[3] Their first fight at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery ended in a unanimous decision victory for Silva.

However, Rhodes was forced out of the bout due to injury, and was briefly replaced by returning veteran Joe Riggs.

[4] On July 29, it was announced that Riggs had to pull out of the bout due to a gun accident with non-life-threatening injuries in his house.

However, Létourneau pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer and former Jungle Fight women's bantamweight champion Larissa Pacheco.

[9] Promotional newcomer Łukasz Sajewski was expected to make his debut at the event against Leonardo Santos.