[5] On October 26, UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar pulled out of his fight against Shane Carwin due to an illness that kept him from training.

[7] Previously announced match-ups of John Howard vs. Dennis Hallman[8] and Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida[9] were moved to The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale[10] and UFC 107[11] respectively.

[13] Dana White confirmed on November 19 that Karo Parisyan had pulled out of his fight against Dustin Hazelett for undisclosed reasons.

[14] As a result, the fight between Paulo Thiago and Jacob Volkmann was promoted to the main card.

[17] ^ Both fighters earned show money; bout declared majority draw.