A potential
UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship title eliminator between multiple-time
muay thai world champion
Valentina Shevchenko and
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate bantamweight winner
Julianna Peña served as the event headliner. A bantamweight bout between
Raphael Assunção and
Aljamain Sterling was originally booked for
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov. However, Sterling pulled out due to an undisclosed injury. The fight was later rescheduled for this event.
Yancy Medeiros was expected to face
Li Jingliang at the event. However, in early January, Medeiros pulled out for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer
Bobby Nash. A middleweight bout between former
Bellator Middleweight Champion Héctor Lombard and
Brad Tavares was expected to take place at this event, but was scrapped on January 10 due to undisclosed reasons. A week before the event, promotional newcomer
John Phillips pulled out of his light heavyweight bout against
Marcos Rogério de Lima and was replaced by fellow newcomer
Jeremy Kimball. At the weigh-ins, Lima came in at 209.5 lb, 3.5 lb over the light heavyweight limit of 206 lb. As a result, Lima was fined 20% of his purse, which went to Kimball and the bout proceeded as scheduled at catchweight. ==Results==