UFC White House Card – Creating the Perfect Card

What can we expect from the UFC White House card? Expect it to be stacked. Expect a big American presence, and expect every UFC fighter to do whatever they can to get on the card.

We craft the UFC White House card with five main card fights. As we don’t know when this card will be, even if a fighter has a fight booked, we can disregard this and assume that they are unbooked.

UFC White House Card

Main Card Opener

The main card opener of the UFC White House Card needs to be big. We’re expecting a big card so expect the prelims to be big too, however, the main card is where all of the excitement will lie.

Let’s go Bo Nickal vs Christian Leroy Duncan.

Bo Nickal is the all-American that this card needs. He proudly represents America and is a multiple-time NCAA champion. Having featured on four straight PPVs, including opening up the main card of UFC 300, Nickal is clearly a UFC favourite.

Duncan has an exciting style and, although not the biggest name, has been on a tear as of late. He’s 5-2 in the UFC, winning his last two outings convincingly. He’s recorded 10 finish victories and two decisions, and always comes to fight.

This is a classic match-up of striker vs grappler as Nickal will look to wrestle, whereas CLD will want to keep things on the feet. An exciting match-up for sure.

Fourth Fight on the Card

Justin Gaethje vs Arman Tsarukyan is the one for this slot.

Gaethje is another proud American who has represented America wherever he goes. His grandfather fought in the US Army, showing the American blood flows through all of the Gaethjes. He’s never in a boring fight as we know, notching an impressive 14 post-fight bonuses across his 14 UFC outings. He’s a former BMF title holder and has competed for the UFC lightweight title on multiple occasions. The Highlight is a certain for the UFC White House card.

Standing across from Gaethje will be Arman Tsarukyan. The Armenian was all set to challenge Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title at UFC 311, however, he suffered an injury one day before the event and had to pull out. At just 28 and with a record of 22-3, he’s more than deserving of a title shot, especially having already won a title eliminator. Dana White did suggest that he can’t trust Tsarukyan after his UFC 311 pull-out, so another title eliminator against Gaethje on Trump’s lawn makes sense.

First Title Fight

What better way to win a title for an American than to win it in front of the President? Well, Kayla Harrison did just that and did so in dominant fashion. She even gave Trump her belt after her big win.

Harrison is (at the time of writing) the only American UFC champion so has to be on the card. There’s only one fight that makes sense for Harrison and it’s the mega fight against Amanda Nunes.

We know that Nunes is back in the testing pool and has submitted a test in 2025. It’s the fight that everyone wants to see, and with how dominant Harrison has been thus far, Nunes is the only one on the roster who could remotely give her a fight. With how Nunes retired, on top and dominant, it’s an exciting one for sure.

The Huge Co-Main Event

This one is hard to place on the card. It is, without a doubt, deserving of a place in the headline slot. There’s also a doubt whether the two men who feature in this one would take a co-main event slot.

Ilia Topuria vs Paddy Pimblett for the lightweight title.

Topuria is a megastar, quite possibly the biggest, active star on the roster today. He’s undefeated at 17-0 and only had to relinquish the featherweight belt in order to chase greatness at lightweight, something he achieved in astonishing fashion. The run of knocking out Alexander Volkanovski, Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira is one of the best runs in UFC history, without a doubt.

Pimblett is quickly emerging as a huge star, especially in Europe. With a UFC record of 7-0, The Baddy has been improving fight on fight, with his most recent two victories massively putting him on the map. He slept King Green before battering Michael Chandler and finishing him in under three rounds. With five performance of the night bonuses, Pimblett is always exciting.

The two also have a history dating back to 2022 when the two had a violent altercation before both competed at UFC London. They also faced off after Topuria’s big win at UFC 317.

Would Dana White book two ‘non Americans’ for the UFC White House card in the co-main event? We’ll see.

The Main Event of the Evening – 5 Round Trilogy Bout

Why not? So you’re saying this is going to be the biggest card in UFC history? Possibly funded by the American government? It needs a big headliner. It needs a fight that can live up to being ‘bigger’ than Topuria vs Pimblett.

Send up the Mac signal… It’s the return.

Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz 3.

The fight that we’ve wanted since the night of August 20th 2016, after McGregor defeated Diaz, equalling their rivalry at one a piece.

Neither man has been active as of late, with Diaz last competing in the UFC in 2022 and McGregor not featuring since 2021. It’s the only fight that makes sense. Both men are very far past their primes and neither is anywhere close to the top of either lightweight or welterweight, so they’re in it for the money fights. It’s now or never, especially with both men’s age being taken into account. The Irishman is now 37 and the American is now 40 years old.

There is little to no doubt that this would sell a crazy number of PPVs, just what White and co want. This is realistically the last chance that the two will have to meet in the octagon and what better place to meet than the UFC White House card headliner…

Others to Feature on the Card

Sean Strickland and Colby Covington are shoo-ins. Both passionate Americans, with Covington especially being friendly with the President in recent years.

Both men’s form, however, suggests that they shouldn’t be anywhere near the main card.

Michael Chandler is another fighter who could feel hard done by not making the UFC White House card. He’ll certainly want to feature and, as a company man, is owed something from the UFC. Another man who represents the American flag wherever he goes, Chandler should be featured.

Bryce Mitchell will do whatever he can to be on the card to once again fight in front of his idol, Donald Trump. At UFC 314 in front of the president, Mitchell was choked unconscious, so expect him to want to get that one back.

Is there anyone else you would want to see on the UFC White House card?