Justin Gaethje stuns Ilia Topuria at White House UFC event

sportsJun 15, 202618240

Justin Gaethje defeated Ilia Topuria by TKO to capture the UFC lightweight title at UFC Freedom 250 on the White House South Lawn. Topuria's corner stopped the fight after Gaethje landed a flurry of strikes, handing Gaethje an upset championship victory. President Donald Trump watched the bout in person, seated next to UFC CEO Dana White, as the event doubled as a patriotic celebration tied to 250 years of American independence. The card saw all seven fights finish by knockout and also crowned Ciryl Gane a new champion, turning the historic setting into a high-profile fusion of sport and politics.

Otto English

@ottoenglish.bsky.social

"After exiting the cage to present Trump with a necklace, Hokit delivered a rambling post-fight interview that veered from praise for the president to religion before concluding with the false conspiracy claim that “Michelle Obama is a man.” Says it all www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

784h ago

Jimmy Reckon11

I would argue the event wasn’t marred by that. It was absolutely on brand.

Carl O'Kelleher5

Is it possible to say something like this is ‘marred’? It seems in keeping with the ugly spectacle.

Jorge5

Honestly, what would you expect from a thug?

PontsticInsect4

I don't know how you can mar something that is already a shitheap.

Marcel Oosting🟥3

Mrs Obama being upgraded to the ranks of Mrs Macron. Bon chic bon genre.

Non threatening boy.2

Why this is in the sports section god only knows.

Joni Askola

@joniaskola.bsky.social

Last night’s White House UFC event showed once again how trashy the US has become with Trump. Real banana republic stuff

554h ago

Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻

@punkonbuslives.bsky.social

If you still subscribe to Paramount Plus because of Star Trek or Tyler Sheridan shows, then you just paid to have a UFC fighter yell "Michelle Obama is a man!" in front of the White House. You did that.

UFC at the White House on Paramount Plus.

174h ago

Alex

@a1extimmons.bsky.social

Oh my god. Donald Trump was having trouble walking into the ring to congratulate Justin Gaethje and even had to have Melania help him. He couldn’t walk straight and was losing his balance and almost fell. This is clearly a sick man and the administration is hiding whatever is happening.

116h ago

furryninja.bsky.social4

At what point did Melanie help him? I saw no sign of that, and I watched it three times. She didn't even wait for him. He wobbled, but did not almost fall over. I hate the asshole too, but stop sensationalizing for clicks. The truth is enough.

Alex3

If u understand how mental illness affects the brain u know that the inability to maintain one’s balance is one of the biggest red flags & we’ve seen this happen to Trump many times already in just these past two years. He’s clearly getting much worse which has to be why he’s had so many checkups

Coach Nat Fan Club President3

I'm sure Tapper will be right on it

madambluestocking

@madambluestocking.bsky.social

there was a UFC fight on the white house lawn today. isn't it clear the people aren't going to do anything? ever. I think American exceptionalism makes this hard to believe or something but it's true: we let the country fall to fascism under an incontinent asshat and his weird pedo friends.

55h ago

A New Hope

@christenczech.bsky.social

It was a celebration of Trump's birthday and money grab as morons paid Paramount+ to watch this shit-show and Trump/UFC monetized advertising on the White House lawn. This grift had NOTHING to do with America's 250th birthday.

115h ago

RG3

@robertgriffiniii.bsky.social

Josh Hokit won the biggest fight of his career at the White House and decides to finish his interview by calling Michelle Obama a Man. What a disgrace. It takes a really small man to use his biggest moment to attack a woman by calling her a man. #UFC #ufcfreedom250 #RG3 #MMA

74h ago

Kerrie B

@wheels002.bsky.social

If he felt safe at his White House UFC event, why not just build a cage around him instead of spending millions on the ballroom/bunker? He seemed happy behind that cage #USpol #auspol

85h ago

The Troys Are Back In Town

@troyponce.bsky.social

Sorry to make this about myself for a minute but I was the first person to call Justin Gaethje The Violence Idiot. I thought he was the combat sports version of the Sex Idiot from 30 Rock.

76h ago

Felix 'Δ-Nein' Suplex

@felixsuplex.eurosky.social

Justin "Steven Gätjen" Gaethje jemand der quasi den "Calvin pissing"-Autoaufkleber als Tättu hat; baffling individual

77h ago

Anti-Trumpism

@forabettertomorrow.bsky.social

The crowd at the White House UFC fight was one of the most diverse ever. In attendance, there were convicted felons, rapists, pedophiles, sex traffickers, domestic abusers and insurrectionists.

54h ago