Overview
Why this sports page exists
This countdown tracks UFC Freedom 250 on June 14, 2026, the first-ever UFC card held on the White House South Lawn in Washington, D.C. The card is headlined by Ilia Topuria vs Justin Gaethje for the lightweight title, with Alex Pereira vs Ciryl Gane for the interim heavyweight title.
Specificity
What makes this countdown specific
Event
UFC Freedom 250 (Topuria vs Gaethje)
Venue / market
White House South Lawn, Washington, D.C., USA · Washington, D.C. · United States
Date posture
June 14, 2026 · Date confirmed · Confirmed
Source trail
Wikipedia (2026 in UFC) · en.wikipedia.org
Content family
sports · UFC / MMA
Topic signals
ufc, mma, topuria, gaethje, white house
Sport
UFC / MMA
Venue
White House South Lawn
Main Event
Topuria vs Gaethje
Co-Main
Pereira vs Gane (interim HW)
UFC Freedom 250 (Topuria vs Gaethje) is kept distinct from neighboring sports countdowns by its concrete source trail (Wikipedia (2026 in UFC) at en.wikipedia.org), its date confirmed date signal, and its confirmed confidence label.
The location context for this listing is White House South Lawn, Washington, D.C., USA, United States. That matters because two pages can share a broad ufc / mma label while still serving different reader tasks: travel timing, ticket timing, broadcast coverage, city logistics, or release-window monitoring.
Current event facts on file: sport: UFC / MMA; venue: White House South Lawn; main event: Topuria vs Gaethje; co-main: Pereira vs Gane (interim HW). These details are included in the main article so the timer has venue, source, and schedule context.
Topic signals used for related-page matching: ufc, mma, topuria, gaethje, white house. Schema posture: Specific Event date emitted.
Evidence pack
Source, schema, and originality audit
Retention class
Confirmed-source major countdown
Evidence score
9/12 source/detail signals
- Evidence score9/12 signals present
- source name; source URL; source host; public date label; machine date value; location context; 4 fact rows
- Source and schemaCurated confirmed date
- Specific Event date emitted Source trail: Wikipedia (2026 in UFC) at en.wikipedia.org.
- Date precisionDate confirmed / Confirmed
- The page can carry a precise Event startDate because the source signal is specific enough.
- Entity grounding4 facts, 5 tags
- Location context: White House South Lawn, Washington, D.C., USA, Washington, D.C., United States.
- Editorial depth0 paragraphs, 0 highlights
- The page relies on source confidence, specificity, facts, and related pages until a deeper dossier is available.
- Generation controlCurated event row
- This row is carried by the event catalog directly rather than a franchise template expansion.
Reference data for this countdown
Reference fields include UFC Freedom 250 (Topuria vs Gaethje)'s source, date, location, tags, and facts. They make it easier to distinguish this page from adjacent sports countdowns without adding unsupported claims.
Reading the timer
How to use this sports countdown
UFC Freedom 250 (Topuria vs Gaethje) sits inside the sports calendar as a ufc / mma date that readers may revisit as the public details firm up. This page keeps the tracked date, source quality, location context, and release confidence in one place so the countdown is useful without implying more certainty than the source provides.
Right now the key public signal is June 14, 2026, with confirmed status and date confirmed precision. That distinction matters. A confirmed datetime is very different from a month-level or date-only signal, and people planning watch parties, travel, ticketing, launch coverage, or newsroom publishing need that nuance instead of a misleadingly precise timer.
We are tracking UFC Freedom 250 (Topuria vs Gaethje) from Wikipedia (2026 in UFC). For this page, that means the safest way to read the countdown is as a reference layer: use the timer for awareness, then use the source, precision, location, and event facts together before you commit to travel, viewing plans, promotional scheduling, or time-sensitive announcements.
The most practical reading of this countdown is: UFC Freedom 250 (Topuria vs Gaethje) is being watched for White House South Lawn, Washington, D.C., USA, United States, and the current page focus is the main ufc / mma milestone rather than every surrounding rumor or speculative date. Sport: UFC / MMA. Venue: White House South Lawn.
UFC Freedom 250 (Topuria vs Gaethje) is a sports countdown, so the page has to orient around match-stage context, venue expectations, and tournament timing rather than entertainment-release language. Sports searchers usually care about the exact round, final, opener, host city, and likely planning window for kickoff coverage or travel. This page currently anchors that context with venue: White House South Lawn, main event: Topuria vs Gaethje, co-main: Pereira vs Gane (interim HW). That is especially useful when several ufc, mma, topuria, gaethje pages exist in the same competition and need to stay distinct.