""And dessert," he joked during Wednesday's UFC Houston media day, admitting that "I like too much sugar. [I] eat everything." Delija (26-7) is looking to bounce back from a weird loss to Waldo Cortes-Acosta that he was not a fan of. The fight was initially stopped with what looked like a TKO finish for the Croatian heavyweight, but was later restarted when it was ruled Cortes-Acosta had been victim of an eye poke. Delija was knocked out shortly after."
""I think the refs made a mistake here, and that the fight should not have continued," he told Cageside Press on Wednesday. "I wanted to win a fair fight, and I think that fight should have been a No Contest. I'm sure I did not poke him in the eye." Still, the former PFL champ isn't focused on a rematch at the moment."
"Notably, the UFC heavyweight champ was absent this time out, after suffering an eye poke in his fight with Ciryl Gane. "I've been training in Manchester at Tom's gym for the last few months for this fight. Tom was not fighting with us, he was not training with us because his eye was still injured," Delija noted. "He just had some kind of surgery done, and it's going to take about three to four months to come back.""
Ante Delija enjoys Texas barbeque and dessert, saying he eats too much sugar and eats everything. Delija aims to rebound after a controversial loss to Waldo Cortes-Acosta that was stopped, restarted for an alleged eye poke, and ended in a knockout shortly after. Delija believes the referees erred and that the bout should be ruled a No Contest, insisting he did not poke Cortes-Acosta in the eye. Delija is not pushing for an immediate rematch and is focused on an upcoming fight with Serghei Spivac. Delija has been training at Tom Aspinall's Team Kaobon gym in Manchester, but Aspinall remains out after eye surgery and is expected to be sidelined three to four months.
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