The event marked the promotion's first visit to Saint Petersburg and the second in Russia, after
UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik in September 2018. However, Volkov pulled out of the bout due to health issues and was replaced by
Aleksei Oleinik.
Emil Weber Meek was briefly connected to a welterweight bout against
Sultan Aliev at the event. However, Meek withdrew from the card for an undisclosed reason and was replaced by
Keita Nakamura. Promotional newcomer
Roman Dolidze was briefly linked to a bout with
Gadzhimurad Antigulov at the event. However, he was replaced just days later for undisclosed reasons by
Michał Oleksiejczuk. Promotional newcomer
Roman Kopylov was scheduled to make his debut against
Krzysztof Jotko at the event. However, Kopylov pulled out of the bout on March 22 citing injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer
Alen Amedovski. Muin Gaurov was scheduled to face
Movsar Evloev at the event. However, it was reported on March 24 that Gaurov is still contracted with
ONE Championship, thus his contract with UFC was annulled. Evloev instead faced promotional newcomer
Seung Woo Choi.
Abdul-Kerim Edilov was scheduled to face
Devin Clark at the event. However, Edilov was removed from the card for undisclosed reasons on March 25 and was replaced by promotional newcomer Ivan Shtyrkov. In turn, it was reported that the bout was canceled a day before the event after Shtyrkov was hospitalized.
Teemu Packalén was scheduled to face
Alexander Yakovlev at the event. However, Packalén was removed from the card in early April for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer
Alex da Silva Coelho. ==Results==