#8 in the rankingsHeavyweight · Dominican Republic
Waldo Cortes Acosta: fights and results
“Salsa Boy”
17–5–0MMA record · 3 losses in a row in the UFC
- 35
- Height193 cm (6′4″)
- Reach198 cm (6′6″)
- Stanceorthodox
MMA record17–5–03 losses in a row in the UFC
Height and reach193 cm (6′4″) · 198 cm (6′6″)Orthodox
UFC fights15last — 7 November 2026
Last UFC fights
3 losses in a row in the UFCLLLWWLJohnny WalkerUFC Fight Night: Cortes Acosta vs. Walker · HeavyweightSig. strikes 40/89 · knockdowns: 1 · Control 4:24KO/TKOR3 · 2:27
LCurtis BlaydesNoche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado · HeavyweightSig. strikes 28/95UDUnanimous decision
LAlexander VolkovUFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · HeavyweightSig. strikes 54/130 · Takedowns 0/1 · Control 0:01UDUnanimous decision
WDerrick LewisUFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · HeavyweightSig. strikes 44/62 · Takedowns 1/1 · knockdowns: 1 · Control 0:28KO/TKOR2 · 3:14
WShamil GazievUFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · HeavyweightSig. strikes 10/21 · knockdowns: 2 · Control 0:08KO/TKOR1 · 1:22
WAnte DelijaUFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama · HeavyweightSig. strikes 12/17 · knockdowns: 1 · Control 1:37KO/TKOR1 · 3:59
LSergey PavlovichUFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang · HeavyweightSig. strikes 45/117UDUnanimous decision
WSerghei SpivacUFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 · HeavyweightSig. strikes 110/235UDUnanimous decision
WRyan SpannUFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 · HeavyweightSig. strikes 66/111 · Takedowns 0/1 · knockdowns: 1 · Control 0:57KO/TKOR2 · 4:48
WRobelis DespaigneUFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento · HeavyweightSig. strikes 52/101 · Takedowns 3/4 · Control 9:49UDUnanimous decision
UFC fights in total: 15. UFC Stats data.
Wins by method
10 UFC wins55
- KO and TKO550%
- submission00%
- decision550%
UFC statistics
Career averages in the UFC
- Significant strikes landed per minute
- 5.03
- Significant strikes absorbed per minute
- 3.44
- Striking accuracy
- 47%
- Striking defence
- 55%
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- 0.36
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- 0.1
- Takedown accuracy
- 50%
- Takedown defence
- 69%
Upcoming fights
No upcoming fights yet
Fight results
Sun, 8 November
Waldo Cortes AcostaJohnny WalkerUFC Fight Night. 07.11.26 KO/TKOTournaments
Tale of the tape
- Age
- 35 · 3 October 1991
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Height
- 193 cm (6′4″)
- Reach
- 198 cm (6′6″)
- Weight
- 118 kg (260 lb) · heavyweight
- Stance
- Orthodox
Heavyweight rankings
Full rankings- 6
Rizvan Kuniev14–4–1 (1 NC) - 7
Johnny Walker24–10 (1 NC) - 8Waldo Cortes Acosta17–5
- 9Vitor Petrino15–2
- 10
Serghei Spivac18–7
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