Overview
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta defeated Ante Delija by KO/TKO at 3:59 of Round 1 in the UFC Vegas 110 co-main event in Las Vegas.
- Referee Mark Smith halted the action and used instant replay to confirm an eye poke on Cortes-Acosta before the initial flurry that seemed to end the fight.
- After a medical check and being given the option to continue, Cortes-Acosta chose to restart and landed a counter right hand that dropped Delija for the stoppage.
- Cortes-Acosta said his vision was around 20 percent and later described ongoing issues with his eyes and asking for additional recovery time during the timeout.
- Fighters and media questioned the restart and procedures as the episode followed a high-profile eye-poke incident at UFC 321 involving Delija’s teammate Tom Aspinall.