hosted the UFC's much anticipated debut in France. This event marked the organization's debut in France. A heavyweight bout between former interim
UFC Heavyweight Champion Ciryl Gane and
Tai Tuivasa headlined the event. A middleweight bout between former
UFC Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker (also
The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) and former title challenger
Marvin Vettori took place at the event. The pairing was originally scheduled for
UFC 275, but Whittaker withdrew due to injury. Former
UFC Women's Flyweight Championship challenger
Katlyn Chookagian was expected to face
Manon Fiorot in a women's flyweight bout at the event. However, Chookagian withdrew for unknown reasons in mid June and was replaced by former
UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Jéssica Andrade. In turn, Andrade withdrew in mid July due to undisclosed reasons and Chookagian stepped back into the original pairing. The promotion then opted to postpone the contest to
UFC 280 in October.
Christos Giagos was expected to face
Benoît Saint Denis in a lightweight bout. However, Giagos pulled out in early August after severing a tendon of his little finger during a domestic accident. Saint Denis faced Gabriel Miranda instead. A welterweight bout between Darian Weeks (MMA record: 5–2) and former two-time
Glory Welterweight Champion Cédric Doumbé (MMA record: 2–0) was scheduled for the event. However the fight was cancelled after the French MMA Federation (FMMAF) would not sanction the bout per the commission's rule that fighters with less than ten professional bouts must not have more than a four fight differential between them. Weeks was later rescheduled to face Yohan Lainesse at
UFC 279, one week later from this event. Doumbé was then supposedly released by the organization, a rumor he denies. A middleweight bout between
Makhmud Muradov and
Abusupiyan Magomedov was expected to take place at the event. However, Muradov withdrew due to injury was replaced by
Dustin Stoltzfus. A bantamweight bout between
Taylor Lapilus and
Khalid Taha was expected to take place at this event. However, the week before the event, Lapilus withdrew due to a broken hand. Taha faced former
Ultimate Warrior Challenge Mexico bantamweight champion and promotional newcomer
Cristian Quiñónez instead.
Zarah Fairn Dos Santos and
Ailín Pérez were scheduled to meet in a women's featherweight bout at the event. However, Fairn was pulled from the event for unknown reasons and replaced by
Stephanie Egger. A featherweight bout between
Ricardo Ramos and
Danny Henry was expected to take place at the event. However, the bout was cancelled after both fighters got injured. ==Results==