A flyweight bout between former
UFC Flyweight Championship challenger (also former
LFA Flyweight Champion)
Brandon Royval and undefeated prospect
Tatsuro Taira headlined the event. A middleweight bout between
Brad Tavares and
Park Jun-yong was expected to take place at
UFC on ESPN: Lemos vs. Jandiroba in July 2024, but it was scrapped when Park was not medically cleared after the weigh-ins. They were then rescheduled for this event. A bantamweight bout between former
UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody Garbrandt and former
LFA Bantamweight Champion Miles Johns was scheduled for this event. However, the bout was moved to
UFC Fight Night 247 for unknown reasons. A women's strawweight bout between
Polyana Viana and
Cory McKenna was scheduled for this event. However, Viana withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Julia Polastri. A heavyweight bout between
Chris Barnett and former
LFA Heavyweight Champion Waldo Cortes-Acosta was scheduled for this event. However, Cortes-Acosta withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by
Junior Tafa. Subsequently, Barnett withdrew after being unable to travel due to
Hurricane Milton and was replaced by promotional newcomer Sean Sharaf.
Terrance McKinney was briefly announced to compete on the card in a lightweight bout against a to-be-named opponent. However, he was removed from the card for unknown reasons. At the weigh-ins, three fighters missed weight: •
Jared Gooden weighed in at 172.5 pounds, one and a half pounds over the welterweight non-title fight limit. • Dan Argueta weighed in at 138.5 pounds, two and a half pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit. • Josh Fremd weighed in at 189 pounds, three pounds over the middleweight non-title fight limit. Gooden and Argueta's bouts proceeded at catchweight and they were fined 20 percent of their individual purses which went to their opponents
Chidi Njokuani and Cody Haddon respectively. Fremd’s bout with
Abdul Razak Alhassan was canceled as a result. ==Results==