Following an entertaining preliminary card slate, the action shifted to the main card and was taken up a notch, with a little bit of weirdness mixed in for good measure. Find out who emerged victorious and how with our fight-by-fight recaps below.
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Make it seven straight for Steve Garcia as the Albuquerque man finished David Onama I the first round to punctuate Saturday’s fight card.
Garcia was in control throughout, pressuring forward and patiently chipping away, landing small shots and finding his timing and range. A left hand staggered Onama and from there, “Mean Machine” hunted the finish, unleashing a torrent of follow-up blows that forced referee Herb Dean to step in and halt the action.
What an outstanding way to commemorate your first main evet appearance for the humble and surging Garcia. He was disappointed to go the distance with Calvin Kattar last time out, and made sure to get back to his finishing ways as he added another victory to the winning streak and continued to show he’s an ascending force in the featherweight division.
The co-main event was a weird one, with Waldo Cortes Acosta scoring a first-round stoppage win over Ante Delija following a restart after the bout was paused due to an accidental eye poke.
The two men patiently felt each other out for the first half of the round before the heavyweights planted their feet and starting slinging hands, only for Delija to graze the eye of Cortes Acosta, who covered up as “Walking Trouble” unloaded and seemingly scored the finish. Instead, the bout was paused, Cortes Acosta continued and almost immediately upon restarting he blasted Delija with a right hand, quickly pounding out the finish.
A strange fight, but a strong finish from Cortes Acosta, who got himself back into the win column in dramatic fashion after having his lengthy winning streak stopped by Sergei Pavlovich last time out. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, something brand new happens to prove you wrong.
Jeremiah Wells and Themba Gorimbo battle tight throughout their main card welterweight matchup, ultimately leaving the verdict in the hands of the judges.
Gorimbo was the more effective of the two in the first, doing well to mix range strikes with grappling pressure and control. Wells had a more successful second, showcasing more of his own grappling acumen while advancing to dominant positions and chasing submissions. With the fight seemingly hanging in the balance in the third, it was Wells that showed more, threatening with a guillotine and grappling well, neutralizing Gormino on the canvas and grinding things out.
When the scorecards were collected and tallied, it was the Philadelphia native Wells that came out ahead. Fighting for the first time in 20 months, this was a hard-fought and gutsy performance from Wells, who snapped a two-fight skid with his fourth UFC victory while handing Gorimbo a second straight setback.
Yadier del Valle turned his sophomore appearance in the Octagon into a statement effort, out-wrestling and submitting Isaac Dulgarian in the first round.
Dulgarian shot almost immediately, but del Valle dug his way out of a deep takedown attempt before looking to wrestle himself. The unbeaten featherweight took the back, flattened Dulgarian out, and worked for the finish, eventually securing the choke and drawing the tap.
Just a standout performance from “The Cuban Problem,” who moved to 10-0 with the victory. Another member of the outstanding Dana White’s Contender Series Class of ’24, that’s consecutive first-round finishes out of the chute for del Valle, who looks like someone to pay very close attention to going forward.
Known for his striking, Charles Radtke showed more of his grappling skills on Saturday, grinding and grounding Daniel Frunza, roughing him up for all three rounds to get himself back in the win column.
Radtke surprised Frunza with a takedown early in the first, utilizing it to work to the back, where he came close to finishing with a choke. “Chuck Buffalo” put his foe on the canvas again in the second, working from inside the guard to rough up and cut Frunza, combining his efforts from the first and second in the final frame, closing things out by securing the submission finish.
It was a clean sweep of the scorecards for the Chicago-based welterweight, who drew level at 1-1 on the year with the win and moved to 4-2 in the UFC in the process. Radtke is a well-rounded and game fixture in the middle of the welterweight ranks and should continue to land quality assignments after turning in his most complete performance to date in this one.
As soon as the door opened, Allan Nascimento kicked it open and collected the second-round submission win over Cody Durden.
Despite taking the fight on short notice, Durden came out guns blazing and pressing the action, getting the better of the striking exchanges for much of the contest. But as things progressed in the second, Nascimento landed an intercepting elbow as the American came forward, sending him to knee, and as Durden looked to wrestle in, the Brazilian laced up an anaconda choke and squeezed out the tap.
Nascimento pushed his winning streak to four with his first UFC finish. This was the kind of exciting performance the Chute Boxe man needed in order to continue his push towards the Top 15 in the flyweight division.
UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs Onama took place live from UFC APEX in Las Vegas on November 1, 2025. See the final Prelim & Main Card Results, Official Scorecards and Who Won Bonuses - and relive the action on UFC FIGHT PASS!
