Second UFC title bout tipped to land on White House card after main event leaked
A second UFC title bout has been tipped to land on the White House card after the headliner for the historic event was leaked.
The UFC will stage a momentous show at the White House on June 14 to celebrate America's 250th founding and US president Donald Trump's 80th birthday.
A loaded card is expected, with several big-name stars hoping to fight on the South Lawn, including Conor McGregor, Jon Jones and Alex Pereira.
Speaking after Zuffa Boxing 3 on Sunday, Dana White said the UFC White House card is 'done' in a huge update.
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"We have two different options laid out and the matchmaking process is already laid out so, yeah," he said in his post-fight press conference. "We got the White House card done last week."
Well, one option appears to be a massive unification bout. That's according to Spanish journalist Alvaro Colmenero, who claims Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje will serve as the UFC White House main-event.
Topuria sat out the first quarter of 2026 to deal with personal issues, while Gaethje beat Paddy Pimblett to claim the interim UFC lightweight title at last month's UFC 324.
Topuria vs. Gaethje could be joined by another UFC title bout following Amanda Nunes' comments.
Nunes is hoping to fight UFC women's bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison at the White House.
Harrison vs. Nunes was slated to co-headline UFC 324 until the American title holder was forced to withdraw due to a neck injury.
The Brazilian legend wants her championship contest against Harrison to be rescheduled for the White House card.
"I think she has six months to recover and give some feedback to the UFC," Nunes told UFC Brasil. "I saw that she’s already back at the gym and that makes me really happy. I wish her all the best in her recovery and everything because of course I need her.
"How could I wish her bad? I want her to recover as fast as possible, and I’ll be right here. Everything depends on her now for us to make this fight happen, maybe at the White House. I think that would be perfect. And I’ll be ready."
Who else could fight on the UFC White House card?
McGregor and Jones aren't the only UFC stars eyeing a spot on the White House card, with UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev also wanting to fight in Washington.
Naturally, a bunch of American fighters want to walk out of the Oval Office to fight at the White House, including Colby Covington, Michael Chandler and Bo Nickal.
Covington has set his sights on Pimblett and Chandler still has his eyes on McGregor. As for Nickal, he wants to fight fellow countryman Covington.
Max Holloway, who holds the BMF title, could also be in contention to fight at the White House considering he is the promotion's other American champion.
Topics: Dana White, Donald Trump, UFC
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