{"id":522090,"date":"2026-03-08T07:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T07:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/522090\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T07:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T07:49:07","slug":"lol-thats-it-mma-fighters-react-to-ufc-white-house-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/522090\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;LOL THATS IT?&#8217;: MMA fighters react to UFC White House card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/africa.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/48138882\/ufc-white-house-card-led-topuria-gaethje-pereira-gane\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fight card for UFC Freedom 250<\/a> on Saturday night, in what is expected to be its biggest event of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Six matchups will take place from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 14, headlined by lightweight champion <a data-player-guid=\"7c7452e8-f7d0-bfa0-f6dd-61d531ad856e\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/fighter\/_\/id\/4350812\/ilia-topuria\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ilia Topuria<\/a> taking on interim lightweight champion <a data-player-guid=\"9eafa488-d359-4697-8978-d93ec761b4cf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/fighter\/_\/id\/3022345\/justin-gaethje\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Gaethje<\/a>. In the co-main event, former light heavyweight champion <a data-player-guid=\"69596ae1-6dea-3b39-8fcb-a6333019ca68\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/fighter\/_\/id\/4705658\/alex-pereira\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Pereira<\/a> vacated his belt to move up and square off with <a data-player-guid=\"b2bfb778-01a5-a5f9-b95b-364ed305b363\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/fighter\/_\/id\/4426000\/ciryl-gane\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ciryl Gane<\/a> for the interim heavyweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top social media reactions to the UFC&#8217;s highly anticipated fight card announcement.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE OFFICIAL BOUT LIST FOR <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCWhiteHouse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#UFCWhiteHouse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[ LIVE Sunday June 14 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paramountplus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ParamountPlus<\/a> ] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/06d09Tm0jZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/06d09Tm0jZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/2030485076988018772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 8, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A great card! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CantWait?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#CantWait<\/a> \ud83c\udfe6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qdR8J5DYtz\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/qdR8J5DYtz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/2030490783632040075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 8, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;M FIGHTING AT THE WHITE HOUSE (Full Video on YT) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qkGRf3SBe7\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/qkGRf3SBe7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean O&#8217;Malley (@SugaSeanMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SugaSeanMMA\/status\/2030485779856896280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 8, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Damn not the Connor he wanted rip Michael Chandler<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/twrecks155\/status\/2030482086973337622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 8, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">See you at the White House<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bo Nickal (@NoBickal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoBickal\/status\/2030482673089523996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 8, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Was expecting more from the card tbh\ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Paul (@jakepaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakepaul\/status\/2030502441913885093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 8, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Three nights without sleep now time to rest big drama show <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Justin_Gaethje?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Justin_Gaethje<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zOQwH5HenV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/zOQwH5HenV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliAbdelaziz00\/status\/2030488910661591057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 8, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LOL THATS IT?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 &#8220;Filthy&#8221; Tom Lawlor (@FilthyTomLawlor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilthyTomLawlor\/status\/2030481734937268475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 8, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Miami Card is better than the White House card..\ud83d\ude0f\ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Incredible Hok (@Josh_HokitUFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Josh_HokitUFC\/status\/2030498057616552358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 8, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Freedom 250 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#UFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v1B9W1w2se\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/v1B9W1w2se<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Daukaus (@KyleDaukaus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleDaukaus\/status\/2030481810749108530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 8, 2026<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UFC announced the fight card for UFC Freedom 250 on Saturday night, in what is expected to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-522090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}