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Ante Delija
Heavyweight · “Walking Trouble”

Ante Delija

26-8-0 UFC 1-2-0
Striker Hard To Take Down
6'3"Height
78"Reach
OrthodoxStance
36Age
1KO wins
0Sub wins
100.0%Finish rate
7:00Avg fight

Skill profile

Rated 0–100 · where 138 MMA has read him, his grades and tags set each axis and the stats only nudge inside his band · stats alone where he is silent · the rim is reserved for specialists
Striking — Average, rated 61 of 100 · 138 MMA: striking good · Feb 2026 · stats read 44 → nudged -5 inside the band · tag ko power: good (+3) · claims striking power +2, striking technique +1, pressure +2 (+6) Accuracy — Weak, rated 24 of 100 · claims striking technique +1 (+2) Striking D — Below avg, rated 40 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Durability — Weak, rated 24 of 100 · stats only — nothing in his reads bears on this axis Wrestling — Weak, rated 18 of 100 · claims td offense +1, clinch +1 (+3) TD Defense — Average, rated 52 of 100 · claims td defense -1 (-2) Grappling — Average, rated 47 of 100 · 138 MMA: grappling good · Feb 2026 · stats read 25 → nudged -11 inside the band · claims ground and pound +1 (+1) Control — Weak, rated 21 of 100 · claims top control -1, ground and pound +1 (-2) Striking Accuracy Striking D Durability Wrestling TD Defense Grappling Control
striking good
3 analyst reads graded this phase
  • good UFC Fight Night Strickland vs Hernandez Full Card Preview & Predictions · February 14, 2026 watch ↗
  • good UFC Fight Night Garcia vs Onama Analysis, Breakdown and Predictions · October 28, 2025 watch ↗
  • good UFC Fight Night Imavov vs Broallho Full Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · September 1, 2025 watch ↗
grappling good
2 analyst reads graded this phase
  • good UFC Fight Night Strickland vs Hernandez Full Card Preview & Predictions · February 14, 2026 watch ↗
  • good UFC Fight Night Garcia vs Onama Analysis, Breakdown and Predictions · October 28, 2025 watch ↗
wrestling not yet read
cardio not yet read
durability not yet read
striking good 3 reads
grappling good 2 reads
wrestling not yet read
cardio not yet read
durability not yet read

138 MMA anchors Striking, Grappling · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy, Wrestling, TD Defense, Control · stats alone on Striking D, Durability.

Built on 21 minutes of tracked cage time across 3 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.

Striker average striking — rates 61 of 100 · 138 MMA: striking good · Feb 2026
Hard To Take Down average td defense — rates 52 of 100 · claims td defense -1 (-2)
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Sig. strikes landed / min4.28
Sig. strikes absorbed / min3.95
Striking accuracy38.1%
Striking defense52.6%
Knockdowns / 15 min0.71
Takedowns / 15 min0.0
Takedown accuracy0.0%
Takedown defense75.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.0
Control time3.6%
Record vs .500+ opponents1-2

Insider info

3 analyst reads · 138 MMA · our paraphrase, never his words
vs Serghei Spivac clear UFC Fight Night Strickland vs Hernandez Full Card Preview & Predictions · February 14, 2026
strikinggood grapplinggood

says he has to go with him here and lays out a specific feet-first finish plan

Our paraphrase: a genuine all-arounder with no clear hole in his game -- good forward pressure, boxing combinations, dirty boxing and real power, plus good takedowns, top pressure and ground-and-pound. The one named vulnerability is being pinned against the cage. The analyst expects him to be the better man on the feet and to have enough grappling competence to keep the fight standing long enough to land shots and finish early, especially given concerns about the opponent's current form.

Strengthforward pressure
Strengthboxing combinations
Strengthdirty boxing
Strengthreal power
Strengthgood takedowns
Strengthgood top pressure
Strengthgood ground-and-pound
Strengthgenuine all-around game with no clear weakness
Weaknesscan be pinned against the cage
ko power · good
vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta coinflip UFC Fight Night Garcia vs Onama Analysis, Breakdown and Predictions · October 28, 2025 · 1 read since
strikinggood grapplinggood

He admits up front he lacks "a really strong" opinion here, says he simply doesn't "know who I'd favor" if it stays standing, and closes his pick for Delija by calling it "a tossup at best."

A good striker who presses forward behind combinations rooted in boxing -- dirty boxing most of all, by the analyst's ranking -- plus enough power to matter even if it is not spectacular. A good grappler too, landing takedowns, controlling top position and working heavy ground strikes, which the analyst frames as his best path in this fight; the catch is he can get pinned against the cage during those exchanges, a spot that has cost him minutes before. As of 2025-10-28 (his newest known read, with no prior reads on file).

Strengthgood striker: forward pressure and boxing combinations, dirty boxing especially
Strengthgood grappler: good takedowns, top pressure and ground work
Weaknesscan get pinned against the cage in grappling exchanges, has cost him minutes before
vs Marcin Tybura clear UFC Fight Night Imavov vs Broallho Full Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · September 1, 2025 · 2 reads since
strikinggood

predicts a grinding cage-push decision win for Tybura with no hedge on the winner, only on the method

Walks opponents down with heavy hands -- his boxing combinations and dirty, grimy inside work are singled out as his best tools, especially backing a man to the fence and working half-clinch. Lands takedowns well, dominates from top position, and punishes there with his hands once he lands on top, but the analyst names a real, specific flaw: he has been pinned to the fence for long stretches even by weaker grapplers, which he says could be a problem in this fight specifically.

Strengthgood boxing combinations, dirty boxing in the clinch
Strengthgood takedowns, top pressure, ground-and-pound
Weaknesshas been pinned to the fence for long stretches even by weaker grapplers, per the analyst

Striking trend

Sig. strikes/min, last 3 fights · green = win
September 6, 2025 vs Marcin Tybura — 6.34/min (W) — only 2.0 min of tape, so this rate reflects how fast the fight ended more than how he fought Sep '25 November 1, 2025 vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta — 4.02/min (L) — only 4.0 min of tape, so this rate reflects how fast the fight ended more than how he fought Nov '25 February 21, 2026 vs Serghei Spivac — 4.07/min (L) Feb '26

Fight history

3 UFC bouts · newest first · opponent records as of fight night
L Serghei Spivac 17-6 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez · February 21, 2026
61/172Sig. strikes
67/149Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:12Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Waldo Cortes-Acosta 14-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 3:59 — UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama · November 1, 2025
16/36Sig. strikes
12/17Absorbed
0/1Takedowns
0:25Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Marcin Tybura 26-9 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:03 — UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho · September 6, 2025
13/28Sig. strikes
4/9Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:08Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts

Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.

Record breakdown

Full pro career (Wikipedia, results only)
26-8-0Pro record
Gladiator Croatia, Cro Cop TeamGym / team

Wins by method

KO/TKO 12
Submission 7
Decision 7
Other 0

Losses by method

KO/TKO 4
Submission 2
Decision 2
Other 0

Fights by organization

PFL 11
Final Fight Championship 5
UFC 3
M-1 Challenge 3
Noc Gladiatora 3
Fight Nation Championship 1
KSW 1
Rizin 1

+ 6 more organizations in the full career list

Full career — 34 fights, every organization
OpponentMethodEventOrg RdTime
L Serghei Spivac Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez
February 21, 2026
UFC 3 5:00
L Waldo Cortes-Acosta KO (punches) UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama
November 1, 2025
UFC 1 3:59
W Marcin Tybura KO (punches) UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho
September 6, 2025
UFC 1 2:03
W Yorgan De Castro TKO (punches) Fight Nation Championship 22
April 12, 2025
Fight Nation Championship 1 0:41
L Valentin Moldavsky TKO (knees and punches) PFL 1 (2024)
April 4, 2024
PFL 1 2:17
W Maurice Greene Decision (unanimous) PFL 5 (2023)
June 16, 2023
PFL 3 5:00
W Matheus Scheffel TKO (punches) PFL 10 (2022)
November 25, 2022
PFL 1 2:50
W Renan Ferreira TKO (punches) PFL 8 (2022)
August 13, 2022
PFL 1 4:31
W Shelton Graves Decision (unanimous) PFL 5 (2022)
June 24, 2022
PFL 3 5:00
W Matheus Scheffel TKO (punches) PFL 2 (2022)
April 28, 2022
PFL 2 0:59
L Bruno Cappelozza Decision (unanimous) PFL 10 (2021)
October 27, 2021
PFL 5 5:00
W Denis Goltsov Decision (unanimous) PFL 8 (2021)
August 19, 2021
PFL 3 5:00
W Chandler Cole TKO (punches) PFL 6 (2021)
June 25, 2021
PFL 1 4:39
L Bruno Cappelozza KO (punches) PFL 3 (2021)
May 6, 2021
PFL 1 0:46
W Oli Thompson TKO (punches) KSW 51
November 9, 2019
KSW 2 1:58
W Carl Seumanutafa Decision (unanimous) PFL 3 (2019)
June 6, 2019
PFL 3 5:00
W Ricardo Prasel Decision (unanimous) Rizin 10
May 6, 2018
Rizin 3 5:00
L Marcin Tybura TKO (leg injury) M-1 Challenge 61
September 20, 2015
M-1 Challenge 1 2:21
W Tibor Soos TKO (punches) Obracun Ringu 13
May 30, 2015
Obracun Ringu 1 1:30
W Konstantin Gluhov Decision (unanimous) M-1 Challenge 56
April 10, 2015
M-1 Challenge 3 5:00
W Archontis Taxiarchis Submission (north-south choke) Final Fight Championship: Futures 3
September 27, 2014
Final Fight Championship 1 2:59
W Valentijn Overeem TKO (punches) Noc Gladiatora 9
July 3, 2014
Noc Gladiatora 1 1:24
W Ruben Wolf Submission (guillotine choke) Final Fight Championship: Futures 2
May 3, 2014
Final Fight Championship 2 1:28
L Denis Smoldarev Submission (keylock) M-1 Challenge 45
February 28, 2014
M-1 Challenge 2 2:27
W Sergey Sokha Submission (rear-naked choke) Noc Gladiatora 8
December 21, 2013
Noc Gladiatora 1 1:23
L Dion Staring Submission (kimura) Final Fight Championship 8
October 25, 2013
Final Fight Championship 2 2:42
W Gzim Selmani TKO (punches) Final Fight Championship 5
May 24, 2013
Final Fight Championship 1 3:09
W Michail Laprakis Submission (rear-naked choke) Final Fight Championship 3
April 19, 2013
Final Fight Championship 1 1:27
W Ricco Rodriguez Decision (unanimous) House of Gladiators 1
December 21, 2012
House of Gladiators 3 5:00
W Kristof Nataška Submission (rear-naked choke) Fight for Victory 1
August 3, 2012
Fight for Victory 2 1:09
W Zeli Zalani Submission (rear-naked choke) Opatija Fight Night 4
February 24, 2012
Opatija Fight Night 1 —
W Dražen Forgač KO (punches) Noc Gladiatora 6
December 16, 2011
Noc Gladiatora 1 1:02
W Erni Strmonja TKO (corner stoppage) Noc Gladijatora 3
April 23, 2011
Noc Gladijatora 1 0:38
W Saša Lazić TKO (submission to punches) Herus Fight 1
January 22, 2011
Herus Fight 1 1:24

Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Ante Delija) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.

Division context

vs. 100 qualified Heavyweight fighters · tick = division mean
Striking volume /min 4.3 avg 3.4
Strikes absorbed /min 4.0 avg 3.3
Striking accuracy 38.1% avg 49.5%
Striking defense 52.6% avg 52.1%
Takedowns /15 min 0.0 avg 1.2
Takedown accuracy 0.0% avg 37.6%
Takedown defense 75.0% avg 61.8%
Sub attempts /15 min 0.0 avg 0.4
Control time 3.6% avg 21.4%
Finish rate 100.0% avg 63.7%

Headshot of Ante Delija by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized