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UFC Freedom Fights 250

UFC White House Fight Card: Full 7-Fight Lineup

Every bout on the UFC White House fight card for June 14, 2026, ordered as they will be contested live — co-main and main event last. There are no prelims; what is below is the entire broadcast.

By Marcus Reed, Senior MMA AnalystPublished Updated
Main EventLightweight · 5x5
Ilia Topuria
17-0
-220
VS
Justin Gaethje
27-5
+180
Read breakdown →
Co-MainHeavyweight · 5x5
Alex Pereira
13-3
+105
VS
Ciryl Gane
13-2, 1 NC
-125
Read breakdown →
Bout 3Bantamweight · 3x5
Sean O'Malley
19-3, 1 NC
-450
VS
Aiemann Zahabi
14-2
+340
See prediction →
Bout 4Heavyweight · 3x5
Derrick Lewis
29-13, 1 NC
+140
VS
Josh Hokit
9-0
-165
Bout 5Lightweight · 3x5
Mauricio Ruffy
13-2
-140
VS
Michael Chandler
23-10
+120
Bout 6Middleweight · 3x5
Bo Nickal
8-1
-300
VS
Kyle Daukaus
17-4, 1 NC
+240
Bout 7Featherweight · 3x5
Diego Lopes
27-8
-180
VS
Steve Garcia
19-5
+150

Card structure

Freedom Fights 250 is built backwards from the main event. The first bell rings at 8:00 PM ET with Diego Lopes vs. Steve Garcia at featherweight; the last walkout is Ilia Topuria's at roughly 11:00 PM ET. Each fight is allotted a 30-minute window inclusive of walkouts and replays. The co-main and main event are scheduled five rounds; everything else is three.

Fight-by-fight teasers

Bout 1: Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje

Lightweight · 5x5 · ~11:00 PM ET

Topuria walks in unbeaten with the cleanest right hand in the division and a chin yet to be tested by Gaethje-level volume. Gaethje's path is simple — pressure, leg kicks, force exchanges — but simple is exactly what Topuria has dismantled before. The line opened -180 and has drifted to -220 as the public sided with the champion.

Full main event breakdown →

Bout 2: Alex Pereira vs. Ciryl Gane

Heavyweight · 5x5 · ~10:30 PM ET

Pereira's first true heavyweight test against the best pure mover at 265. Gane's circular footwork is the single most uncomfortable look for a one-shot left-hook puncher, but Pereira's calf kick remains a tax no Gane opponent has paid in cash. Five rounds with one knockdown likely decides it.

Full co-main breakdown →

Bout 3: Sean O'Malley vs. Aiemann Zahabi

Bantamweight · 3x5 · ~10:00 PM ET

O'Malley is heavily favored on betting markets but the matchup is closer than the line suggests. Zahabi is the best pure boxer Sean has fought, and a low-output, range-heavy fight could surprise. Still, the size and footwork edge belongs to O'Malley by a wide margin.

Round-by-round prediction →

Bout 4: Derrick Lewis vs. Josh Hokit

Heavyweight · 3x5 · ~9:30 PM ET

Heavyweight chaos by design. Lewis lands one and the building exhales; Hokit, undefeated and athletic, must drag this to the canvas and not get smashed standing. Total likely under 1.5 rounds.

Round-by-round prediction →

Bout 5: Mauricio Ruffy vs. Michael Chandler

Lightweight · 3x5 · ~9:00 PM ET

Ruffy is the heir to the Fighting Nerds boom — calf kicks, level changes, calm hands. Chandler is Chandler: explosive, durable, prone to brawls. If it stays standing past round one, the model swings toward Ruffy by a comfortable margin.

Round-by-round prediction →

Bout 6: Bo Nickal vs. Kyle Daukaus

Middleweight · 3x5 · ~8:30 PM ET

Nickal's matchmaking has been pointed but careful; Daukaus is the biggest, longest, most credentialed grappler he's faced. Bo's path is still wrestle-and-hammer, but the submission threat is real if he's sloppy from top.

Round-by-round prediction →

Bout 7: Diego Lopes vs. Steve Garcia

Featherweight · 3x5 · ~8:00 PM ET

Lopes-Garcia is the kind of opening bout that quietly steals fight-of-the-night. Lopes pressures with kicks and looks for the head kick exit; Garcia is a switch-stance counterstriker whose left hand has dropped credible fighters in the first.

Round-by-round prediction →

How the lineup was set

Three of the seven matchups (Topuria-Gaethje, Pereira-Gane, O'Malley-Zahabi) were announced in the original April 2026 press conference. Nickal-Daukaus and Lewis-Hokit were added in early May to fill heavyweight and middleweight slots after withdrawals. Lopes-Garcia and Ruffy-Chandler were the final additions, both contender-tier featherweight and lightweight bouts with title-shot implications.

If you want the analytical model behind these reads, our predictions page and fighter stats show the inputs. For the broadcast ticker by time zone, see the schedule.