The event was headlined by a women's bantamweight bout between former
UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm and multiple-time
Muay Thai world champion
Valentina Shevchenko. A bout between former
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challengers
Anthony Johnson and
Glover Teixeira was expected to serve as the co-main event. However, Johnson pulled out on June 18 to tend to personal issues. In turn, promotion officials elected to pull Teixeira from the card and the pairing was left intact and rescheduled to take place four weeks later at
UFC 202.
Ryan LaFlare was expected to face
Alexander Yakovlev at the event. However, LaFlare was removed from the fight in early June after sustaining an undisclosed injury and was replaced by
The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians winner
Kamaru Usman.
Anthony Rocco Martin was expected to face
Michel Prazeres at the event. However, Martin pulled out on July 6 due to a neck injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer J.C. Cottrell.
George Sullivan was expected to face
Héctor Urbina, but was pulled from the event due to a "potential compliance issue" with the UFC's anti-doping policy stemming from "voluntarily disclosed information" he provided to
USADA. Urbina still weighed in as a potential backup opponent should there be a need for him to compete in another bout. Since that did not materialize, he will be re-booked for another card in the near future. ==Results==