Ante Delija
Skill profile
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.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Serghei Spivac clear UFC Fight Night Strickland vs Hernandez Full Card Preview & Predictions · February 14, 2026
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.
vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta coinflip UFC Fight Night Garcia vs Onama Analysis, Breakdown and Predictions · October 28, 2025 · 1 read since
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).
vs Marcin Tybura clear UFC Fight Night Imavov vs Broallho Full Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · September 1, 2025 · 2 reads since
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.
Striking trend
Fight history
L Serghei Spivac 17-6 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez · February 21, 2026
L Waldo Cortes-Acosta 14-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 3:59 — UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama · November 1, 2025
W Marcin Tybura 26-9 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:03 — UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho · September 6, 2025
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
Wins by method
Losses by method
Fights by organization
+ 6 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 34 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Headshot of Ante Delija by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized