UFC White House Fight Card: Full 7-Fight Lineup
Seven fights. Zero filler. The UFC White House fight card for Freedom Fights 250 is a championship-density main card with no prelims, opening at 8 PM ET on the South Lawn. Below is every bout in walk-out order — weight class, round format, projected start time, and a 100-word teaser to set the table. Two title-caliber matchups headline; the rest is a murderers' row of finishers, contenders and old-guard knockout artists.
#1 — Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje
Lightweight Title · 5 × 5 · ~11:00 PM ET
The lightweight title closes the show. Topuria (17-0) brings the sharpest two-punch combinations in MMA and a level of patience few champions ever develop. Gaethje is the most violent man at 155 lbs — leg kicks that turn opponents into statues, and a chin that has survived every war he has walked into. Full main-event breakdown →
#2 — Alex Pereira vs. Ciryl Gane
Heavyweight · 5 × 5 · ~10:30 PM ET
Pereira moves to heavyweight on a five-fight burner and immediately gets the most technical striker in the division. Gane's footwork, level changes and jab are tailor-made for the Brazilian's left hook — if he can keep distance. He probably can't, not for 25 minutes. Full co-main breakdown →
#3 — Sean O'Malley vs. Aiemann Zahabi
Bantamweight · 3 × 5 · ~10:00 PM ET
Sugar Sean returns from the Merab loss against a Tristar veteran with the best two-year run of his career. Zahabi's straight right has finished four of his last five. O'Malley's range and snap-volume should still win the boxing exchanges, but only if he stays off the back foot. See our pick →
#4 — Derrick Lewis vs. Josh Hokit
Heavyweight · 3 × 5 · ~9:30 PM ET
Derrick Lewis swinging on the South Lawn is a sentence Dana White probably wrote on a napkin. Hokit, the undefeated wrestler from Team Alpha Male, is a real test — but Lewis only needs one clean uppercut. Why Hokit is a live dog →
#5 — Mauricio Ruffy vs. Michael Chandler
Lightweight · 3 × 5 · ~9:00 PM ET
Chandler vs. Ruffy is a generational handoff fight. Iron Mike's wrestling and trademark left hook against the spinning, jumping, switch-kicking violence of the Fighting Nerds standout. This one rarely sees a final horn. Method-of-victory odds →
#6 — Bo Nickal vs. Kyle Daukaus
Middleweight · 3 × 5 · ~8:30 PM ET
Bo Nickal finally gets a real fight. Daukaus is a legitimate dark-arts grappler with a 1.5 sub-average — exactly the wrinkle Nickal needs to show he can grapple with somebody who actually grapples back. Confidence rating →
#7 — Diego Lopes vs. Steve Garcia
Featherweight · 3 × 5 · ~8:00 PM ET
Featherweight opener with two of the most aggressive finishers in the division. Lopes has a black belt under the Nogueira lineage; Garcia carries one-shot power in either hand. A short, loud fight. Best prop on this fight →