Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just one day away from the upcoming UFC Vegas 110 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which is set to go down tomorrow night (Sat., Nov. 1, 2025) on ESPN+ from inside APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC Vegas 110 features a featherweight main event between 145-pound standouts Steve Garcia and David Onama, a five-round showdown with possible title implications for early 2026 and beyond.
Before we dive into the main and co-main events, which include the heavyweight collision between 265-pound bruisers Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Ante Delija, check out Andrew Richardson’s “X-Factor” breakdown for the rest of the UFC Vegas 110 six-fight main card by clicking here. Get all the latest “Garcia vs. Onama” odds and betting props courtesy of our fiscal friends over at FanDuel right here.
145 lbs.: Steve Garcia vs. David Onama
Steve “Mean Machine” Garcia
Record: 18-5 | Age: 33 | Betting line: -130
Wins: 14 KO/TKO, 0 SUB, 4 DEC | Losses: 1 KO/TKO, 1 SUB, 3 DEC
Height: 6’0” | Reach: 75” | Stance: Southpaw
Significant Strikes Landed Per Minute: 5.18 | Striking accuracy: 48%
Strikes Absorbed Per Minute: 2.20 | Striking Defense: 57%
Takedown Average: 0.90 (40% accuracy) | Takedown Defense: 88%
Current Ranking: No. 12 | Last fight: Unanimous decision victory over Calvin Kattar
David Onama
Record: 14-2 | Age: 31 | Betting line: +110
Wins: 7 KO/TKO, 4 SUB, 3 DEC | Losses: 0 KO/TKO, 0 SUB, 2 DEC
Height: 5’11” | Reach: 74” | Stance: Orthodox
Significant Strikes Landed Per Minute: 5.24 | Striking accuracy: 50%
Strikes Absorbed Per Minute: 4.73 | Striking Defense: 52%
Takedown Average: 1.08 (30% accuracy) | Takedown Defense: 52%
Current Ranking: No. 13 | Last fight: Unanimous decision victory over Giga Chikadze
More than six years after Steve Garcia first appeared on Dana White’s “Contender Series” back in summer 2019, where he scored a technical knockout victory over Desmond Torres in the very first round, the “Mean Machine” will headline his very first UFC event. Fans rolling their eyes because neither headliner is ranked in the Top 10 are perhaps missing the point: we can’t have stars without making stars and the APEX cards on ESPN+ are the means to that end. Inside the Octagon, Garcia has captured six straight, which includes his unanimous decision nod over featherweight veteran Calvin Kattar at UFC Nashville last July. Kattar has lost five straight and six of his last seven, so maybe beating “The Boston Finisher” doesn’t mean as much in 2025 as it did in 2022 when Kattar was a Top 5 contender. Offensively, Garcia prefers to stand-and-bang and hasn’t landed a takedown in over four years, currently holding the featherweight record for averaging 3.25 knockdowns per 15 minutes of action.
“He’s kind of like me; we don’t get a lot of attention, but we can scrap,” Garcia told Just Scrap Radio. “I’m prepared for anything. He likes to strike, he switches his stances, and he tries to get people off their rhythm by doing that. I think he will respect my striking, but if not, I’ll touch him up, and he’ll probably shoot. It’s a big fight and I’ll come prepared. You guys are in for a treat, that’s for sure. Everyone who will tune in, you’ve got two dogs who are willing to lay it all out on the line. It’s going to get bloody; it’s going to be a war. That is what I plan for, a five-round war. I don’t think it will go five rounds, but there is a potential for it. If there is a finish, it will be on my end. You can only hope [for a title fight], but knowing my luck, probably not. It doesn’t matter, I’ll pick them off one by one, just be undeniable.”
After a stellar amateur career, David Onama turned pro and quickly racked up eight straight wins on the regional circuit, with all eight victories coming by way of knockout or submission. Not surprisingly, that caught the eye of UFC matchmakers, who quickly signed the “Silent Assassin” on short notice back in late 2012. Onama would come up short in his Octagon debut but would roar back and capture six of his next seven, which includes a current four-fight winning streak. His most recent outing resulted in a unanimous decision victory over Giga Chikadze; who like the aforementioned Kattar, is an aging featherweight who forgot how to find the win column. Onama also likes to throw down and will undoubtedly sling leather with Garcia when things get underway tomorrow night in “Sin City.” That said, Onama is far more generous with his wrestling and currently averages about one takedown per fight. It will be interesting to see how Garcia’s formidable takedown defense holds up against Onama — assuming the former Fighting Alliance Championship (FAC) lightweight champion feels compelled to drag this fight to the ground. He’s at a slight disadvantage in both height and reach, so it’s certainly within the realm of possibility.
“The fight is going to stay on the feet for me,” Onama said at the UFC Vegas 110 media day. “I don’t know what his game plan is, but yeah, most of the time we’ll be standing. A win over Steve Garcia will put me in the top 10 [of the] division for sure. Getting a win over him would definitely climb me up. Especially a main event against a tough opponent, it’ll definitely put me in the Top 10.”
This figures to be an exciting fight between two similarly-skilled opponents. The bookies have Garcia as the slight betting favorite for tomorrow night’s headliner and I think his power is going to be too much for Onama. At the same time, “The Silent Assassin” has never been stopped by strikes (Garcia has) so this fight could come down to the fifth and final frame — and whether or not Onama is able to score a well-timed takedown.
Prediction: Garcia def. Onama by unanimous decision
265 lbs.: Waldo Cortes Acosta vs. Ante Delija
Waldo Cortes “Salsa Boy” Acosta
Record: 14-2 | Age: 34 | Betting line: -115
Wins: 6 KO/TKO, 1 SUB, 7 DEC | Losses: 0 KO/TKO, 0 SUB, 2 DEC
Height: 6’4” | Reach: 78” | Stance: Orthodox
Significant Strikes Landed Per Minute: 5.61 | Striking accuracy: 48%
Strikes Absorbed Per Minute: 3.51 | Striking Defense: 55%
Takedown Average: 0.37 (50% accuracy) | Takedown Defense: 71%
Current Ranking: No. 6 | Last fight: Unanimous decision loss to Sergei Pavlovich
Ante “Walking Trouble” Delija
Record: 26-6 | Age: 35 | Betting line: -105
Wins: 13 KO/TKO, 6 SUB, 7 DEC | Losses: 4 KO/TKO, 1 SUB, 1 DEC
Height: 6’3” | Reach: 78” | Stance: Orthodox
Significant Strikes Landed Per Minute: 6.34 | Striking accuracy: 46%
Strikes Absorbed Per Minute: 1.95 | Striking Defense: 55%
Takedown Average: 0.00 (0% accuracy) | Takedown Defense: 0%
Current Ranking: No. 10 | Last fight: Knockout win over Marcin Tybura
Waldo Cortes Acosta is a graduate of Dana White’s “Contender Series,” securing a UFC contract with a technical knockout win over Danilo Suzart back in summer 2022. In the three years since the 34 year-old “Salsa Boy” has been competing under the UFC banner, he’s managed a 7-2 record with two finishes. One of those stoppages came over Ryan Spann, who is a natural light heavyweight and doesn’t want to cut any more weight. Other wins include the one-dimensional (and since-departed) Robelis Despaigne as well as former 265-pound champion Andrei Arlovski, who’s so washed he should be sponsored by Tide Pods. I don’t want to make a habit of dismissing fighters with winning records; because Acosta has been one of the better performing heavyweights in recent years. That said, losses to Marcos Rogerio de Lima and Sergei Pavlovich established a clear ceiling for “Salsa Boy,” who doesn’t have a ton of time left on his biological clock — at least in terms of elite competition.
“I saw Delija a long time ago before I started to be a professional in MMA,” Acosta said at the UFC Vegas 110 media day. “I followed a lot of tips that he did in the Octagon before. This is my territory now. This is my town. This is my home. I need to protect my legacy. I need to protect my level. It will be a war this Saturday with this guy. I need to pressure and do my style. Pressure him, pressure him until the end. This is my style. I feel 100 percent ready. I have one month and a half of training hard with my coaches. I feel great. I [developed] a little bit more in the Octagon, to be better, to prepare myself better, to be ready to counterstrike and always strike back when something happens when I’m struck.”
Ante Delija is no spring chicken himself, turning 35 back in August. The Croatian parted ways with PFL in early 2025 after a pretty impressive run for Donn Davis and Co., to the tune of 8-3 with four knockouts. Delija wasted no time picking up where he left off, securing back-to-back knockout wins over Yorgan de Castro and Marcin Tybura, the latter of which took place at UFC Paris just a few weeks back. There’s not a lot of subtlety or nuance to Delija’s game, he basically walks forward and drops bombs until someone falls. That doesn’t mean he’s inept on the ground — “Walking Trouble” has six submission wins to his credit — but it’s been over a decade since Delija tapped anyone and he seems content to just hunt for the knockout. That has me worried for his Octagon return because Acosta has faced some pretty heavy hitters and has yet to be been finished. That, coupled with Delija’s suspect gas tank (a common critique at heavyweight) and this could be a long night at the office.
“I need to be very careful because of his strong knockout power,” Delija said at the UFC Vegas 110 media day. “He’s 120 kilograms so I don’t think I should get very close to him. I really practiced a lot with my coach, I do believe that I’m a better fighter, and that I will win. I’m going to focus on staying strong on my feet.”
Delija is the -135 betting favorite against +115 for Acosta, but I think “Salsa Boy” is going to prevail. Assuming Acosta doesn’t silver platter his chin or get sucked into a phone booth fight, the wrestling-heavy strategy he employed to stymie Robelis Despaigne is likely to work here, as well. Even if his takedowns don’t land, forcing Delija to carry 260+ pounds of weight will tire him out and leave him helpless by round three.
Prediction: Acosta def. Delija by technical knockout
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