The bout at UFC Vegas 110 featured quite a few finishes, a little bit of controversy, and a few expressive performances from the primary occasion stars.
UFC Vegas 110 Energy Rankings
RDX Sports activities Editor-in-Chief and veteran MMA author Simon Head takes a take a look at the winners of the primary card and presents his energy rankings for UFC Vegas 110.
1. Steve Garcia
If you’re given the prospect to compete in your first UFC fundamental occasion, you’ve got been given an excellent probability to place a rocket to your profession. Steve Garcia understood the problem and put in an excellent efficiency to shut out the beforehand spectacular David Onama.
Garcia’s managed strain, sharp placing, and endless efficiency all mixed to point out the 145-pounder to be an actual menace to the largest names within the division.
Garcia entered the weekend at No. 12 within the UFC’s official featherweight rankings, one spot above Onama, so his win is unlikely to leap him up the rankings. Nonetheless, the subsequent match will certainly be towards a prime 10 opponent.
Calling up Max Holloway for the BMF title combat was optimistic, however confirmed the extent he feels he must be working at. It is crucial for “Imply Machine” to maneuver up within the ranks after their response to Saturday night time’s masturbation.
2. Waldo Cortes Acosta
Waldo Cortez Acosta went on a curler coaster trip within the co-main occasion, getting poked within the eye and seemingly achieved with the hitting, earlier than coming again and knocking out one of many hottest rising contenders within the heavyweight division.
To be sincere, issues did not go Cortes Acosta’s manner within the early phases. He appeared hesitant to assault, however Deliya, wanting very relaxed and assured, stepped ahead to land the assault.
But it surely regarded just like the combat was throughout after the Croatian contender backed Cortez Acosta towards the fence and unleashed a flurry of ferocious punches. Nonetheless, referee Mark Smith’s intervention was not meant to cease the match. This was to cope with the suspicion of eye poke by Delija. Positive sufficient, the referee received it proper and Cortés Acosta was given time to get well after replays confirmed he had unintentionally poked.
Extremely, the match was restarted and Cortez Acosta instantly dropped Delija and completed him off with a floor blow for a surprising come-from-behind victory. In heavyweight MMA, one clear shot with these tiny MMA gloves proved to be all it took to show a combat round.
Because of this Cortes Acosta has efficiently defended his sixth place within the rankings from a person ranked three locations under him. However extra importantly, it places him again in line to combat a top-five opponent subsequent time.
It was a tricky night time for “Salsa Boy,” however ultimately he received the victory he wanted for his profession.
3. Alan Nascimento
The primary bout on the primary card noticed Brazilian flyweight Alan Nascimento take all of the strain from Cody Darden and switch the tables with a powerful anaconda choke victory within the second spherical, leading to probably the most spectacular victory.
Nascimento is a wizard on the mat, with 16 of his 22 profession wins coming by submission. If you play towards somebody of that ability stage, you possibly can’t afford to provide them a gap. Ultimately Nascimento discovered it and made probably the most of it, stopping an initially spectacular efficiency by Darden and turning it into an attention grabbing victory of his personal.
I count on him to fulfill a ranked opponent within the Octagon sooner slightly than later. And if he can maintain these submission abilities sharp, he’ll be a handful for anybody he competes towards within the 125-pound division.
4. Jeremiah Wells
Former CFFC welterweight champion Jeremiah Wells could not afford to lose on Saturday night time. The 39-year-old Philadelphia native hasn’t fought since February 2024 and hasn’t received since April 2023. His again was towards the wall heading into Saturday night time’s comeback sport after a two-game skid.
Fortunately for Wells, he placed on an excellent efficiency over Themba Golimbo en path to a unanimous resolution victory. His win was all of the extra exceptional as a result of it got here after a unanimous resolution loss within the first spherical.
After dropping the primary body to Golimbo, Wells could not make any errors and did what he wanted to do to win the second and third rounds, incomes him a much-needed resolution victory.
5. Charles Radke
“Chuck Buffalo” is at all times the focus on tv when he dons the 4-ounce gloves, and the rugged former CFFC welterweight champion confirmed off his submission abilities, stopping Daniel Frunza with 29 seconds left in a 170-pound bout.
Radtke’s willingness to get within the cage with anybody and throw them down has value him losses to the likes of Carlos Prates and Mike Marotte, however his victory over Frunza sealed his fourth UFC win and improved his UFC file to 11-5, 4-2.
Radke’s efficiency has proven that he’s simply as harmful on the mat as he’s in stand-up, and his knuckles are inclined to itch shortly after a match, so it would not be shocking to see him return to motion sooner.
And when he does, we’ll tune in.
6. Yadier del Valle
Taken at face worth, Del Valle’s first spherical submission victory over Isaac Dalgarian was actually spectacular, particularly contemplating Dalgarian’s standing because the betting favourite going into the bout.
Nonetheless, query marks loomed after the sport after it was revealed that the sportsbook had suspended prop bets from its market record after surprising odds modifications earlier than the sport. Some oddsmakers refunded their bets.
And final night time, it was reported that Dalgaryan was launched from the UFC.
All of this overshadows a match that ought to have been celebrated as a surprising victory for Del Valle, who went out and did his job. Nonetheless, discuss Dalgarian’s efficiency and pre-fight betting line motion nonetheless would not appear to be totally on monitor.
Simon Head is the Editor-in-Chief of RDX Sports activities, a famend martial arts gear firm.
