Michael Graves was scheduled to face Sérgio Moraes on the card. However, Graves was removed from the fight on October 3 after he was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge.[7] He was replaced by Zak Ottow.[8]
Matheus Nicolau was expected to face Ulka Sasaki at the event. However, on November 3, Nicolau was pulled from the bout after USADA revealed a potential anti-doping violation from a sample taken October 13. In turn, Sasaki was pulled from the event entirely and was later rescheduled to face Wilson Reis on February 12, 2017 at UFC 208[9]
^Original ruled a TKO (punches) victory for Stewart; result overturned to "No Contest" by the Comissão Atlética Brasileira de MMA (CABMMA) due to an inadvertent headbutt.[10]