Waldo Cortes Acosta
Active#8 Heavyweight“Salsa Boy”
10-4-0
UFC record
- Division
- Heavyweight
- Finish rate
- 50%
- UFC fights
- 14
- Active
- 2022–2026
- Height
- 6'4"
- Reach
- 78"
- Weight
- 260 lb
- Stance
- Orthodox
- DOB
- 1991-10-03 (34y 364d)
- Pro record
- 17-4-0
- Born
- —
- SLpM
- 5.03
- Str Acc
- 47%
- SApM
- 3.44
- Str Def
- 55%
- TD Avg
- 0.36
- TD Acc
- 50%
- TD Def
- 69%
- Sub Avg
- 0.10
Fight history
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result | Method | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado | Curtis Blaydes | L | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2026-05-09 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | Alexander Volkov | L | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2026-01-24 | UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett | Derrick Lewis | W | KO/TKO · Punches | 2 | 3:14 | |
| 2025-11-22 | UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker | Shamil Gaziev | W | KO/TKO · Punch | 1 | 1:22 | |
| 2025-11-01 | UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama | Ante Delija | W | KO/TKO · Punch | 1 | 3:59 | |
| 2025-08-23 | UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang | Sergei Pavlovich | L | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2025-06-07 | UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 | Serghei Spivac | W | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2025-03-15 | UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 | Ryan Spann | W | KO/TKO · Punches | 2 | 4:48 | |
| 2024-05-11 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento | Robelis Despaigne | W | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2024-01-13 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 | Andrei Arlovski | W | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2023-08-26 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie | Lukasz Brzeski | W | KO/TKO · Punches | 1 | 3:01 | |
| 2023-04-29 | UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | L | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2022-11-19 | UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba | Chase Sherman | W | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 | |
| 2022-10-29 | UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen | Jared Vanderaa | W | U-DEC | 3 | 5:00 |