A women's flyweight bout between Kim Ji-yeon and Mandy Böhm took place at the event.[6] They were previously scheduled to meet at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak, but Böhm was forced to withdraw due to illness.[7]
A welterweight bout between Jake Matthews and Gabriel Green was scheduled for this event.[8] However, Matthews withdrew from the bout due to injury and was replaced by The Return of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega middleweight winner Bryan Battle.[9] At the weigh-ins, Battle weighed in at 173 pounds, two pounds over the welterweight non-title fight limit. Their bout proceeded at catchweight and he was fined a percentage of his purse which went to Green.[10]
Natan Levy and Pete Rodriguez were originally expected to meet in a lightweight bout at UFC on ESPN: Song vs. Simón, but the pairing was cancelled due to an undisclosed issue on Rodriguez's side.[11] They were eventually rescheduled for this event.[12] In turn, the bout was scrapped the day before due to weight management issues related to Rodriguez.[13]
^Kim was deducted 1 point after round 2 due to striking Böhm after the bell. She was deducted another point in round 3 due to an illegal knee to a grounded opponent which rendered Böhm unable to continue.
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[17]
Fight of the Night: No bonus awarded.
Performance of the Night: Jailton Almeida, Ian Machado Garry, Carlos Ulberg, Matt Brown, and Bryan Battle
Records set
With 18,712 people in attendance, this event was the highest-attended UFC Fight Night event in the United States in the promotion's history.[18]
Reported payout
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the North Carolina Athletic Commission. It is important to note the amounts do not include sponsor money, discretionary bonuses, viewership points or additional earnings. The total disclosed payout for the event was $1,878,000.[19]