Waldo Cortes-Acosta

Waldo Cortes-Acosta's profile at Sherdog  Waldo Cortes-Acosta's profile at Tapology  Rank State: Nevada Age: 34 Last 5: W W W W L Association: Ultimate Kombat Fitness Pro Debut Date: 2018-05-19 Pro Record: 14-2-0

Current Ranking: #10 Heavyweight

'Big League' Record: 8-2-0 Last 3 Years: 7-2-0 Win Finish %: 50% Combat Age: 37 Quality Perf. %: 68.8% Last Quality Perf.: 2025-06-07 540 Metric: .469 Rating Points: 451

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 7/01/2025 #10 Heavyweight

Last Fight Date: 8/23/2025 [UFC] Last Opponent: [#5 HW] Sergei Pavlovich Opponent's Last 5: W L L W W Next Fight: UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama Next Opponent: [#15 HW] Ante Delija Opponent's Last 5: W W L W W

UFC Record: 7-2-0 Octagon Time: 1:57:49 Longest Win Streak: 5 (2023-2025) Next Best Win Streak: 2 (2022) UFC Debut: 2022-10-29 Last UFC Fight: 2025-08-23

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

	Opponent	Outcome
L	Sergei Pavlovich #5 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night 257 Walker vs. Zhang Saturday, August 23rd 2025
W	Serghei Spivac #10 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC 316 - Dvalishvili vs. OMalley 2 Saturday, June 7th 2025
W	Ryan Spann #18 Light Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	UFC Fight Night 254 - Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 Saturday, March 15th 2025
W	Robelis Despaigne #156 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC on ESPN 56 - Lewis vs. Nascimento Saturday, May 11th 2024
W	Andrei Arlovski #69 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night 234 - Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 Saturday, January 13th 2024
W	Lukasz Brzeski #165 Heavyweight	KO (Punches) Round 1
	UFC Fight Night 225 - Holloway vs. Korean ... Saturday, August 26th 2023
L	Marcos Rogerio de Lima #23 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night 223 - Song vs. Simon Saturday, April 29th 2023
W	Chase Sherman #67 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak Saturday, November 19th 2022
W	Jared Vanderaa #88 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen Saturday, October 29th 2022
W	Danilo Suzart #218 Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Dana Whites Contender Series - Contender S... Tuesday, August 2nd 2022
W	Thomas Petersen #117 Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 3
	LFA 129 - Petersen vs. Cortes-Acosta Friday, April 15th 2022
W	Derrick Weaver #196 Heavyweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	LFA 124 - Formiga vs. Bunes Friday, February 11th 2022
W	Muhammed DeReese #88 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Bellator 271 - Cyborg vs. Kavanagh Friday, November 12th 2021
W	Jordan Powell #85 Heavyweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	RUF MMA 43 - Road to One: The Quarterfinals Sunday, August 29th 2021
W	Edison Lopes	Submission (Kimura) Round 1
	RUF 42: Road to ONE Saturday, July 31st 2021
W	Odell Pantin	KO (Punch) Round 2
	Iron Boy Promotions - Iron Boy MMA 11 Saturday, May 19th 2018

	Opponent	Event	Outcome
L	Sergei Pavlovich #5 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 257 Walker vs. Zhang Saturday, August 23rd 2025	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Serghei Spivac #10 Heavyweight	UFC 316 - Dvalishvili vs. OMalley 2 Saturday, June 7th 2025	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Ryan Spann #18 Light Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 254 - Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 Saturday, March 15th 2025	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Robelis Despaigne #156 Heavyweight	UFC on ESPN 56 - Lewis vs. Nascimento Saturday, May 11th 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Andrei Arlovski #69 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 234 - Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 Saturday, January 13th 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Lukasz Brzeski #165 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 225 - Holloway vs. Korean ... Saturday, August 26th 2023	KO (Punches) Round 1
L	Marcos Rogerio de Lima #23 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 223 - Song vs. Simon Saturday, April 29th 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Chase Sherman #67 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak Saturday, November 19th 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Jared Vanderaa #88 Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen Saturday, October 29th 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Danilo Suzart #218 Heavyweight	Dana Whites Contender Series - Contender S... Tuesday, August 2nd 2022	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Thomas Petersen #117 Heavyweight	LFA 129 - Petersen vs. Cortes-Acosta Friday, April 15th 2022	TKO (Punches) Round 3
W	Derrick Weaver #196 Heavyweight	LFA 124 - Formiga vs. Bunes Friday, February 11th 2022	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Muhammed DeReese #88 Heavyweight	Bellator 271 - Cyborg vs. Kavanagh Friday, November 12th 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Jordan Powell #85 Heavyweight	RUF MMA 43 - Road to One: The Quarterfinals Sunday, August 29th 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Edison Lopes	RUF 42: Road to ONE Saturday, July 31st 2021	Submission (Kimura) Round 1
W	Odell Pantin	Iron Boy Promotions - Iron Boy MMA 11 Saturday, May 19th 2018	KO (Punch) Round 2

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
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