The event was the first that the promotion has hosted in
Ottawa. The card was headlined by a welterweight bout between former
UFC Welterweight Championship challenger
Rory MacDonald and five-time
kickboxing world champion
Stephen Thompson.
Norifumi Yamamoto was scheduled to face
Chris Beal at the event. However, Yamamoto was pulled from the bout on May 26 due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by former
Bellator Featherweight Champion and one time
UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger
Joe Soto.
Alex Garcia was scheduled to face
Colby Covington, but pulled out on June 9 due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer
Jonathan Meunier.
Randa Markos missed weight on her first attempt at the weigh ins, coming in at 117.5 lb. She was given additional time to make the weight limit, but made no attempts to cut further. Instead, she was fined 20 percent of her fight purse, which went to
Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger. ==Results==