The Octagon moves to the lawn of the White House for tonight’s UFC Freedom 250 event, a 7-bout fight card headlined by Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje.

Topuria (17-0 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since violently knocking out Charles Oliveira in the first-round of their title fight at UFC 317 in June of last year. Prior to that triumph, ‘El Matador’ was coming off back-to-back knockout wins over Max Holloway and Alex Volkanovski respectively.

Meanwhile, Justin Gaethje (27-5 MMA) was most previously seen in action this past January at UFC 324, where he scored a unanimous decision win over Paddy Pimblett to claim the promotion‘s interim lightweight title. Prior to that victory, ‘The Highlight’ was coming off a decision win over Rafael Fiziev.

UFC Freedom 250 is co-headlined by an interim heavyweight title fight between Ciryl Gane and Alex Pereira.

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Gane (13-2 MMA) will be competing for the first time since his no-contest with reigning heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall last October at UFC 321. Prior to that controversial bout, the Frenchman had earned victories over Alexander Volkov and Serghei Spivac.

Meanwhile, Alex Pereira (13-3 MMA) most previously competed at UFC 320, where he scored a first-round TKO victory over Magomed Ankalaev to reclaim the promotion‘s light heavyweight title. ‘Poatan’ has gone 4-1 over his past five fights overall.

Also featured on this evening’s fight card is a highly anticipated bantamweight bout between Sean O’Malley and Aiemann Zahabi.

O’Malley (19-3 MMA) most recently competed this past January at UFC 324, where he scored a unanimous decision win over Song Yadong. Prior to that triumph, ‘Suga’ was coming off back-to-back losses against fellow former bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvilli.

Meanwhile, Aiemann Zahabi (14-2 MMA) will enter tonight’s contest on a seven-fight winning streak, with his most recent Octagon victory being a split decision win over Marlon Vera this past October.

Also featured on tonight’s UFC Freedom 250 fight card is a heavyweight bout featuring Derrick Lewis taking on Josh Hokit.

Lewis (29-13 MMA) will enter the contest looking to rebound this after suffering a second-round TKO loss to Waldo Cortes-Acosta this past January at UFC 324. Prior to that defeat, ‘The Black Beast’ was coming off a first-round TKO victory over Tallison Teixeira.

Meanwhile, Josh Hokit (9-0 MMA) will be returning to the Octagon for the first time since his thrilling war with Curtis Blaydes this past April in Miami. The brash American won that contest via unanimous decision. Prior to that triumph, Hokit was coming off back-to-back first-round TKO victories over Max Gimenis and Denzel Freeman.

If that wasn’t enough to get you interested, UFC Freedom 250 also features a lightweight contest between Mauricio Ruffy and Michael Chandler.

Ruffy (13-2 MMA) was most previously seen in action this past February at UFC 325, where he scored a second-round TKO victory over Rafael Fiziev. Prior to that triumph, ‘One Shot’ had suffered a submission defeat to Benoit Saint Denis.

Meanwhile, Michael Chandler (23-10 MMA) will enter tonight’s contest looking to snap a three-fight losing skid. ‘Iron’ is coming off defeats to Paddy Pimblett, Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier respectively. Prior to that rough stretch, Chandler was coming off a knockout win over Tony Ferguson in May of 2022.

Get all of tonight’s live results and highlights below (refresh for updates):

UFC Freedom 250 Fight Card (8pm EST on Paramount+ / PPV)

155 lbs: Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje –

265 lbs: Alex Pereira vs. Ciryl Gane –

135 lbs: Sean O’Malley vs. Aiemann Zahabi –

265 lbs: Josh Hokit vs. Derrick Lewis –

155 lbs: Mauricio Ruffy vs. Michael Chandler –

185 lbs: Bo Nickal vs. Kyle Daukaus –

145 lbs: Diego Lopes vs. Steve Garcia –

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