Ante Delija (26-6, 19) was born in Dubrovnik, Croatia on August 7, 1990. At the age of 20 years on January 22, 2011, he made his professional MMA debut against Saša Lazić, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On September 6, 2025, 35-year old Ante Delija made his UFC debut on his 32nd professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho against a 39-year old Marcin Tybura, winning the fight in the 1st round via KO.
Delija's last fight was a 1st-round KO win against Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho at age 35 on September 6, 2025. He is on a 2-fight winning streak.
He has fought once in the UFC, and has a record of 1 win and 0 losses in the promotion.
Some of Ante Delija's best fights have been against Marcin Tybura, Renan Ferreira, Konstantin Gluhov, Maurice Greene, Oli Thompson, Denis Goltsov and Yorgan De Castro. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Ante Delija".
Delija has 6 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Ante Delija Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
32  | Sep 6, 2025 35 years 26-6 (19) | 39 years, 9 months 27-9 (15) | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | Win Punches |
31  | Apr 12, 2025 34 years, 8 months 25-6 (18) | 37 years, 3 months 12-6 (10) | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
30  | Apr 4, 2024 33 years, 7 months 24-6 (17) | 32 years, 1 month 12-3 (4) | PFL | HW | 1 | TKO | Loss Knees and punches |
29  | Jun 16, 2023 32 years, 10 months 24-5 (17) | 36 years, 11 months 11-7 (8) | PFL | HW | 3 | UD | Win |
28 | Nov 25, 2022 32 years, 3 months 23-5 (17) | Matheus Scheffel | PFL | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
27  | Aug 13, 2022 32 years 22-5 (16) | 32 years, 8 months 9-2 (8) | PFL | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
26 | Jun 24, 2022 31 years, 10 months 21-5 (15) | Shelton Graves | PFL | HW | 3 | UD | Win |
25 | Apr 28, 2022 31 years, 8 months 20-5 (15) | Matheus Scheffel | PFL | HW | 2 | TKO | Win Punches |
24  | Oct 27, 2021 31 years, 2 months 19-5 (14) | 32 years, 5 months 13-5 (13) | PFL | HW | 5 | UD | Loss |
23  | Aug 19, 2021 31 years 19-4 (14) | 31 years, 2 months 27-6 (21) | PFL | HW | 3 | UD | Win |
22 | Jun 25, 2021 30 years, 10 months 18-4 (14) | Chandler Cole | PFL | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches |
21 | May 6, 2021 30 years, 8 months 17-4 (13) | 31 years, 11 months 10-5 (10) | PFL | HW | 1 | KO | Loss Punches |
20  | Nov 9, 2019 29 years, 3 months 17-3 (13) | 39 years, 10 months 20-11 (16) | KSW | HW | 2 | TKO | Win Punches |
19  | Jun 6, 2019 28 years, 9 months 16-3 (12) | 35 years, 11 months 12-9 (11) | PFL | HW | 3 | UD | Win |
18 | May 6, 2018 27 years, 8 months 15-3 (12) | Ricardo Prasel | Rizin | HW | 3 | UD | Win |
17 | Sep 20, 2015 25 years, 1 months 14-3 (12) | 29 years, 10 months 12-1 (9) | M-1 | HW | 1 | TKO | Loss Leg injury For M-1 Global heavyweight title |
16 | May 30, 2015 24 years, 9 months 14-2 (12) | Tibor Soos | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
15  | Apr 10, 2015 24 years, 8 months 13-2 (11) | 35 years, 2 months 28-15 (24) | M-1 | HW | 3 | UD | Win |
14 | Sep 27, 2014 24 years, 1 months 12-2 (11) | Archontis Taxiarchis | HW | 1 | SUB | Win North-south choke | |
13  | Jul 3, 2014 23 years, 10 months 11-2 (10) | 37 years, 10 months 32-33 (29) | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
12 | May 3, 2014 23 years, 8 months 10-2 (9) | Ruben Wolf | HW | 2 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke | |
11 | Feb 28, 2014 23 years, 6 months 9-2 (8) | Denis Smoldarev | M-1 | HW | 2 | SUB | Loss Kimura |
10 | Dec 21, 2013 23 years, 4 months 9-1 (8) | Sergey Sokha | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
9 | Oct 25, 2013 23 years, 2 months 8-1 (7) | Dion Staring | HW | 2 | TKO | Loss Punches | |
8 | May 24, 2013 22 years, 9 months 8-0 (7) | Gzim Selmani | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
7 | Apr 19, 2013 22 years, 8 months 7-0 (6) | Michail Laprakis | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
6  | Dec 21, 2012 22 years, 4 months 6-0 (5) | 35 years, 4 months 49-18 (38) | HW | 3 | UD | Win | |
5 | Aug 3, 2012 21 years, 11 months 5-0 (5) | Kristof Nataška | HW | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
4 | Feb 24, 2012 21 years, 6 months 4-0 (4) | Zeli Zalani | HW | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke | |
3 | Dec 16, 2011 21 years, 4 months 3-0 (3) | Dražen Forgač | HW | 1 | KO | Win Punches | |
2 | Apr 23, 2011 20 years, 8 months 2-0 (2) | Erni Strmonja | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Corner stoppage | |
1 | Jan 22, 2011 20 years, 5 months 1-0 (1) | Saša Lazić | HW | 1 | TKO | Win Submission to punches |
