This was the first sporting event to take place at the Co-op Live arena, which opened in April 2024.[3]
The event marked the promotion's fifth visit to Manchester and first since UFC 204 in October 2016.[2] Despite the event taking place in Manchester, the event was held based on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC-7) (Las Vegas) time with preliminary fights starting at 23.00 British Summer Time (15.00 PDT), and the main card starting 03.00 BST, which is the standard start time for UFC pay-per-view events of 19.00 PDT, which drew massive criticism from fans and fighters. Fans believed the matches should have started earlier (19.00 BST, or 11.00 PDT) for the UK audience.[4]
A middleweight bout between Christian Leroy Duncan and Robert Bryczek was scheduled for this event.[9] However, Bryczek withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by former LFA Middleweight ChampionGregory Rodrigues.[10]
A women's strawweight bout between Ravena Oliveira and Shauna Bannon was scheduled for this event.[11] However, Oliveira withdrew from the bout due to an injury and was replaced with promotional newcomer Alice Ardelean.[12]
A bantamweight bout between Ramon Taveras and Caolán Loughran was scheduled for this event.[13] However, Taveras had to withdraw from the bout due to an injury and was reportedly relaced by Hecher Sosa.[14][15] It was later reported that Sosa would not be competing at the event as Loughran would face Jake Hadley instead.[16][17] At the weigh-ins, Hadley weighed in at 137 pounds, half a pound over the bantamweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and Hadley was fined 20 percent of his purse which went to Loughran.[18]
The event originally featured $50,000 fight night bonuses, which were raised to $100,000 before the event.[19]
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