A heavyweight bout between former
Bellator Heavyweight Champion Alexander Volkov and
Stefan Struve headlined the event. Promotional newcomer Abu Azaitar was expected to face
Siyar Bahadurzada at the event, but pulled out in early August and was replaced by fellow newcomer
Rob Wilkinson. Also in early August,
Islam Makhachev pulled out of a scheduled bout against
Michel Prazeres and was replaced by another newcomer in
Mads Burnell. On August 11,
Marcos Rogério de Lima was pulled from his bout against
Saparbek Safarov after being flagged by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (
USADA) for a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected on August 1. Subsequently, Safarov was also forced from the card with a rib injury.
Nick Hein was expected to face promotional newcomer
Zabit Magomedsharipov at this event, but pulled out on August 21 due to injury. Hein was replaced by promotional newcomer
Mike Santiago . Former
UFC Women's Featherweight Champion Germaine de Randamie was expected to face
Marion Reneau at the event. However, de Randamie pulled out of the fight on August 25 citing injury. She was replaced by promotional newcomer
Talita Bernardo. At the weigh ins,
Michel Prazeres missed the lightweight limit of 156 pounds, coming in at 159 pounds. As a result his bout with Mads Burnell was changed to a catchweight and Prazeres was fined 20% of his purse. ==Results==