The event also features a heavyweight bout between former Interim Heavyweight Champion Valentin Moldavsky and Steve Mowry. The pairing previously met at Bellator 284 in August 2022, where the bout ended in a no contest as a result of an accidental eye poke by Moldavsky during the first round.[4][5]
A bantamweight bout between James Gallagher and Cris Lencioni was scheduled to take place at the event.[6] However after Lencioni suffered cardiac arrest in mid June, he was replaced by James Gonzalez.[7]
At weigh-ins, Diana Avsaragova weighed in at 127.2 pounds, 1.2 pounds over the Flyweight non-title limit. Due to this, the bout proceeded at catchweight and she was fined 20 percent of his purse, which went to her opponent Justine Kish.[8]