The event was the first that the UFC has hosted on
Long Island. A featherweight bout between former
UFC Featherweight Championship challengers
Ricardo Lamas and
Chan Sung Jung was originally in the works to headline or co-headline this event. The pairing was originally slated to take place in July 2013 at
UFC 162, but Jung was pulled from the bout in favor of a title fight against then champion
José Aldo at
UFC 163. On May 12, the bout was confirmed for
UFC 214. A light heavyweight bout between
Gian Villante and
Patrick Cummins was originally booked for
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov in December 2016. However, Cummins pulled out a week before the event due to a
staph infection. The fight eventually took place at this event. A heavyweight bout between Christian Colombo and
Damian Grabowski was expected to take place at
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira. However, the pairing was scrapped as both fighters sustained injuries in the weeks leading up to the event. The fight was rescheduled to take place at this event. Subsequently, Colombo was removed from the fight on June 22 for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by
Chase Sherman.
Alessio Di Chirico was expected to face
Rafael Natal, but pulled out in the weeks leading up to the event due to a neck injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer
Eryk Anders. ==Results==