Background
A light heavyweight bout between Nikita Krylov and former LFA Light Heavyweight Champion Ryan Spann was expected to headline the event.[3] However, the headliner was cancelled during the broadcast as Krylov fell ill. As a result, the middleweight bout between André Muniz and former LFA Middleweight Champion Brendan Allen was elevated to the new main event.[4] Krylov and Spann were eventually rescheduled to meet at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili two weeks later.[5]
A lightweight bout between Jordan Leavitt and Victor Martinez took place the event.[6] They were previously scheduled to meet at UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 but Martinez withdrew from the event due to undisclosed reasons.[7]
A women's flyweight bout between Cortney Casey and Jasmine Jasudavicius was expected to take place at the event.[8] However, Casey withdrew from the event due to an undisclosed medical reason and was replaced by former interim LFA Women's Flyweight Champion Gabriella Fernandes.[9]
A featherweight bout between Andre Fili and Lucas Almeida was expected to take place at the event.[10] However, Fili was forced to withdraw from the bout due to emergency eye surgery and the bout was canceled.[11]
A flyweight bout between Ode' Osbourne and Denys Bondar was scheduled for the event.[12] However, Bondar withdrew from the event for undisclosed reasons and he was replaced by Charles Johnson at a catchweight of 130 pounds.[13]
Erick Gonzalez was scheduled to face Darrius Flowers and Trevor Peek was expected to meet Alex Reyes in lightweight bouts respectively for the event.[14][15] However, for unknown reasons, both Flower and Reyes were pulled from the event and Peek was scheduled to face Gonzalez instead.[16]
Garrett Armfield and José Johnson were expected to meet in a bantamweight bout at the preliminary card.[17] However, the pairing was scrapped after Johnson was pulled due to a medical issue.[18]
A women's bantamweight bout between Hailey Cowan and Ailin Perez was expected to take place at the event.[19] However, the day before the event, Cowan withdrew due to illness and the bout was canceled.[20]