Pereira vs Gane for June 14 Interim Heavyweight Title
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- Alex Pereira will fight Ciryl Gane for the UFC interim heavyweight championship on June 14 at UFC Freedom 250, staged at the White House.
- Dana White said a third world‑title win would push Pereira past Jon Jones as the greatest fighter of all time.
- Alex Pereira aims to become the UFC’s first three‑weight champion, having already held middleweight and light‑heavyweight belts and having beaten Israel Adesanya for the middleweight title in 2022.
- Jon Jones announced retirement in 2025 but pledged a comeback to fight Pereira, and he holds the UFC record with 16 title‑fight wins.
- Tom Aspinall is recovering from multiple eye injuries, and his manager Eddie Hearn wants to renegotiate his UFC contract.
Why it matters: The June 14 interim heavyweight bout will decide the next challenger for Tom Aspinall, giving the winner a guaranteed title shot and boosting his earnings, while the fight reshapes the UFC’s all‑time greatest‑fighter hierarchy.
