A women's bantamweight bout between former UFC Women's Bantamweight ChampionHolly Holm and Aspen Ladd was expected to take place at the event. However on January 31, it was reported the matchup was scrapped due to undisclosed reasons and both fighters are expected to face new opponents in other events.[5]
Former interim title challenger Ovince Saint Preux was expected to face Misha Cirkunov at the event. However on February 11, it was announced that Saint Preux suffered an injury and was pulled from the fight.[8] He was replaced by Johnny Walker.[9]