[1] The event marked the promotion's fourth visit to Sioux Falls and first since Bellator 284 in August 2022.

The pairing previously met at Bellator 284 in August 2022, where the bout ended in a no contest as a result of an accidental eye poke by Moldavsky during the first round.

[4][5] A bantamweight bout between James Gallagher and Cris Lencioni was scheduled to take place at the event.

[6] However after Lencioni suffered cardiac arrest in mid June, he was replaced by James Gonzalez.

Due to this, the bout proceeded at catchweight and she was fined 20 percent of his purse, which went to her opponent Justine Kish.