A women’s strawweight bout between former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Michelle Waterson and former Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Angela Hill was initially scheduled to take place three weeks earlier at UFC on ESPN: Munhoz vs. Edgar.[5] However, due to undisclosed personal reasons for Waterson, the bout was moved to this event.[6] Subsequently, the pairing was announced as the new main event after the postponement of Santos/Teixeira.This was the first time the UFC had an African-American woman as the headliner of an event.
