Dana White confirms UFC White House card is 'done' as huge main event leaked
A bout pitting two UFC champions against each other is set to headline the White House card.
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Topics: Dana White, UFC
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Topics: Dana White, UFC
The main-event for UFC's card at the White House has been leaked after Dana White confirmed the card is 'done'.
The famed Octagon will set up shot at the White House in June to commemorate America's 250th birthday.
It's expected to be a blockbuster UFC card that will also celebrate Donald Trump's 80th birthday.
Several fighters have been linked to the White House event, including Conor McGregor, Jon Jones and Alex Pereira.
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Speaking after Sunday's Zuffa Boxing 3, White fielded questions from the media and gave a huge update on the UFC White House card.
"We have two different options laid out and the matchmaking process is already laid out so, yeah," he revealed. "We got the White House card done last week."
However, White later seemed to contradict himself before claiming the UFC have laid out two paths they could go down.
“I didn’t say it was done, I said the card was built," he added.
“I’m not talking about the White House card... We’ve been kicking around a lot of ideas and me and [Craig] Borsari (UFC executive) actually fly to DC this week and sit down with the President and his team and start walking them through not just the production but the fight card.
“We have like three different options on all the different production stuff and we will see what he likes and what he doesn’t like.”
The aforementioned McGregor, Jones and Pereira had hoped to headline the UFC White House card but it appears White is going in another direction.
According to the reliable Alvaro Colmenero, Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje is primed to be the main-event at the White House.
Gaethje won the interim UFC lightweight title following his five-round war against Paddy Pimblett last month to set up a unification against Topuria, who opted to sit out the first quarter of 2026 to deal with his personal life.
Colmenero was the first to report on Topuria's UFC lightweight title bout against Charles Oliveira in June, so his report on the White House event holds plenty of weight.
It remains to be seen whether the likes of McGregor, Jones and Pereira land on the White House card.
Nate Diaz, who walked away from the UFC upon the expiration of his contract, is eyeing a return to the MMA leaders and has set his sights on fighting McGregor or Dustin Poirier in Washington.
Bo Nickal, who returned to the win column with a devastating head-kick knockout victory at UFC 322, appears set to fight at the White House given his relationship with Trump.
He had his eyes on a clash against fellow countryman Colby Covington, but 'Chaos' is hoping for a showdown against Pimblett.
American UFC champions Max Holloway, who defends his BMF title against Oliveira next month, and Kayla Harrison, who was forced to withdraw from her UFC women's bantamweight title bout against Amanda Nunes last month, could also be in contention for the White House card.