The undercard of the evening includes a 10-round welterweight bout between Blair Cobbs (15-0-1, 10 KOs) and Alexis Rocha (18-1, 12 KOs). At this time, it remains unclear whether this fight will become a new main event or McKinson will still get a new opponent.
On Saturday, Ortiz (18-0, 18 KOs) was scheduled to make his debut in 2022, which was also supposed to be his first fight since parting ways with Robert Garcia. Ortiz spent his last training camp with Manny Robles, who joined Virgil Ortiz Sr. in training for the young welterweight.