Featherweight Lerryan Douglas worked alongside Marco Ruas ahead of UFC Sacramento. Before the fight happened, Douglas revealed that two ranked featherweights turned down a bout with him. The featherweight fighter trained closely with Ruas to prepare for his scheduled appearance at the event.
At UFC Sacramento, Jamall Emmers finished Douglas on the event prelims. Emmers claimed the victory by delivering an upset knockout TKO finish. The victory took place during the event prelims, where Emmers got the stoppage over Douglas to secure the upset win.