UFC Freedom 250 is nearly upon us, and on Saturday, all fights from the White House card were set to hit the scales.
While the card lacks the likes of Jon Jones and Conor McGregor (the latter of whom returns to action next month), it was unquestionably made better by the addition of Josh Hokit vs. Derrick Lewis. Hokit’s Fight of the Year contender against Curtis Blaydes back in April has made him appointment television, after all.
The main event, meanwhile, feels like another potential Fight of the Year candidate. Go ahead, name a boring Justin Gaethje fight, we dare you. Now do the same for Ilia Topuria. Put them together, and you’ve almost certainly got a powder keg on your hands.
The co-main event, meanwhile, offers a chance for Alex “Poatan” Pereira to claim a title, albeit an interim one, in a third weight class. A feat never before accomplished in UFC history. Standing in Pereira’s way as he moves to heavyweight, a former interim champ himself in France’s Ciryl Gane, who is looking to get back to a rematch with Tom Aspinall after their first encounter ended early due to eye pokes.
Weigh-ins for UFC Freedom 250 take place Saturday, June 13, 2026 starting at 11AM ET, 8AM PT. Full results can be found below.
All fighters made weight for UFC Freedom 250, with Josh Hokit, as usual, making the weigh-ins a little weird with his act. This time out, Hokit appeared to spit up on himself, then said “So what, maybe I was drinking was night. Who wouldn’t be? I have a giant black man that wants to knock me out, he has the most knockouts in UFC history.”
All a game to Hokit, who is one of the most divisive figures in the sport at the moment, but whose success in the cage has been undeniable.
An unbelievable scene then followed: Diego Lopes weighed in a second time, in a second weight class, as the back-up for the lightweight main event. Lopes hit the scale at 154lbs, after weighing in an hour or so earlier at 146. Quite possibly the first time a UFC fighter has made weight successfully twice in one day for two different fights at two different weight classes.
On his second attempt, Lopes did have a shirt and hat on.
UFC Freedom 250 Weigh-In Results
Lightweight: Ilia Topuria (c) (155) vs. Justin Gaethje (ic) (155) – for the UFC lightweight championship / title unification bout
Heavyweight: Alex Pereira (251) vs. Ciryl Gane (248) – for the interim UFC heavyweight championship
Bantamweight: Sean O’Malley (135.5) vs. Aiemann Zahabi (135)
Heavyweight: Josh Hokit (231) vs. Derrick Lewis (265)
Lightweight: Maurício Ruffy (155) vs. Michael Chandler (156)
Middleweight: Bo Nickal (186) vs. Kyle Daukaus (186)
Featherweight: Diego Lopes (146) vs. Steve Garcia (146)
Lightweight: Diego Lopes (154) – weighed in a second time as the main event backup
