{"id":530929,"date":"2026-03-10T11:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530929\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:35:18","slug":"ronda-rousey-slams-ufc-white-house-card-in-sharp-message-to-dana-white-and-former-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530929\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronda Rousey slams UFC White House card in sharp message to Dana White and former promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ronda Rousey used Francis Ngannou\u2019s upcoming MMA return to take a shot at her former promotion and the upcoming White House fight card.<\/p>\n<p>UFC CEO Dana White made headlines last weekend when he finally, formally announced the UFC\u2019s plans for the upcoming White House card in June. UFC Freedom 250 is headlined by a lightweight title unification bout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/dana-white\/jon-jones-disappointed-in-dana-whites-ufc-freedom-250-claim-how-f-painful\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje<\/a>, and features a co-headliner between Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane for the interim heavyweight title.<\/p>\n<p>The card\u2019s fight lineup has received mixed responses from the UFC\u2019s fanbase, pundits, and fight roster. The event will compete against Ronda Rousey\u2019s first MMA fight in 10 years against Gina Carano on a card promoted by Jake Paul\u2019s Most Valuable Promotions.<\/p>\n<p>Rousey is relishing in the opportunity to go head-to-head with the UFC for her MMA return, despite a still-cordial relationship with White and others. But that hasn\u2019t stopped Rousey from making her opinion on the upcoming White House event known.<\/p>\n<p>Ronda Rousey taunts Dana White, UFC after White House card announcement<\/p>\n<p>In a recent social media <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RondaRousey\/status\/2031083832041144390?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">post<\/a>, Rousey took a shot at White and the UFC over the recent White House fight card announcement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrancis Ngannou vs. Phillipe Lins joins Rousey vs. Carano on Netflix May 16th! How\u2019s THAT for a BAMF laden double headliner? That\u2019s what happens when you put fighters and fans ahead of shareholders,\u201d Rousey said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cP.S. UFC\u2019s White House card sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Francis Ngannou has had a long-standing feud with White, stemming from his abrupt departure from the UFC in 2023. He recently parted ways with the PFL to pursue this upcoming venture under the MVP banner.<\/p>\n<p>Rousey will return to the cage for the first time since suffering back-to-back losses to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes. Since leaving the UFC, she\u2019s long teased a \u2018dream matchup\u2019 with Carano, which will now come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on the UFC\u2019s White House card? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ronda Rousey used Francis Ngannou\u2019s upcoming MMA return to take a shot at her former promotion and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,958,786,29825,44069,785,263707,15809,85,787,19542],"class_list":["post-530929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dana-white","tag-fighting","tag-francis-ngannou","tag-gina-carano","tag-mma","tag-phillipe-lins","tag-ronda-rousey","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-white-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}