Overview
- All 26 fighters made weight for Saturday’s UFC APEX event in Las Vegas, with prelims at 4 p.m. ET and the main card at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
- Headliners Steve Garcia and David Onama both hit the featherweight limit for Garcia’s first UFC main event after a six-fight win streak, while Onama enters on four straight victories.
- Heavyweights Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Ante Delija meet in the co-main after registering 263 pounds and 237 pounds, respectively, creating a gap of more than 25 pounds.
- Delija, ranked No. 9 after a first-round KO of Marcin Tybura in Paris, faces No. 6 Cortes-Acosta in a bout with ranking implications for the division.
- In media availability, Delija said he would not fight teammate Tom Aspinall and called for severe penalties for eye gouges following the UFC 321 no contest.