[3] Rani Yahya was expected to face Johnny Bedford in a rematch from their bout at UFC Fight Night 39.

[4] A welterweight bout between Sean Spencer and Luiz Dutra was official for this card but had to be cancelled due to an injury.

Subsequently, Treviño's originally scheduled opponent on the card, Joe Ellenberger, was briefly linked to bouts with newcomers Johnny Case[6] and Bryan Barberena.

[10] However, on June 18 it was announced that Benoit had to pull out of the fight due to injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Shane Howell.

His subsequent efforts to make weight over the next two hours failed, hence he was forced to surrender 20 percent of his purse to opponent Nico Musoke.