The organization originally targeted a return to
Seoul,
South Korea to host the event. Instead, the event was moved to the
UFC Apex in
Enterprise, Nevada. However, Lewis later confirmed that he had, in fact, contracted
COVID-19. A women's Strawweight bout between
Loma Lookboonmee and
Elise Reed was scheduled for the event. However, the pair was moved to
UFC 284 for undisclosed reasons. The four finals of
Road to UFC Season 1 took place at this event. ESPN reporter
Laura Sanko made her UFC
color commentary debut at this event, becoming the first female color commentator in the modern UFC era to call an event from the booth. A women's flyweight bout between
Kim Ji-yeon and Mandy Böhm was expected to take place at the event. However, Böhm was forced to withdraw before the event started due to illness, and the bout was cancelled. ==Results==