Featherweight Lerryan Douglas worked alongside Marco Ruas in preparation for UFC Sacramento. Before the fight took place, Douglas disclosed that two ranked featherweights declined to face him. The featherweight fighter trained closely with Ruas to get ready for his scheduled appearance at the event.
At UFC Sacramento, Jamall Emmers stopped Douglas on the preliminary card. Emmers claimed the victory by delivering an upset knockout TKO finish. The victory came on the event prelims, where Emmers got the stoppage over Douglas to secure the upset win.