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Cortes Acosta headlines against Walker
Sean Brady's injury pulled the welterweight main event. Waldo Cortes Acosta meets Johnny Walker on November 7 at the Meta Apex, with start times for Las Vegas, London, and Sydney.
UFC · Heavyweight
Waldo Cortes Acosta
17–4–0
9 KO · 1 SUB · 7 DEC
- Height
- 6′4″193 cm
- Reach
- 78″198 cm
- Weight
- 262 lb119 kg
- Age
- 35
- Born
- October 3, 1991
- From
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Style
- Boxing
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Team
- UKF Gym
- Streak
- 0wins
- UFC
- 10–4
- Last
- Curtis BlaydesLoss · September 12, 2026
Waldo Cortes Acosta fights at heavyweight in the UFC. The record is 17–4–0: nine knockouts, one submission, and seven decisions. All four losses are decisions.
He is ranked sixth. The last two fights were unanimous decisions, losses to Curtis Blaydes on September 12, 2026, and Alexander Volkov on May 9, 2026. Before that he stopped Derrick Lewis with punches at 3:14 of the second round. The only submission is a kimura of Edison Lopes.
He won the LFA heavyweight title against Thomas Petersen, then a UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series. He trains at UKF Gym in Phoenix. He is from Barahona in the Dominican Republic. He is 35.
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Fights
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Blaydes | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Delgado | |
| Alexander Volkov | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 328 | |
| Derrick Lewis | Win | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:14 | UFC 324 | |
| Shamil Gaziev | Win | KO (punches)Performance of the Night. He took the fight on two days’ notice. | 1 | 1:22 | UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker | |
| Ante Delija | Win | KO (punches)Performance of the Night. | 1 | 3:59 | UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama | |
| Sergei Pavlovich | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang | |
| Serghei Spivac | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 316 | |
| Ryan Spann | Win | KO (punches) | 2 | 4:48 | UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 | |
| Robelis Despaigne | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Nascimento | |
| Andrei Arlovski | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 | |
| Łukasz Brzeski | Win | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:01 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie | |
| Marcos Rogério de Lima | Loss | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC on ESPN: Song vs. Simón | |
| Chase Sherman | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cuțelaba | |
| Jared Vanderaa | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen | |
| Danilo Suzart | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:40 | Dana White's Contender Series 48 | |
| Thomas Petersen | Win | TKO (punches)Won the LFA heavyweight title. | 3 | 4:53 | LFA 129 | |
| Derrick Weaver | Win | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:22 | LFA 124 | |
| Muhammed DeReese | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Bellator 271 | |
| Jordan Powell | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | RUF 43 | |
| Edison Lopes | Win | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 3:12 | RUF 42 | |
| Odell Pantin | Win | KO (punch)Heavyweight debut. | 2 | 1:23 | Iron Boy MMA 11 |