With two months until the UFC Freedom 250 event on June 14 at the White House, UFC and the White House made a number of announcements on plans. UFC
With two months until the UFC Freedom 250 event on June 14 at the White House, UFC and the White House made a number of announcements on plans:
Fight poster: President Trump unveiled the promotional poster for the event via Truth Social on Saturday night. The poster includes the tagline, “The Most Historic Sporting Event of All Time,” and features Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje, who fight in a lightweight title unification bout, and Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane, who fight in an interim heavyweight title bout.Hype video: UFC revealed additional renderings for the White House site in a promotional video.Sponsors: Ram and Crypto.com are the two co-presenting partners. Ram signed a multiyear partnership in December with TKO Group Holdings to become the official truck of UFC, WWE and PBR.$1M bonus: Crypto.com announced an additional $1M in fighter bonuses for the card to be awarded in CRO to mark the partnership and also its 10th anniversary. A million dollars is roughly 14.4M CRO. UFC also will distribute the usual fight/performance of the night awards (Crypto.com).Tickets: UFC announced a lottery system to distribute the 85,000 free tickets for White House events. Registration at ufcfreedom250.com to express interest began Saturday and continues through Thursday, with fans required to provide a temporary $1 authorization charge. A separate link will be sent Friday with “with instructions to complete the form by 8 a.m. ET the following day.” Tickets will be assigned via random draw, with those selected notified by email. Requests are limited to two tickets and tickets “cannot be transferred or sold” (DAILY EXPRESS U.S., 4/11).Fan events: A pre-fight news conference is scheduled for 8pm ET June 12 at the Lincoln Memorial. The event is free and open to the public. A two-day Fan Fest on the Ellipse is scheduled for June 13-14, starting at 3:30pm each day with live music, fighter meet and greets, panels and Q&A sessions. The weigh-in will take place at the Fan Fest on June 13 with a watch party scheduled June 14 (X, 4/11).Music: Zac Brown Brand will headline the Fan Fest with a concert June 13 on the Ellipse (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 4/11).