Waldo Cortes Acosta
14 UFC Fights | 71% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (50%)
Waldo Cortes Acosta UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Waldo Cortes Acosta is 10-4 in the UFC across 14 fights, with 5 wins by knockout and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 17-4, 7-0 of it outside the UFC. Waldo Cortes Acosta competes at heavyweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 6'4" with a 78" reach at 34 years old. The last bout was a loss to Curtis Blaydes by unanimous decision in Sep 2026.
Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 92nd percentile among 166 heavyweight fighters (5.4 sig. strikes/min).
Waldo Cortes Acosta's UFC win rate is 71% (10 of 14 fights), and 50% of those wins came by finish. Cortes Acosta averages 0.3 takedowns per fight at 57% accuracy and stops 73% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 17-4
- UFC Record
- 10-4
- Height
- 6'4"
- Reach
- 78"
- Age
- 34
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Curtis Blaydes · Decision - Unanimous · Sep 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Waldo Cortes Acosta's Last 5 Fights
Cortes Acosta is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Curtis Blaydes · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado · Sep 2026
- Loss vs Alexander Volkov · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · May 2026
- Win vs Derrick Lewis · KO/TKO · R2 3:14 · UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 2026
- Win vs Shamil Gaziev · KO/TKO · R1 1:22 · UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · Nov 2025
- Win vs Ante Delija · KO/TKO · R1 3:59 · UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama · Nov 2025
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Waldo Cortes Acosta vs Average
Waldo Cortes Acosta lands 17.2 strikes in R1 but 31.1 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Waldo Cortes Acosta's UFC Fight History
14 UFC fights on record (10-4), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Curtis Blaydes | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado | 2026-09-12 |
| L | Alexander Volkov | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | 2026-05-09 |
| W | Derrick Lewis | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:14 | UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett | 2026-01-24 |
| W | Shamil Gaziev | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:22 | UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker | 2025-11-22 |
| W | Ante Delija | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:59 | UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama | 2025-11-01 |
| L | Sergei Pavlovich | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang | 2025-08-23 |
| W | Serghei Spivac | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 | 2025-06-07 |
| W | Ryan Spann | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:48 | UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 | 2025-03-15 |
| W | Robelis Despaigne | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento | 2024-05-11 |
| W | Andrei Arlovski | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 | 2024-01-13 |
| W | Lukasz Brzeski | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:01 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie | 2023-08-26 |
| L | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon | 2023-04-29 |
| W | Chase Sherman | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba | 2022-11-19 |
| W | Jared Vanderaa | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen | 2022-10-29 |
How Acosta Ranks at Heavyweight
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