After the weigh ins, the UFC announced that Makhachev had failed an out-of-competition drug screening, testing positive for the banned anti-ischemic meldonium.
Ngemuva kwesisindo, i-UFC yamemezela ukuthi uMakhachev wehlulekile ukuhlolwa kwezidakamizwa okungaphandle komqhudelwano, nokuhlolwa ukuthi kutholakale ukuthi kune-meldonium evinjelwe.