Overview
- Following Wednesday's Oval Office event, Trump displayed new renderings and a special Freedom 250 belt while hosting Ilia Topuria, Justin Gaethje, Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane.
- The June 14 card will run in a temporary South Lawn arena of about 4,000 seats, with eight big screens on the Ellipse for an estimated 75,000 to 100,000 more to watch for free.
- The UFC says it plans to issue roughly 85,000 free tickets for the Ellipse viewing area, and details on how to get them have not yet been released.
- Fighters staged promotional faceoffs on the White House grounds, and the marquee bouts remain Topuria vs. Gaethje for lightweight gold and Pereira vs. Gane for a heavyweight title, with streaming on Paramount+.
- The promotion's political ties drew fresh focus after UFC CEO Dana White said Tuesday he does not care if his public support for Trump has hurt business and that he now works only with partners he feels aligned with.