Waldo Cortes Acosta
#6"Salsa Boy"
17-4 (9 KO · 1 SUB · 7 DEC)
Heavyweight · 35 yrs · 6'4" · 78" reach · Orthodox · 🇩🇴 DOM
volume strikerknockout power
Last 5 fights, newest first
- LDEC R3
- LDEC R3
- WKO R2
- WKO R1
- WKO R1
Waldo Cortes Acosta (17-4) is a UFC heavyweight fighter from DOM with 9 wins by KO/TKO, 1 by submission and 7 by decision; 13 tracked fights are listed below.
Fight DNAHis striking and grappling rates; the tick on each bar is his division's average. Tap a row for the sample.
rates from box-scored fights
Acosta13 fights · 146 minHeavyweight average
Striking
Grappling
Bars start at zero; a full bar is the top 5% of the division. Tap a row for what it measures and the sample behind it.
Tale of the tapeHeight and reach drawn to scale (reach is the arm span), beside his division's average build.
Acosta
6'4" tall · 78" reach
Orthodox · 35 yrs
Heavyweight avg
6'3" tall · 77" reach
division average
Pace & finishing
11.3
avg fight minutes
62%
go the distance
3
round-1 finish wins
5
finish wins (tracked)
strike targets: head 72% · body 12% · leg 15%
Probetrics vs Acosta's fights 0/1 winners called
2026-09-12 · picked Waldo Cortes Acosta by KO/TKO✗
Fight history 13 tracked
| Date | Opponent | Result | Sig. str. | Absorbed | TD | KD | Sub att. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | Curtis BlaydesNoche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado | LDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 28/95 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-10 | Alexander VolkovUFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | LDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 54/130 | 88 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-25 | Derrick LewisUFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett | WKO/TKO · R2 | 44/62 | 8 | 1/1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-11-22 | Shamil GazievUFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker | WKO/TKO · R1 | 10/21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-11-01 | Ante DelijaUFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama | WKO/TKO · R1 | 12/17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-08-23 | Sergei PavlovichUFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang | LDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 45/117 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-06-08 | Serghei SpivacUFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 | WDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 110/235 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-03-15 | Ryan SpannUFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 | WKO/TKO · R2 | 66/111 | 23 | 0/1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-05-11 | Robelis DespaigneUFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento | WDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 52/101 | 26 | 3/4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-01-14 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 | WDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 49/136 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-08-26 | Lukasz BrzeskiUFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie | WKO/TKO · R1 | 15/45 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-04-29 | UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon | LDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 82/150 | 59 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-11-19 | UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba | WDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 147/278 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stats from official box scores over tracked UFC fights; career record covers all promotions. Model receipts show what Probetrics predicted before each fight — graded, not curated. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.