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The UFC Freedom 250 arena arching over the South Lawn of the White House
Event Recap

UFC Freedom 250

June 14, 2026 · The White House, Washington, D.C. · 7 bouts

Photo: G. Edward Johnson (CC BY 4.0) · via Wikimedia Commons

  1. Lightweight ChampionshipMain Event

    Justin Gaethje Breaks Ilia Topuria on the White House Lawn to Claim Lightweight Gold

    Justin Gaethje def. Ilia Topuria · TKO (corner stoppage) · R4 5:00

    In the most surreal setting the sport has ever seen, Gaethje out-warred an unbeaten champion — flooding Topuria with body shots and closing his eye until the corner had no choice.

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  2. Interim Heavyweight Championship

    Ciryl Gane Spoils Alex Pereira's History Bid, Takes Interim Heavyweight Title

    Ciryl Gane def. Alex Pereira · TKO (strikes) · R2 1:27

    Pereira's run at a third division ended in the second round, buried under a torrent of Gane elbows and ground strikes that the referee could not let continue.

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  3. Bantamweight

    Sean O'Malley Walks Off Aiemann Zahabi to Storm Back Into the Title Picture

    Sean O'Malley def. Aiemann Zahabi · KO · R2 4:02

    After eating heavy leg kicks for a round, O'Malley found his range in the second — a left to set it up, a right to end it, and a walk-off before Zahabi hit the floor.

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  4. Heavyweight

    Josh Hokit Outguns Derrick Lewis to Stay Perfect at Heavyweight

    Josh Hokit def. Derrick Lewis · TKO (strikes) · R2 4:09

    Speed and precision beat power and experience: Hokit stayed a step ahead of a sluggish Derrick Lewis all night, then forced the second-round stoppage.

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  5. Lightweight

    Mauricio Ruffy Walks Down Michael Chandler and Finishes Him in the First

    Mauricio Ruffy def. Michael Chandler · TKO (strikes) · R1 4:29

    Hands down, supremely confident, and firing spinning kicks, Ruffy hunted Chandler across the lawn — and made him pay for refusing to commit to the takedown.

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  6. Middleweight

    Bo Nickal Returns to His Wrestling Roots to Stop Kyle Daukaus in Round One

    Bo Nickal def. Kyle Daukaus · TKO (strikes) · R1 4:34

    After taking some heat for his striking, Nickal leaned on what made him a prospect — takedowns, control, and ground-and-pound — to finish Daukaus in the first.

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  7. Featherweight

    Diego Lopes Weathers an Early Storm and Knocks Out Steve Garcia in the Second

    Diego Lopes def. Steve Garcia · KO (strikes) · R2 2:42

    Garcia came out firing to open the second round — and Lopes caught him in the exchange, dropped him, and finished on the ground to cap a wild night of finishes.

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