Waldo Cortes Acosta
"Salsa Boy"
17-3 (9 KO · 1 SUB · 7 DEC)
Heavyweight · 34 yrs · 6'4" · 78" reach · Orthodox · DOM
volume strikerknockout power
Output & defense
per-minute / per-15-min rates over 12 tracked UFC fights
Sig. strikes / min
5.2
Strike accuracy
49%
Absorbed / min
3.4
Strike defense
54%
Knockdowns / 15
0.68
Takedowns / 15
0.5
TD accuracy
50%
TD defense
73%
Sub attempts / 15
0.1
Ground adv. / 15
0.0
Pace & finishing
11.0
avg fight minutes
58%
go the distance
3
round-1 finish wins
5
finish wins (tracked)
strike targets: head 72% · body 13% · leg 15%
Fight history 12 tracked
| Date | Opponent | Result | Sig. str. | Absorbed | TD | KD | Sub att. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | — | LDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 54/130 | 88 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-01-25 | Derrick Lewis | WKO/TKO · R2 | 44/62 | 8 | 1/1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-11-22 | Shamil Gaziev | WKO/TKO · R1 | 10/21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-11-01 | Ante Delija | WKO/TKO · R1 | 12/17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-08-23 | Sergei Pavlovich | LDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 45/117 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-06-08 | Serghei Spivac | WDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 110/235 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-03-15 | Ryan Spann | WKO/TKO · R2 | 66/111 | 23 | 0/1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-05-11 | — | WDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 52/101 | — | 3/4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-01-14 | — | WDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 49/136 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-08-26 | Lukasz Brzeski | WKO/TKO · R1 | 15/45 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-04-29 | — | LDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 82/150 | 59 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-11-19 | — | WDecision - Unanimous · R3 | 147/278 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stats from official ESPN box scores over tracked UFC fights; career record covers all promotions. Model receipts show what Probetrics predicted before each fight — graded, not curated. 21+, 1-800-GAMBLER.