The stars of the UFC White House card recently spent time around Donald Trump.
While very few will get the opportunity to buy a ticket for the event at $1.5 million, the fighters headlining the card on June 14 recently got a preview of what they can expect.
The four men competing in the two title fights at the top of the ‘Freedom 250’ bill also seemingly found out what they will be fighting for next month.
Ilia Topuria, who has already planned his pre-fight celebrations, was unsurprisingly confident that it will be him leaving the White House with the newly unveiled title.
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New UFC belt shown off during Donald Trump’s conversation with Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje
While Ilia Topuria, Justin Gaethje, Alex Pereira, and Ciryl Gane posed alongside Donald Trump inside the Oval Office on May 6, a new UFC belt was shown off.
It isn’t clear whether this new stars and stripes themed variant that has been created for ‘Freedom 250’ will be the gold that will be on the line on June 14.
While some have raised concerns about American representative Gaethje being stopped by Topuria in the final fight of a night that is meant to celebrate the nation’s birthday, that didn’t stop ‘El Matador’ from modelling the newly designed belt.
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In a clip from this meeting (reposted by ChampRDS on X), Topuria admitted that he didn’t expect the president to be so kind before asking him, “Why did you want to give the toughest test to a friend of yours?”
Gaethje responded by stating, “Because he knows that’s what I want,” before Trump asked the always supremely confident lightweight champion what his chances of winning are.
“I know him, very tough opponent. Me? I have complete faith. 100 percent, and I hope he has the same faith. That’s going to make an amazing fight.”
Topuria received a handshake from Trump during his answer, while Gaethje stood over the president’s opposite shoulder.
2026-05-07 09:24:59
