[1] A Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Vadim Nemkov and Yoel Romero headlined the event.

They were previously expected to meet at Bellator 290 but Nemkov withdrew due to undisclosed reasons.

[7] If successful, Pitbull would have become the first man to become a three division champion in a major MMA organization, the first man to become champion in two divisions simultaneously twice, and that his win would have mark the fourth time overall where a fighter has won a title in different divisions (after Joe Warren at Bellator 128, Ryan Bader at Bellator 214, and Pitbull at Bellator 221).

[9] A welterweight bout between Bobby Nash and Roman Faraldo was scheduled for this event.

[10] In the beginning of May, it was announced that Faraldo had pulled out of the bout and replaced by Kyle Crutchmer.