On July 30, 2012, UFC president Dana White confirmed that the winner of the main event will receive a Light Heavyweight title shot, regardless of how impressive either Ryan Bader or Lyoto Machida were in the co-main event of the evening.
Fox | Fox Broadcasting Company | 20th Century Fox | Fox News Channel | UFC | FOX | Michael J. Fox | Fox Sports | Shogun | Matthew Fox | Vicente Fox | NFL on Fox | Vera Lynn | Frances Fox Piven | Fox Sports (USA) | Fox & Friends | NASCAR on Fox | Samantha Fox | fox | Vera Wang | James Fox | George Fox | Fox Sports Radio | Fox Mulder | The Grey Fox | Matthew Fox (actor) | Megan Fox | fox hunting | Fox Business Network | Charles James Fox |
:For the lawyer Edward Blum, see Bush v. Vera
Liz Carmouche was originally scheduled to face former Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate at UFC on FOX 8, but Tate instead replaced the injured Cat Zingano on the The Ultimate Fighter.
On February 9, 2013, the UFC announced that Larkin would make his debut against Francis Carmont at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez in San Jose, California.
Johnny Bedford was expected to face Nick Denis at the event, but Bedford was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Roland Delorme.
Zuffa CEO Lorenzo Fertitta confirmed that the debut show would be a one hour special with only the main event airing live on television, but a full preliminary card taking place beforehand.