UFC Freedom 250 LIVE: Start time, card, fight updates and results as White House hosts Topuria vs Gaethje
An unprecedented event on the South Lawn builds to two title fights: Ilia Topuria vs Justin Gaethje and Alex Pereira vs Ciryl Gane
White House offers first look inside UFC Freedom 250 octagonTonight, a truly unprecedented event takes place on the White House, as seven UFC fights play out on the South Lawn.The fight card is meant as a celebration of 250 years of the US, but it coincides with the 80th birthday of Donald Trump, a close friend of UFC chief Dana White.Six of the seven fights feature American athletes, and the action culminates in two title bouts: Ilia Topuria’s lightweight defence against interim champion Justin Gaethje, and an interim heavyweight title fight between Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane.
Among the other stars competing are “Sugar” Sean O’Malley and Michael Chandler, while controversial heavyweight Josh Hokit (who mocked Topuria’s divorce this week, before pretending to throw up at the weigh-ins) faces Trump’s favourite fighter, Derrick Lewis.Follow live updates and results from UFC Freedom 250, below.RecommendedMeet Ilia Topuria, the stone-cold fighter headlining the UFC’s remarkable White House eventUFC White House fighter throws up at weigh-in: ‘So what?
I was drinking’Here’s how the Secret Service will protect Trump during a ‘Rating 1’ threat level at White House UFC cage fight eventUFC Freedom 250 LIVE: Welcome!Tonight, a truly unprecedented event takes place on the White House, as seven UFC fights play out on the South Lawn.The fight card is meant as a celebration of 250 years of the US, but it coincides with the 80th birthday of Donald Trump, a close friend of UFC chief Dana White.
Six of the seven fights feature American athletes, and the action culminates in two title bouts: Ilia Topuria’s lightweight defence against interim champion Justin Gaethje, and an interim heavyweight title fight between Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane.Among the other stars competing are “Sugar” Sean O’Malley and Michael Chandler, while controversial heavyweight Josh Hokit (who mocked Topuria’s divorce this week, before pretending to throw up at the weigh-ins) faces Trump’s favourite fighter, Derrick Lewis.Follow live updates and results from UFC Freedom 250, below.
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