Add thelocalreport.in As A Trusted Source
alex perera Looks like he has taken himself out of the competition ufcis planned white House Event this summer.
June 14 is US President Donald Trump’s birthday ufc is set to Host a fight card on the South Lawn In an unprecedented move.
ufc president dana white The pair are close friends of Mr Trump, and the pair have sporadically revealed details about the incident, with Trump saying last week that “Eight or nine championship fights” are expected.
However, it remains to be seen which fighters and potentially which champions will be involved. said that, light-heavy king Obviously will not participate.
“Guess not going to the White House!!!” Pereira wrote on Instagram on Monday, posting a photo of himself and White.
Pereira gave no explanation for his apparent absence or exclusion from the event, although many fans expected the Brazilian to be a major component of the fight card.
Pereira, 38, has been a stellar performer since debuting in the UFC in 2021. Within a year of his promotional debut, “Potan” was 4–0 and had taken the middleweight title from his old kickboxing rival Israel Adesanya.
After losing the belt to Adesanya in their 2023 rematch, Pereira moved up to light-heavyweight, where he went 5-0 within 18 months – including a title win and three successful defenses.
Although They avenged that result in October To become light-heavyweight champion twice. With this, he added to his previous accomplishment of becoming a two-weight UFC champion in record time.
After defeating Ankalaev, Potton calls out Jon Jones for super-fight To which the latter verbally agreed. However, White has stated that he does not trust Jones, pointing to the recently retired champion History of legal issues and failed drug trials,
UFC icon Conor McGregor is another fighter to throw his hat in the ring, but the Irishman He has had his own legal issues in recent years,
Many fans are also set to not see the Ilya Topuria fight at the White House, despite the lightweight champion being a major contender due to him being one of the UFC’s biggest stars.
However, while fans are citing Topuria’s recent announcement that he is taking Short break from MMA due to “difficult moment” in his “personal life”The former featherweight champion specified that he “will not fight in the first quarter of next year”; Therefore, he appears to be an option for the White House program.
Still, UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall is another high-profile fighter whose participation is in doubt. britain Serious injury due to injury to both eyes by challenger Cyril Gane in October, and is likely to mark his return to action.