Team Penn light heavyweight winner Corey Anderson and Patrick Cummins was originally scheduled for UFC 217.

[7] Augusto Mendes was pulled from a bout against Merab Dvalishvili due to a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on March 7, 2018.

[9] Former WSOF Flyweight Champion Magomed Bibulatov was expected to face Ulka Sasaki, but he pulled out a day before the event, citing back injury and the bout was cancelled.

Ladd supposedly offered Leslie Smith an additional $5,000 on top of her 20% purse deduction.

[12] Subsequently, the UFC paid Smith her show and win money but then released her from the promotion.