to face Beneil Dariush in a lightweight bout at the event. However, Oliveira pulled out of the fight in early September for undisclosed reasons and the bout was scrapped. A bantamweight bout between Casey Kenney and Alateng Heili was originally expected to take place a week earlier at UFC 253. However, it was later moved to this event due to undisclosed reasons. Danaa Batgerel was expected to face Kyler Phillips in a bantamweight bout at the event. However, it was announced on September 21 that Batgerel pulled out due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mongolia. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Cameron Else. A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski and Tanner Boser was briefly scheduled for this event, but was later moved to UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Teixeira due to Arlovski being ill. A middleweight bout between Tom Breese and Roman Kopylov was originally scheduled for this event, but Kopylov was removed from the bout on September 27 due to undisclosed reasons and replaced by KB Bhullar. The bout subsequently took place a week later at UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen. Results Bonus awards The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses. Fight of the Night: No bonus awarded. Performance of the Night: Germaine de Randamie, Kyler Phillips, Duško Todorović, and Luigi Vendramini See also List of UFC events List of current UFC fighters 2020 in UFC References UFC on ESPN 2020 in mixed martial arts 2020 in Emirati sport Mixed martial arts in the United Arab Emirates Sports competitions in Abu Dhabi October 2020 sports events in Asia