Date: Friday, December 9th
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass): 3:30pm PST / 6:30pm EST
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1): 4pm PST / 7pm EST
Main Card (Fox Sports 1): 6pm PST / 9pm EST
Live Streams:
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Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Derrick Lewis (16-4) vs.
Shamil Abdurakhimov (17-3) (Heavyweight)
Francis Ngannou (8-1) vs.
Anthony Hamilton (15-5) (Heavyweight)
Gian Villante (14-7) vs.
Saparbek Safarov (8-0) (Light Heavyweight)
Corey Anderson (8-2) vs.
Sean O'Connell (17-8) (Light Heavyweight)
Juliana Lima (8-3) vs.
JJ Aldrich (4-1) (Women's Strawweight)
Randy Brown (8-1) vs.
Brian Camozzi (7-2) (Welterweight)
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) Joe Gigliotti (7-1) vs.
Gerald Meerschaert (24-8) (Middleweight)
Andrew Sanchez (8-2) vs.
Trevor Smith (14-6) (Middleweight)
Tiago Trator (20-5-2) vs.
Shane Burgos (7-0) (Featherweight)
Frankie Perez (10-2) vs.
Marc Diakiese (10-0) (Lightweight)
Keith Berish (5-0) vs.
Ryan Janes (8-1) (Middleweight)
Other- A middleweight bout between Josh Samman and Oluwale Bamgbose was briefly linked to the event. However the pairing never materialized as Samman died on October 5, 2016. Joe Gigliotti was tabbed as his replacement. In turn, Bamgbose pulled out of the fight in mid-November citing an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Gerald Meerschaert on November 16.
- Promotional newcomer Charlie Ward was expected to face Randy Brown at the event. However, Ward was pulled from the event in early November due to alleged visa issues which restricted his travel and was replaced by fellow newcomer Brian Camozzi on November 7.
- Zubaira Tukhugov was scheduled to face Tiago Trator at the event. However on November 14, Tukhugov was pulled from the card after being notified by USADA of a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected earlier. On November 28, Tukhugov was replaced by promotional newcomer Shane Burgos.
- Aljamain Sterling was expected to face Raphael Assuncao at the event. However, Sterling pulled out of the fight on November 23 citing injury. Assuncao was subsequently removed from the card.
- The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Claudia women's strawweight winner Tatiana Suarez was expected to face Juliana Lima at the event. However, Suarez pulled out of the fight on November 23 citing injury. She was replaced on December 2 by promotional newcomer JJ Aldrich.
- Patrick Cummins was expected to face Gian Villante at the event. However, Cummins pulled out of the fight on December 2 citing a staph infection. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Saparbek Safarov on December 2.
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