UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song2d 02h 52m

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Waldo Cortes Acosta

17-3-0

14

UFC fights

2

On Paramount+

UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland

Last event

1

Upcoming

Nickname

"Salsa Boy"

HT / WT

6' 4" · 264 lbs

Reach

78"

Age

34 (Oct 3, 1991)

Nationality

Dominican Republic

(T)KO

6

SUB

0

DEC

5

Upcoming

vs. Curtis Blaydes

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in 17 days

UFC Fight History

vs. Alexander Volkov

vs. Derrick Lewis

KO/TKO · R2 3:14

vs. Shamil Gaziev

KO/TKO · R1 1:22

vs. Ante Delija

KO/TKO · R1 3:59

2025

vs. Sergei Pavlovich

vs. Serghei Spivac

KO/TKO · R2 4:48

vs. Robelis Despaigne

vs. Andrei Arlovski

vs. Lukasz Brzeski

KO/TKO · R1 3:01

vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima

vs. Chase Sherman

vs. Jared Vanderaa

vs. Danilo Suzart

KO/TKO · R1 3:40

14 fights · 2 on Paramount+

Alexander Volkov

WIN

Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00

vs

Waldo Cortes Acosta

LOSS

UFC 328: Chimaev vs. StricklandHeavyweight

Fight stats

0KD0

88/143Tot Str54/130

88/143Sig Str54/130

22/70Head30/91

23/29Body6/13

43/44Legs18/26

0/1TD0/1

0Sub Att0

0:03Control0:01

Waldo Cortes Acosta

WIN

KO/TKO (Punches) · R2 3:14

vs

Derrick Lewis

LOSS

UFC 324: Gaethje vs. PimblettHeavyweight

Waldo Cortes Acosta

WIN

KO/TKO (Punch) · R1 1:22

vs

Shamil Gaziev

LOSS

UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. HookerHeavyweight

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Waldo Cortes Acosta

WIN

KO/TKO (Punch) · R1 3:59

vs

Ante Delija

LOSS

UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. OnamaHeavyweight

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Sergei Pavlovich

WIN

Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00

vs

Waldo Cortes Acosta

LOSS

UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. ZhangHeavyweight

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Serghei Spivac

LOSS

vs

Waldo Cortes Acosta

WIN

Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00

UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2Heavyweight

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Waldo Cortes Acosta

WIN

KO/TKO (Punches) · R2 4:48

vs

Ryan Spann

LOSS

UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2Heavyweight

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Waldo Cortes Acosta

WIN

Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00

vs

Robelis Despaigne

LOSS

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. NascimentoHeavyweight

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Andrei Arlovski

LOSS

vs

Waldo Cortes Acosta

WIN

Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Johnny WalkerHeavyweight

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Waldo Cortes Acosta

WIN

KO/TKO (Punches) · R1 3:01

vs

Lukasz Brzeski

LOSS

UFC Fight Night: Max Holloway vs. Chan Sung JungHeavyweight

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Marcos Rogerio de Lima

WIN

Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00

vs

Waldo Cortes Acosta

LOSS

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. SimonHeavyweight

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Chase Sherman

LOSS

vs

Waldo Cortes Acosta

WIN

Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. CutelabaHeavyweight

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Waldo Cortes Acosta

WIN

Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00

vs

Jared Vanderaa

LOSS

UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. AllenHeavyweight

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Waldo Cortes Acosta

WIN

KO/TKO (Punches) · R1 3:40

vs

Danilo Suzart

LOSS

Dana White's Contender Series: Season 6, Week 2Heavyweight

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Fight stats

1KD0

46/64Tot Str8/43

44/62Sig Str8/43

35/53Head6/37

5/5Body2/5

4/4Legs0/1

1/1TD0/0

0Sub Att0

0:28Control0:00

Fight stats

2KD0

15/26Tot Str6/15

10/21Sig Str6/15

8/19Head4/13

1/1Body1/1

1/1Legs1/1

0/0TD0/0

0Sub Att0

0:08Control0:00

Fight stats

1KD0

18/24Tot Str18/38

12/17Sig Str16/36

9/11Head13/33

2/5Body2/2

1/1Legs1/1

0/0TD0/1

0Sub Att0

1:37Control0:25

Fight stats

0KD0

63/136Tot Str45/117

61/133Sig Str45/117

35/104Head27/88

12/14Body4/10

14/15Legs14/19

0/3TD0/0

0Sub Att0

0:08Control0:00

Fight stats

0KD0

53/124Tot Str111/236

48/119Sig Str110/235

39/109Head76/196

4/5Body16/20

5/5Legs18/19

2/6TD0/0

0Sub Att0

2:25Control0:00

Fight stats

1KD0

77/123Tot Str24/87

66/111Sig Str23/86

56/97Head11/70

4/6Body5/9

6/8Legs7/7

0/1TD0/2

0Sub Att0

0:57Control0:05

Fight stats

0KD0

130/204Tot Str28/59

52/101Sig Str26/52

44/92Head11/36

0/0Body2/3

8/9Legs13/13

3/4TD0/0

1Sub Att0

9:49Control0:19

Fight stats

0KD0

58/127Tot Str50/137

58/127Sig Str49/136

13/63Head24/97

22/40Body11/19

23/24Legs14/20

0/0TD0/0

0Sub Att0

0:00Control0:00

Fight stats

1KD0

16/46Tot Str15/23

15/45Sig Str14/22

9/36Head1/7

3/5Body3/3

3/4Legs10/12

0/0TD0/0

0Sub Att0

0:01Control0:00

Fight stats

0KD0

76/95Tot Str88/156

59/76Sig Str82/150

20/31Head54/116

11/15Body18/23

28/30Legs10/11

3/7TD0/1

0Sub Att0

5:01Control0:34

Fight stats

0KD0

73/187Tot Str149/282

66/177Sig Str147/278

25/130Head124/247

16/19Body17/25

25/28Legs6/6

1/2TD0/0

0Sub Att0

1:34Control0:13

Fight stats

0KD0

73/158Tot Str59/143

73/158Sig Str56/138

41/117Head12/92

26/32Body5/5

6/9Legs39/41

0/0TD0/1

0Sub Att0

0:03Control0:13

Fight stats

1KD0

47/95Tot Str18/31

43/89Sig Str15/27

42/88Head8/19

1/1Body7/8

0/0Legs0/0

0/0TD0/0

0Sub Att0

1:43Control0:00