One fighter on the UFC Vegas 110 card is not happy about his bizarre loss last Saturday.
Ante Delija shared the Octagon with Waldo Cortes-Acosta in the UFC Apex. Initially, Delija thought he had scored a TKO victory after delivering a barrage of punches to Cortes-Acosta. It was determined that an eye poke from Delija led to what would have been the end of the fight, so the fight was restarted.
Moments later, Cortes-Acosta turned the tables and scored a knockout over Delija. In the aftermath of UFC Vegas 110, Delija takes to his Instagram account (via MMAMania.com).
“I’m not sure if I hit him in the eye,” Delija wrote in an Instagram Story. “I think it’s close to the eye and of course I want a video where you can see that stitch clearly! The referee didn’t show a ‘timeout’, but stopped the fight and therefore declared me the winner,” Delija continued.
“That decision cannot be changed later! The opponent sat relaxed watching the footage for more than a few minutes! Replay used after the interruption – which rules do not allow!! Then [it] all, the fight continued irregularly! I don’t ask for anything more, just honesty. I don’t run from defeat, I respect every opponent and every outcome. But not if the rules are broken and I get robbed. Not like this. The sport hasn’t seen this yet!!!”
The unusual bout came just days after Delija called for tougher punishments for fighters who catch their opponents with eye pokes. The comment was made in response to Ciryl Gane’s accidental double eye poke on Tom Aspinall, which ended the UFC 321 main event early.
Delija entered UFC Vegas 110 with two straight wins. This is his first loss since April 2024, when he fought under the PFL MMA banner. He was stopped by Valentin Moldavsky via TKO in the first round.
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