A
UFC Welterweight Championship bout between current champion
Leon Edwards and former interim champion
Colby Covington headlined the event.
Belal Muhammad served as backup and potential replacement for this fight. A
UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion
Alexandre Pantoja and former
LFA Flyweight Champion Brandon Royval took place at the event. Former two-time champion
Brandon Moreno served as backup and potential replacement for this fight. A featherweight bout between former interim UFC Featherweight Championship challenger
Josh Emmett and
Giga Chikadze was expected to take place at this event. However, Chikadze withdrew due to a torn groin and was replaced by
Bryce Mitchell. A welterweight bout between
Ian Machado Garry and
Vicente Luque was expected to take place at the event. However, the bout was scrapped after Garry withdrew due to contracting
pneumonia the week of the event. A welterweight bout between
Randy Brown and
Muslim Salikhov was expected to take place at the event but was scrapped after Brown withdrew due to illness.
Strickland-du Plessis brawl UFC Middleweight Champion Sean Strickland and challenger
Dricus du Plessis were in attendance at the event, seated within two rows of each-other by
Dana White's arrangement. While exchanging words, Strickland gestured for audience members to move and attacked du Plessis. The brawl was quickly broken up and Strickland was escorted out of the event. Despite the altercation, du Plessis pressed no charges. ==Results==