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Johnny Walker vs Waldo Cortes Acosta Prediction · UFC Fight Night: Cortes Acosta vs. Walker, Nov 7, 2026

Fight data

Model pick: Waldo Cortes Acosta (66%), locked before the start; Johnny Walker won (graded a miss).

Final8:00 PM ETUFC Fight Night: Cortes Acosta vs. Walker · Heavyweight
Johnny Walker24-10#7
Waldo Cortes Acosta17-5#8

The model's call

Locked before the fight
66%Waldo Cortes Acostaby KO/TKO✗ Miss

Where a bout is priced, the win chance is the market's no-vig price.

Result
Johnny Walker
By KO/TKO in round 3
Closing price
-225
Right at this confidence
66%
Won 35 of 53 called at 60–70%

How it endsThe model's chance of each ending beside the books', round by round and by method.

prices before the fightModel vs market

The model's numbers here are recomputed from today's data; the pick locked before the fight is at the top.

KO/TKOSUBDEC
Acosta
Walker

Big number: the model's chance of that ending. Small number under it: the books' no-vig chance (— where they don't price it). Tap a cell for fair and best prices.

Fight clock · still going
15% reach the final bell (books 22%)
0255075100R1R2R3R4R5o1.5o2.5dist.6139281915Ended R3 2:34

Solid: the model. Dashed: the books' map. ◇ = a separate two-way price for the same thing: over 1.5 rounds 65% · over 2.5 rounds 45% · goes the distance 23%.

Their tracked fights before this one
History
Acosta6 of 10 to the judges

7-3 in the last 10. 4 of 7 wins inside the distance; 0 of 3 losses were finishes.

  • LDecisionvs Curtis BlaydesSep 2026
  • LDecisionvs Alexander VolkovMay 2026
  • WKO/TKO · R2vs Derrick LewisJan 2026
  • WKO/TKO · R1vs Shamil GazievNov 2025
  • WKO/TKO · R1vs Ante DelijaNov 2025
Walker3 of 10 to the judges

5-5 in the last 10. 4 of 5 wins inside the distance; 3 of 5 losses were finishes.

  • WKO/TKO · R1vs Mick ParkinOct 2026
  • LDecisionvs Dominick ReyesApr 2026
  • WKO/TKO · R2vs Zhang MingyangAug 2025
  • LKO/TKO · R1vs Volkan OezdemirJun 2024
  • LKO/TKO · R2vs Magomed AnkalaevJan 2024

9 of 20 of their tracked fights went the distance. For this one, the model gave 15% that it goes the distance, the books 22%. Most of those were 3-round fights; this one is scheduled for 5. History, not a forecast.

How this fight plays outThe model's read of the matchup, in plain sentences from its numbers.

No price is posted for this fight, so the win chance is the model's own: Acosta narrow at 55%. Striking volume is near even (4.0 vs 4.8 per minute), so the fight likely turns on damage rather than output. Walker is most dangerous early — 4 of 7 tracked wins ended in the first round. Acosta's most likely path is by KO/TKO (48%), and the fight goes the distance 15% of the time — if it ends inside the distance, round 1 carries the most risk.

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