[6] However, Stephens declined the fight after indicating he did not feel the date allowed him adequate time to prepare and safely make the required weight.

[9] A flyweight bout between promotional newcomer Tagir Ulanbekov and Bruno Gustavo da Silva was expected to take place four weeks earlier at UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs.

[11] Rodolfo Vieira was expected to face Markus Perez in a middleweight bout at the event.

[16] A middleweight bout between Tom Breese and KB Bhullar was briefly scheduled to take place at UFC on ESPN: Holm vs. Aldana a week earlier, before being moved to this event.

However, Spivac withdrew from the bout in early October due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Alan Baudot.

Due to undisclosed reasons, it was announced on October 2 that promotional newcomer Stephanie Egger would replace Malecki.