[3] A featherweight bout between Jeka Saragih and Jesse Butler was scheduled for this event.

[7] A middleweight bout between promotional newcomer César Almeida and Christian Leroy Duncan was scheduled for the event.

[10] Jonny Parsons was expected to face Uroš Medić in a welterweight bout at the event.

[11] However, Parsons was pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Myktybek Orolbai.

The fight proceeded at catchweight with Estevam being fined 20% of his purse which went to his opponent Charles Johnson.