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Waldo Cortes-Acosta - Record, Stats and AI-Analytics

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Waldo Cortes-Acosta
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta

Record

18-3-0
Record
10
TKO
1
Sub
7
Dec

Bio

34
Age
Dominican Republic
Country

Anthropometry

6'4" (193cm)
Height
78.0" (198cm)
Reach

Promotion

UFC

UFC Rankings

5
UFC Heavyweight Rankings

Striking Breakdown

10.05
Thrown strikes per minute
5.66
Landed strikes per minute
56
%, Strikes effective

Wrestling & Grappling

0.11
Takedown per round

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

0.08
Attempts to submissions in 15 minutes
0
Successful submissions in 15 minutes

Note: Stats Fight statistics are based on fights collected in our proprietary database. Some fights may not be included, so a fighter's record and statistics may differ from their current official record.

Fight History

UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland, May 10, 2026

Finished
7.2
86
‘Drago’
Alexander
Volkov
Win
UDR3, 15:00
6.5
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Loss
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UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett, January 24, 2026

Finished
7.8
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
TKO(Punches) R2, 08:14
5.5
82
‘The Black Beast’
Derrick
Lewis
Loss
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UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker, November 22, 2025

Finished
7.8
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
KO(Punch) R1, 01:22
5.6
89
Shamil
Gaziev
Loss
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UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama, November 1, 2025

Finished
7.2
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
KO(Punches) R1, 03:59
5.9
86
‘Walking Trouble’
Ante
Delija
Loss
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November 1, 2025

Finished
74
‘"Walking Trouble"’
DEL Ante
DEL Delija
Loss
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
TKO(KO (Punches) Mark Smith VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY) R1, 03:59

UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang, August 23, 2025

Finished
7.3
90
Sergei
Pavlovich
Win
UDR3, 15:00
6
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Loss
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UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2, June 7, 2025

Finished
6.8
84
‘Polar Bear’
Sergey
Spivac
Loss
7.3
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
UDR3, 15:00
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UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2, March 15, 2025

Finished
8.5
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
TKO(Punches) R2, 09:48
5.8
83
‘Superman’
Ryan
Spann
Loss
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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento, May 11, 2024

Finished
8.4
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
UDR3, 15:00
6.3
73
‘The Big Boy’
Robelis
Despaigne
Loss
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UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2, January 13, 2024

Finished
5.7
78
‘The Pitbull’
Andrei
Arlovski
Loss
6.4
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
UDR3, 15:00
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UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Korean Zombie, August 26, 2023

Finished
6.9
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
KO(HOOKS) R1, 03:01
5.8
78
‘The Bull’
Lukasz
Brzeski
Loss
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UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simón, April 29, 2023

Finished
8.4
83
‘Pezão’
Marcos
Rogerio de Lima
Win
UDR3, 15:00
6.6
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Loss
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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac, November 19, 2022

Finished
6.9
77
‘The Vanilla Gorilla’
Chase
Sherman
Loss
8.2
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
UDR3, 15:00
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UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen, October 29, 2022

Finished
7.4
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
UDR3, 15:00
6.5
77
Jared
Vanderaa
Loss
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August 2, 2022

Finished
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
TKO(Punches) R1, 03:40
57
‘Dan’
Danilo
Suzart
Loss

LFA 129, April 15, 2022

Finished
7.5
82
‘The Train’
Thomas
Petersen
Loss
7.1
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
TKO(PUNCHES) R3, 14:53
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LFA 124, February 11, 2022

Finished
7.8
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
TKO(PUNCHES) R2, 05:28
6
52
‘The Dream’
Derrick
Weaver
Loss
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Bellator 271, November 11, 2021

Finished
7.4
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
UDR3, 15:00
6
80
‘Mo Muscle’
Muhammed
DeReese
Loss
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RUF 43, August 29, 2021

Finished
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
UD(Unanimous) R3, 15:00
58
‘sherdog’
Jordan
Powell
Loss

July 31, 2021

Finished
90
‘Salsita Boy’
Waldo
Cortes-Acosta
Win
SUB(Kimura) R1, 03:12
52
Edison
Lopes
Loss
1/20

Stats Fight Rating

Stats Fight Rating is a proprietary, data-driven performance metric developed by Stats Fight app to evaluate and score professional mixed martial arts fighters. Stats Fight Rating (0–100) compares fighters across styles, weight classes, and promotions, using a universal algorithm. The rating calculates its 0 to 100 score by processing over 100 individual in-fight data points, which are categorized into six core performance pillars: Power, Speed, Takedown, Control, Defense, Efficiency.

Stats Fight Rating
90
  • Power83
  • Speed96
  • Takedown87
  • Control91
  • Efficiency90
  • Defense90
WALDO
CORTES-ACOSTA

Stats Fight Performance History

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9.0
8.5
8.0
7.5
7.0
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.0
Perfect! The fighter demonstrated effective use of the full MMA technical arsenal, leading to victory.
The score indicates the fighter effectively applied only part of the technical arsenal.
Minimum score! The fighter could not show their capabilities in the bout.

Stats Fight Performance is an automatic assessment of the effectiveness of an MMA fighter in a particular match, which is calculated on a scale from 5 to 10 points. This analytical indicator was developed by the Stats Fight application team. It reflects how successfully an athlete has used his technical arsenal to achieve victory.

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