The event marked the promotion's tenth visit to New York City and first since
UFC 281 in November 2022. However on October 25, it was announced that the bout was scrapped after Jones sustained a
pectoral muscle injury that would require surgery. As a result, the promotion opted to book an interim title bout between the originally scheduled backup fighter
Sergei Pavlovich and
Tom Aspinall in the co-main event. A flyweight bout between
Joshua Van and Kevin Borjas took place at the event. The pairing was previously scheduled to meet at
Dana White's Contender Series 57, but Van was pulled in order to face
Zhalgas Zhumagulov at
UFC on ABC: Emmett vs. Topuria. A middleweight bout between
Derek Brunson and
Roman Dolidze was set to take place at the event. However, Brunson parted ways with the organization and the bout was scrapped. A flyweight bout between
Matt Schnell and
Steve Erceg was expected to take place at the event. However, Schnell withdrew from the bout for unknown reasons and was replaced by Alessandro Costa. A lightweight
Mateusz Rębecki and Nurullo Aliev was scheduled for the event. However, Aliev withdrew from the event in early November due to injury. He was replaced by returning veteran
Roosevelt Roberts. At the weigh-ins, Roberts came in at 158 pounds (two pounds over the lightweight non-title bout limit). His bout with Rebecki proceeded at catchweight with Roberts forfeiting 20% of his purse. At the weigh-ins,
Jamall Emmers came in at 147 pounds (one pound over the featherweight non-title bout limit). His bout with Dennis Buzukja proceeded at catchweight with Emmers forfeiting 20% of his purse. ==Results==