Waldo Cortes Acosta "Salsa Boy"

Heavyweight · Dominican Republic · UKF Gym

Next fight: vs Johnny Walker · UFC Fight Night: Cortes Acosta vs. Walker (main event) · Sat, Nov 7, 2026

Record and bio

Pro record17-4-0 · KO/TKO 9-0 · submission 1-0
UFC record10-4 · current 2-fight loss streak
Opponents' combined UFC record112-73 (60.5%) across 14 opponents
Last 5 opponents51-22 (69.9%) across 5 opponents
Age35
Height6' 4"
Reach78"
StanceOrthodox

Career stats (UFC)

Significant strikes landed per minute4.88
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.43
Striking accuracy48%
Striking defense55%
Takedowns per 15 minutes0.37
Takedowns landed / attempted50%
Takedown defense70%
Submission attempts per 15 minutes0.09
Average fight time11.5 min

UFC wins: 5 KO/TKO, 0 submission, 5 decision. UFC losses: 0 KO/TKO, 0 submission, 4 decision.

UFC fight history

DateOpponentTheir UFC record thenStyleResultMethodEvent
2026-09-12Curtis Blaydes14-6 (1 NC)WrestlerLDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado
2026-05-09Alexander Volkov13-5StrikerLDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland
2026-01-24Derrick Lewis20-10BalancedWKO/TKO R2 3:14UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett
2025-11-22Shamil Gaziev3-1BalancedWKO/TKO R1 1:22UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker
2025-11-01Ante Delija1-0—WKO/TKO R1 3:59UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama
2025-08-23Sergei Pavlovich7-3StrikerLDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang
2025-06-07Serghei Spivac8-5WrestlerWDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2
2025-03-15Ryan Spann8-5Submission grapplerWKO/TKO R2 4:48UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2
2024-05-11Robelis Despaigne1-0—WDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento
2024-01-13Andrei Arlovski23-16 (1 NC)StrikerWDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2
2023-08-26Lukasz Brzeski0-2StrikerWKO/TKO R1 3:01UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie
2023-04-29Marcos Rogerio de Lima9-6BalancedLDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon
2022-11-19Chase Sherman4-9StrikerWDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba
2022-10-29Jared Vanderaa1-5StrikerWDecision - Unanimous R3 5:00UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen

UFC stats from ufcstats.com through 2026-10-31; bio and pro record from ESPN where available. Opponents' combined record is their UFC record going into each fight. 21+. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER.

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