Waldo Cortes-Acosta
“Salsa Boy”
Rank 8 - Heavyweight
Age: 33 | Oct 3, 1991
Nationality: United States
Weight Class: Heavyweight
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 262 lbs
Reach: 78.0"
Professional Record
| 15 fights | 14 wins | 1 losses |
|---|---|---|
| KO/TKOs | 6 | 0 |
| Submissions | 1 | 0 |
| Decisions | 7 | 1 |
Fight Details
| Result | Record | Opponent | Event | Date | Method | Referee | Round | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIN | 14 - 1 - 0 | Serghei Spivac | UFC 316 - Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 | June 07, 2025 | Decision (Unanimous) | Mike Beltran | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 13 - 1 - 0 | Ryan Spann | UFC Fight Night 254 - Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 | March 15, 2025 | TKO (Punches) | Mark Smith | 2 | 4:48 |
| WIN | 12 - 1 - 0 | Robelis Despaigne | UFC on ESPN 56 - Lewis vs. Nascimento | May 11, 2024 | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| WIN | 11 - 1 - 0 | Andrei Arlovski | UFC Fight Night 234 - Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 | January 13, 2024 | Decision (Unanimous) | Marc Goddard | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 10 - 1 - 0 | Lukasz Brzeski | UFC Fight Night 225 - Holloway vs. Korean Zombie | August 26, 2023 | KO (Punches) | Mark Craig | 1 | 3:01 |
| LOSS | 9 - 1 - 0 | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | UFC on ESPN 45 - Song vs. Simon | April 29, 2023 | Decision (Unanimous) | Herb Dean | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 9 - 0 - 0 | Chase Sherman | UFC Fight Night 215 - Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba | November 19, 2022 | Decision (Unanimous) | Jacob Montalvo | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 8 - 0 - 0 | Jared Vanderaa | UFC Fight Night 213 - Kattar vs. Allen | October 29, 2022 | Decision (Unanimous) | Mark Smith | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 7 - 0 - 0 | Danilo Suzart | Dana White's Contender Series - Contender Series 2022: Week 2 | August 02, 2022 | TKO (Punches) | Herb Dean | 1 | 3:40 |
| WIN | 6 - 0 - 0 | Thomas Petersen | LFA 129 - Petersen vs. Cortes-Acosta | April 15, 2022 | TKO (Punches) | Rob Madrigal | 3 | 4:53 |
| WIN | 5 - 0 - 0 | Derrick Weaver | LFA 124 - Formiga vs. Bunes | February 11, 2022 | TKO (Punches) | Al Guinee | 2 | 0:22 |
| WIN | 4 - 0 - 0 | Muhammed DeReese | Bellator 271 - Cyborg vs. Kavanagh | November 12, 2021 | Decision (Unanimous) | Mike Beltran | 3 | 5:00 |
| WIN | 3 - 0 - 0 | Jordan Powell | RUF MMA 43 - Road to One: The Quarterfinals | August 29, 2021 | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| WIN | 2 - 0 - 0 | Edison Lopes | RUF MMA 42 - Road to One: Summer Showdown | July 31, 2021 | Submission (Kimura) | 1 | 3:12 | |
| WIN | 1 - 0 - 0 | Odell Pantin | Iron Boy Promotions - Iron Boy MMA 11 | May 19, 2018 | KO (Punch) | 2 | 1:23 |
Upcoming Major Events
UFC on ABC 8 - Hill vs. Rountree
Jun 21, 2025
UFC 317 - Oliveira vs. Topuria
Jun 28, 2025
One Championship - One on Prime Video 33
Jul 11, 2025
UFC on ESPN 70 - Lewis vs. Teixeira
Jul 12, 2025
Professional Fighters League - PFL Road to Dubai Champions Series 2 & PFL Africa 2025 First Round
Jul 19, 2025
KSW 108 - Soldaev vs. Brichta
Jul 19, 2025
UFC 318 - Holloway vs. Poirier 3
Jul 19, 2025
UFC on ABC 9 - Whittaker vs. de Ridder
Jul 26, 2025
Rizin FF - Super Rizin 4
Jul 27, 2025
One Championship - One 173
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UFC Heavyweight Rankings
Jon Jones(28 - 1 - 1)
- Tom Aspinall
(15 - 3 - 0)
- 2Ciryl Gane
(13 - 2 - 0)
- 3Alexander Volkov
(38 - 11 - 0)
- 4Sergei Pavlovich
(19 - 3 - 0)
- 5Curtis Blaydes
(18 - 5 - 1)
- 6Jailton Almeida
(22 - 3 - 0)
- 7Marcin Tybura
(27 - 9 - 0)
- 8Waldo Cortes-Acosta
(14 - 1 - 0)
- 9Serghei Spivac
(17 - 6 - 0)
- 10Derrick Lewis
(28 - 12 - 1)
- 11Tai Tuivasa
(14 - 8 - 0)
- 12Shamil Gaziev
(14 - 1 - 0)
- 13Mick Parkin
(10 - 1 - 0)
- 14Tallison Teixeira
(8 - 0 - 0)
- 15Martin Buday
(15 - 2 - 0)
