A light heavyweight bout between former
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship title challenger
Anthony Smith and
Ryan Spann served as the main event. A light heavyweight bout between
Ion Cuțelaba and
Devin Clark was rescheduled to take place at this event. The bout was previously scheduled to take place in May at
UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Procházka, but Clark pulled out of that event citing injury. A bantamweight bout between
Tony Gravely and
Nate Maness took place at this event. The pairing was previously scheduled to meet at
UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Gastelum, but it was scrapped after Maness was removed from the bout for undisclosed reasons. A bantamweight bout between
Montel Jackson and
Danaa Batgerel was scheduled for the event. However, Batgerel was pulled from the event due to
visa issues and replaced by JP Buys.
Cory McKenna was expected to face
Emily Whitmire in a women's strawweight bout at this event. However, McKenna was removed from the event for an undisclosed reason and replaced by
Hannah Goldy. A women's flyweight bout between former
KSW Women's Flyweight Champion Ariane Lipski and promotional newcomer Mandy Böhm took place at the event. The pairing was previously scheduled to take place two weeks earlier at
UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till, but it was removed from the card during the week leading up to that event as Böhm was sidelined due to illness. However, Miller
tested positive for COVID-19 a week before the event and was pulled from the contest. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Cameron VanCamp. In turn, the bout was scrapped in the days leading up to the event due to an undisclosed injury to one of the participants. A lightweight bout between Dakota Bush and
Rong Zhu was expected to take place at the event. However, Bush tested positive for
COVID-19 during fight week and was replaced by Brandon Jenkins. At the weigh-ins, Zhu weighed in at 158 pounds, two pounds over the lightweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at a catchweight and he forfeited 20% of his purse to his opponent. ==Results==