screaming “get down”. I didn’t get down. It was fucking awesome! I literally took every minute of it in and it was pretty, pretty crazy unique experience.”

    Dana White went on to say that he was directly seated in front of the President’s table, and at first he thought the shooter was over by them for a second.

    https://x.com/MMAJunkie/status/2048226463510302783/video/1?s=46

    No one was hurt in the chaos that occurred, and the shooter was captured. As of now, they believe it was just a sole shooter.

    While this went down, UFC’s Fight Night event was happening in Las Vegas. You can see results from that here.

  • UFC Freedom 250: Derrick Lewis vs. Josh Hokit Added

    UFC Freedom 250: Derrick Lewis vs. Josh Hokit Added

    UFC’s White House event now has a new bout added to the card. Named UFC Freedom 250, the first ever sporting event taking place at the White House goes down on Sunday, June 14. Originally, the card had six fights only, but a seventh has now been added.

    At UFC 327 in Miami, Florida, Dana White went live on Instagram during the main card. He was even filming himself live while sitting cage-side, where he revealed he had an announcement. This was right after Josh Hokit picked up a decision victory over Curtis Blaydes in a brutal fight, and Dana announced that Hokit would be on the card.

    His opponent? Derrick Lewis. Dana explained that President Trump, who was sitting next to White at UFC 327, asked him why Derrick Lewis wasn’t on the UFC Freedom 250 card. Dana went on to say he immediately called up Derrick, who accepted the fight over the phone before going back to see Hokit, where he then also accepted the fight.

    Dana White attributed the fight being made to Donald Trump and Joe Rogan. The latter mentioned on commentary immediately after Josh Hokit’s win that he needed to be on the UFC Freedom 250 card, thus, it was made.

    https://x.com/bodyslamnetmma/status/2043168732252438748?s=46

    Josh Hokit versus Derrick Lewis joins a star-studded card, which you can see below.

    • UFC Lightweight Championship: Ilia Topuria(c) vs. Justin Gaethje
    • Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship: Alex Pereira vs. Ciryl Gane
    • Sean O’Malley vs. Aiemann Zahabi
    • Mauricio Ruffy vs. Michael Chandler
    • Bo Nickal vs. Kyle Daukus
    • Diego Lopes vs. Steve Garcia
    • Derrick Lewis vs. Josh Hokit

    Again, not Saturday as usual, UFC Freedom 250 will be live on Paramount+ on Sunday, June 14.