[10] A middleweight bout between Saparbek Safarov and Julian Marquez was initially slated for August 29 at UFC Fight Night: Smith vs.

[12] In turn, Safarov pulled out due to weight cut issues a day before the event and the pairing was cancelled once again.

[20] A flyweight bout between Jeff Molina and Zarrukh Adashev was briefly expected to take place at this event, but was eventually rescheduled for UFC Fight Night 185.

[23] However, Barberena underwent an emergency laparotomy a week before the event due to "internal bleeding from a couple ruptured arteries in his omentum" and was sidelined indefinitely.

[25] At the weigh-ins, Abdul Razak Alhassan, Eryk Anders and Louis Smolka missed weight for their respective bouts.

All of their bouts were scheduled to proceed at catchweight and they were each fined 20% of their individual purses, which went to their opponents Khaos Williams, Antônio Arroyo and José Alberto Quiñónez respectively.