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On Saturday night, the UFC announced the entire fight card for their event on the White House lawn in June.<\/p>\n
It\u2019ll feature two title fights. But UFC boss Dana White has been hyping up this card since Donald Trump reassumed office. He promised that this would be the greatest fight card of all-time. Expectations are a dangerous thing, and it felt like this announcement might\u2019ve missed the mark.<\/p>\n
For fight fans, Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje<\/a> is a fun matchup. But for casuals? Topuria is already -450 on several sportsbooks. The odds are telling us that this fight might not be as competitive as White wants it to be.<\/p>\n Two-weight UFC champion Alex Pereira seeking a third belt against Ciryl Gane for the interim heavyweight championship in the co-main event is an objectively fun fight. The odds are much closer on this one, and even casuals will love this storyline.<\/p>\n Alright, last time mentioning casual fans. As they\u2019ll be treated to Sean O\u2019Malley<\/a> as he looks to bounce back in the bantamweight division against Aiemann Zahabi, a surging contender.<\/p>\n Undoubtedly, these are three wildly entertaining fights. Other UFC stars including Michael Chandler, Bo Nikal and Diego Lopes will also fight on the White House lawn.<\/p>\n It\u2019ll be up to the fighters to decide that.<\/p>\n But the repeated hype surrounding this event from White had fans dreaming big.<\/p>\n Conor McGregor? On social media claiming that he doesn\u2019t need the White House in order to sell a fight. The UFC \u2013 on the same night of their big White House announcement \u2013 reposted McGregor calling out Charles Olivera moments after he defeated Max Holloway.<\/p>\n Jon Jones? Conspiracy theorists on social media are wondering if he\u2019s the fighter that fell off of this card at the last minute. Immediately after UFC 326, White told reporters that Jones wasn\u2019t the fight that fell apart in the 11th hour. In fact, White went as far to say that Jones was never in consideration for the White House event, and it\u2019s \u201cvery fair\u201d to consider him retired.<\/p>\n But the speculation online will run rampant, regardless.<\/p>\n In weird corners of TikTok, some had even wondered if Jake Paul and White would put their differences aside for a mega event on America\u2019s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n White chose to live in reality.<\/p>\n McGregor hasn\u2019t fought since 2021. It\u2019s been five years. There’s just no way that the UFC could realistically bet on him<\/a> for a stage this big. Jones has been just as fickle \u2013 and his career is apparently over.<\/p>\n The White House will be quite the spectacle. Maybe not the spectacle some had hoped for or expected. But as long as the final three fights deliver, the event should hopefully get a passing grade.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nThe greatest ever? It might be.<\/h2>\n