Ilia Topuria will return to the Octagon at UFC White House for his first lightweight title defence.UFC CEO Dana White has announced Topuria will fight Justin Gaethje in the main event of the historic White House show, scheduled for June 14.White has put his faith in Topuria to headline the White House cardGettyAlso on the card, Alex Pereira makes his debut at heavyweight, fighting Ciryl Gane in the co-main event for the interim UFC heavyweight title.Sean O’Malley, Michael Chandler, Bo Nickal and Steve Garcia will all be representing the United States in respective bouts on the card.Dana White reacts to UFC White House card“We’re in a unique position where we have guys like Pereira who can become a three-division champion,” White told Joe Rogan on the UFC 326 broadcast.“Right now, the time is right for Ilia Topuria and it should be explosive.UFC Freedom 250 - The White HouseFull cardMAIN EVENT: Ilia Topuria vs Justin Gaethje – UFC lightweight titleCO-MAIN EVENT: Alex Pereira vs Ciryl Gane – interim UFC heavyweight titleSean O’Malley vs Aiemann ZahabiMauricio Ruffy vs Michael ChandlerBo Nickal vs Kyle DaukausDiego Lopes vs Steve GarciaView Tweet: https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFCWhiteHouse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw“[Pereira] moving up and taking on a guy like Gane, the way these guys strike, it’s going to be very interesting“And should he win the fight, we’ll see what’s going on with Tom Aspinall and it could be him vs Aspinall.”“This card was a lot more difficult than we anticipated but we got it done.“A fight fell through last night and the team were working on it the entire night.”Breaking news… more to follow!