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Waldo Cortes Acosta

“Salsa Boy”
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17-4-0
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Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado

Heavyweight Bout - Main Event
Main Card:
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W. Cortes Acosta Waldo Cortes Acosta
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17-4-0
#5
ML: -205
Win Prob:
  64%
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Final
R3 5:00
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C. Blaydes Curtis Blaydes
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20-6-1
#6
ML: +170
Win Prob:
  36%
Win By
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Career statistics

  • 6
    Wins by knockout
  • 4
    First round finishes
  • 11:32
    Average fight time

Accuracy

  • 787 / 1656
    Striking accuracy
  • 4 / 8
    Takedown accuracy

Significant strikes by position

Striking

  • 4.88
    Significant strikes landed (per minute)
  • 3.43
    Significant strikes absorbed (per minute)
  • 55%
    Significant strikes defense
  • 0.56
    Knockdown average

Grappling

  • 0.37
    Takedown average (per 15 minutes)
  • 0.09
    Submission average (per 15 minutes)
  • 70%
    Takedown defense

Fighter details

  • Age
    35 (10/3/1991)
  • Stance
    Orthodox
  • Born
    Dominican Republic
  • Fighting out of
    Dominican Republic
  • Height
    6'4"
  • Weight
    260 lbs
  • Reach
    78"

Waldo Cortes Acosta's fight history

  • 0
    Titles
  • 0 Fight of the Night
    Fight of the night
  • 2 Performance of the Night
    Performance of the night
Opponent Result Method Event Awarded Fight tracker
vs
C. Blaydes
Curtis Blaydes
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L
U. DEC U. Decision
Noche UFC September 12, 2026
vs
A. Volkov
Alexander Volkov
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L
U. DEC U. Decision
UFC 328 May 10, 2026
vs
D. Lewis
Derrick Lewis
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W
KO/TKO KO/TKO
UFC 324 January 25, 2026
vs
S. Gaziev
Shamil Gaziev
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W
KO/TKO KO/TKO
UFC Fight Night November 22, 2025
vs
A. Delija
Ante Delija
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W
KO/TKO KO/TKO
UFC Fight Night November 1, 2025
vs
S. Pavlovich
Sergei Pavlovich
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L
U. DEC U. Decision
UFC Fight Night August 23, 2025
vs
S. Spivac
Serghei Spivac
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W
U. DEC U. Decision
UFC 316 June 8, 2025
vs
R. Spann
Ryan Spann
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W
KO/TKO KO/TKO
UFC Fight Night March 15, 2025
vs
R. Despaigne
Robelis Despaigne
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W
U. DEC U. Decision
UFC Fight Night May 11, 2024
vs
A. Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski
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W
U. DEC U. Decision
UFC Fight Night January 14, 2024
vs
L. Brzeski
Lukasz Brzeski
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W
KO/TKO KO/TKO
UFC Fight Night August 26, 2023
vs
M. Rogerio de Lima
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
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L
U. DEC U. Decision
UFC Fight Night April 29, 2023
vs
C. Sherman
Chase Sherman
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W
U. DEC U. Decision
UFC Fight Night November 19, 2022
vs
J. Vanderaa
Jared Vanderaa
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W
U. DEC U. Decision
UFC Fight Night October 29, 2022
vs
D. Suzart
Danilo Suzart
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W
KO/TKO KO/TKO
DWCS 6.2 August 3, 2022

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