A heavyweight bout between
Ciryl Gane and former
Bellator Heavyweight World Champion Alexander Volkov served as the event's headliner. A middleweight bout between
Anthony Hernandez and
Punahele Soriano was expected to take place at the event. The pairing was previously scheduled to take place in May 2020 at
UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Harris, but Soriano pulled out due to undisclosed reasons. In turn, Hernandez pulled out in late May due to a hand injury and was replaced by
Brendan Allen, with the new matchup expected to take place a month later at
UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw. A lightweight bout between
Yancy Medeiros and
Damir Hadžović has been rescheduled for the second time and took place at the event. The pairing was first scheduled to meet at
UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt. However, it was pulled from the card just hours before taking place due to health issues with Hadžović. A women's bantamweight bout between
Julija Stoliarenko and
Julia Avila was also rescheduled to take place at this event. The bout was previously scheduled to take place in March at
UFC on ESPN: Brunson vs. Holland, but it was cancelled as Stoliarenko was deemed medically unfit to compete due to complications from her weight cut, including collapsing twice off the scales during her attempts.
Ed Herman was expected to face
Danilo Marques in a light heavyweight bout at the event. However, Herman was removed from the card due to undisclosed reasons on June 14 and replaced by
Kennedy Nzechukwu. A welterweight bout between
Nicolas Dalby and
Sergey Khandozhko was expected to take place at the event. However on June 15, Khandozhko pulled out due to injury and was replaced by
Tim Means.
Ramazan Emeev was expected to face
The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3 middleweight winner
Warlley Alves in a welterweight bout. However, Emeev pulled out in mid June due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer
Jeremiah Wells. A light heavyweight bout between former interim
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger
Ovince Saint Preux and
Maxim Grishin was expected to take place at the event. However, Grishin withdrew from the bout due to visa issues and was replaced by
Tanner Boser in a heavyweight bout. A flyweight bout between former
UFC Flyweight Championship challenger
Tim Elliott (also
The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions flyweight winner) and
Su Mudaerji was scheduled for this event. However, Mudaerji pulled out due to a knee injury that will require surgery and the bout was scrapped. ==Results==