What a moral! Dana White explains the lineup of Diego Lopes and Mauricio Ruffy at UFC Casa Branca.

Diego lopes Ruffy and Ruffy are at UFC Casa Branca. Photo: SUPER LUTAS montage

When the UFC White House card was finally announced in March, many were surprised by the fact that four of the six fights were scheduled. The highly anticipated and historic event is set to take place on June 14th in Washington, D.C. Alex Poatán e Ilia Topuria They will be featured, as expected, and Diego lopes, Mauricio RuffyAmong others, they will also be in action. Aware of the shock that fans and MMA professionals might feel regarding certain names, Dana White took the opportunity to explain the fighter lineup for the show.

The UFC president stated that the main criterion for assembling the event was to find fighters who were not only stars, but also had media potential to make them increasingly popular. In this way, the UFC distanced itself from the idea of ​​the card being a kind of "United States against the rest of the world," since the event is a tribute to the 250th anniversary of the country's independence.

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Therefore, the UFC placed its bet on the always exciting Diego, the showman Ruffy, as well as... BoNickal and Sean O'Malley, darlings of the Americans. At the event, 'Franja' will face off against the knockout artist. Steve Garcia, while the 'Fighting Nerds' academy artist faces the ever-explosive Michael chandler, going through a bad phase.

“We are always looking to put the best fighters we can against the best fighters. And, obviously, this card is going to have a lot of exposure. One of the things we wanted to do when putting this card together was to show that the guys who are there, each of these fights really means something in their respective weight classes,” said the UFC president in an interview with the official UFC YouTube channel.

UFC White House card

Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Ilia Topuria x Justin gaethje – fight for the linear belt

Heavy weight (up to 120,2 kg): Alex Poatán x Cyryl Gane – fight for the interim belt

Bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg): Sean O’Malley x Aiemann Zahabi

Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Mauricio Ruffy x Michael chandler

Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): BoNickal x Kyle Daukaus

Featherweight (up to 65,8 kg): Diego lopes x Steve Garcia