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In the main event, Justin Gaethje defeated Ilia Topuria in the fourth round by TKO to win the UFC lightweight championship. After a brutal third round, Topuria convinced medical officials he was good enough to continue the fight and compete in the fourth. But he did not come out for the fifth after a corner stoppage, giving Gaethje the win.

Former two-division champion Alex Pereira moves up to heavyweight for the first time to face former interim title challenger Ciryl Gane

But Gane, from France, said after UFC Freedom 250 at the White House that he wants to fight Aspinall in Paris, and Aspinall responded on social media to say he's down for that scenario – even though he's the actual champion, and from England, and would be going into enemy territory to fight on the interim champ's home turf.

The UFC White House final faceoffs at ceremonial weigh-ins featured more than just Ilia Topuria and Alex Pereira's fights.

President Donald Trump had a happy birthday watching an action packed night of UFC action. Full results and winners and losers.

Tom Aspinall had a vested interest in the UFC White House co-main event between Ciryl Gane and Alex Pereira because the winner claimed the interim heavyweight title to set up a future fight against him after his eye is fully healed from surgery.

President Donald Trump has confirmed a deal to end the war with Iran and allow oil traffic to begin again through the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement on social media came just a couple of hours before the president was slated to celebrate his 80th birthday and the nation’s 250th anniversary with an unusual White House event: a UFC show