Background
The scheduled bout between Thales Leites and Goran Reljic was scratched from the card due to an injury suffered by Reljic. Drew McFedries was chosen as Reljic's replacement. Anderson Silva's original opponent was rumored to be Yushin Okami, but the fight was scratched after Okami suffered a hand injury. Also, the bout between Gray Maynard and Rich Clementi was moved to the main card.
Diego Sanchez suffered an injury while preparing for his bout against Thiago Alves and was forced to pull out while Josh Koscheck stepped in to fight instead.
Other changes to the card included:
- Melvin Guillard was slated to fight Spencer Fisher, but was replaced by Shannon Gugerty.
- Ricardo Almeida was replaced by Dan Miller due to an injury.
- Marcus Aurélio replaces injured Gleison Tibau.
Future UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos made his UFC debut at this event.
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