Steve Garcia shined in his first UFC main event. The streaking featherweight contender made it seven straight UFC victories with a scintillating early knockout of David Onama on Saturday at UFC Vegas 110.
Garcia (19-5) caught Onama (14-3) early with a hard left hook then barreled forward with a flurry of unanswered punches and kicks to earn a TKO stoppage at the 3:34 mark of the opening round at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. The finish was Garcia’s sixth of his seven-fight win streak and propelled Garcia into a tie for fifth all-time on the UFC’s featherweight knockouts list.
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“I’m a kid from Albuquerque who didn’t have a whole lot going on in his life,” an emotional Garcia said post-fight. “I had a prayer when I was 15 years old, and today was one of my answers. I wanted to make something of myself. I came through the UFC, I went on this long fight streak, I asked God to make me somebody and I told him I’d do the work — and here I am doing the work. I’m here proving my worth.”
As his numbers pile up, Garcia, 33, continues to emerge as a legitimate contender at 145 pounds. The Jackson-Wink product has beaten Calvin Kattar, Chase Hooper and Kyle Nelson during his current run, among several others.
Garcia also called for a chance to contend for Max Holloway’s ceremonial BMF title in his post-fight interview.
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Onama, 31, snaps a four-fight win streak of his own in the losing effort — a run that saw him take out longtime contender Giga Chikadze via unanimous decision in April.
The night’s co-main event devolved into yet another ignominious chapter for MMA’s 2025 refereeing woes, as Waldo Cortes-Acosta (15-2) secured one of the most bizarre first-round finishes you’ll ever see.
Matched against one-time PFL heavyweight tournament winner Ante Delija (26-7), Cortes-Acosta suffered a grisly eye-poke in the opening round during a punching flurry that appeared to end the fight. Referee referee Mark Smith jumped in to stop Delija, prompting Delija to immediately celebrate and Cortes-Acosta’s team to rush into the cage with a stool. However, upon replay confirming the eye-poke, Cortes-Acosta was seemingly given much longer than the mandated five-minute window to recover, and the fight was restarted with Smith staunchly refusing to take a point away from Delija.
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Yet somehow, it didn’t even matter. Seconds later, Cortes-Acosta stormed back and viciously knocked out Delija with a two-punch combination followed by a flurry of ground-and-pound.
The official time of the stoppage came at 3:59 of Round 1.
Afterward, a furious Cortes-Acosta fumed about Delija’s eye-pokes and called out UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall in an expletive-laden interview.
Ironically enough, Delija is a teammate and training partner of Aspinall, whose Oct. 25 title defense against Ciryl Gane ended in an unceremonious no-contest due to eye-pokes by Gane.
Check out complete UFC Vegas 110 results and highlights below.
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Main card
Featherweight: Steve Garcia def. David Onama via TKO (punches) at 3:34 of R1 | Watch finish
Heavyweight: Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Ante Delija via KO (punch) at 3:59 of R1 | Watch finish
Welterweight: Jeremiah Wells def. Themba Gorimbo via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Featherweight: Yadier del Valle def. Isaac Dulgarian via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:41 of R1 | Watch finish
Charles Radtke def. Daniel Frunza via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:29 of R3 | Watch finish
Allan Nascimento def. Cody Durden via submission (anaconda choke) at 3:13 of R2 | Watch finish
Preliminary card
Billy Elekana def. Kevin Christian via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:33 of R1 | Watch controversial finish
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Timmy Cuamba def. Chang Ho Lee via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Donte Johnson def. Sedriques Dumas via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:25 of R2 | Watch finish
Norma Dumont def. Ketlen Vieira via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Alice Ardelean def. Montserrat Ruiz via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Seokhyon Ko def. Phil Rowe via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Talita Alencar def. Ariane Carnelossi via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:36 of R3 | Watch finish
