Alex Pereira chased history on the South Lawn of the White House, but the heavyweight mountain proved too steep to climb. In the co-main event of UFC Freedom 250, former interim titleholder Ciryl Gane spoiled the highly anticipated heavyweight debut of the Brazilian superstar, stopping Alex Pereira with a spectacular second-round TKO to recapture the interim heavyweight championship.
Pereira entered Sunday’s historic fight card aiming to become the first three-division champion in Ultimate Fighting Championship history. Instead, the natural size and structural dominance of Gane completely shut down the historic bid.
It belongs to him
@Ciryl_Gane earns the RD2 TKO and becomes the interim heavyweight champ!#UFCWhiteHouse LIVE NOW on @ParamountPlus!
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— UFC (@ufc) June 15, 2026
The elite strikers initially engaged in a tense technical battle, trading leg kicks on the perimeter while Gane worked his standard, fluid jab. While the first round stayed close, the structural disparity became heavily apparent in the second round.
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