The event was headlined byRenan Ferreira facing off againstMaurice Greene in an attempt to reach the heavyweight finals. Ferreira was initially scheduled to face number three seed Marcelo Nunes, but he was forced to withdraw due to an injury and was replaced by fifth-seed Greene.[2]
At weigh-ins, Olena Kolesnyk weighed in at 147.8 pounds, 1.8 pounds over the Featherweight limit. She was fined 20 percent of his purse, which went to her opponent Pacheco, and she started the bout with a one-point subtraction. Daiqwon Buckley weighed in at 272.4 pounds, 6.4 pounds over the Heavyweight limit, leading him to being fined 20% of his purse which went to his opponent Sutherland. The bout was briefly moved to Super Heavyweight before the promotion cancelled it. TheNew York State Athletic Commission decided not to license Chris Mixan, leading to his lightweight bout against Eddie George to be scrapped.[3]
Denis Goltsov
Jordan Heiderman
Renan Ferreira
Olena Kolesnyk