226. A women's flyweight bout between Sijara Eubanks and Jessica Eye was expected to take place at this event, but Eubanks was pulled from the bout on October 2 in favor of a headliner for the vacant UFC Women's Flyweight Championship against former UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship challenger Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 230. However, that fight was canceled a week later. Eubanks remained on the card at UFC 230 and fought against former title challenger Roxanne Modafferi, while Eye found a new opponent at UFC 231. Tom Duquesnoy was expected to face Nathaniel Wood at the event. However, Duquesnoy pulled out of the fight on November 12 citing a rib injury. Wood then faced Andre Ewell. A bantamweight bout between Brian Kelleher and Montel Jackson was initially slated to take place at UFC 230. However the fight was cancelled on the day of the event due to a medical issue for Kelleher and was rescheduled for this event. At the weigh-ins, Jackson weighed in at 137 lb, 1 pound over the bantamweight non-title fight limit of 136 lb. He was fined 20% of his fight purse, and Kelleher proceeded at catchweight. Results Bonus awards The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: Fight of the Night: Chad Mendes vs. Alexander Volkanovski Performance of the Night: Amanda Nunes and Ryan Hall Reported payout The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the California State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. The total disclosed payout for the event was $3,506,000. Jon Jones: $500,000 (no win bonus) def. Alexander Gustafsson: $500,000 Amanda Nunes: $350,000 (no win bonus) def. Cris Cyborg: $500,000 Michael Chiesa: $96,000 ($48,000 win bonus) def. Carlos Condit: $115,000 Corey Anderson: $130,000 ($65,000 win bonus) def. Ilir Latifi: $90,000 Alexander Volkanovski: $125,000 ($60,000 win bonus) def. Chad Mendes: $87,000 Walt Harris: $72,000 ($36,000 win bonus; fined 4,000) def. Andrei Arlovski: $300,000 Megan Anderson: $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus) def. Cat Zingano: $50,000 Petr Yan: $52,000 ($26,000 win bonus) def. Douglas Silva de Andrade: $21,000 Ryan Hall: $38,000 ($19,000 win bonus) def. B.J. Penn: $150,000 Nathaniel Wood: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Andre Ewell: $12,000 Uriah Hall: $110,000 ($55,000 win bonus) def. Bevon Lewis: $12,000 Curtis Millender: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus) def. Siyar Bahadurzada: $33,000 Montel Jackson: $16,000* ($10,000 win bonus) def. Brian Kelleher: $27,000 * Montel