Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Salsa Boy
Record17-2
Age34
DivisionHeavyweight
Height6'4"
Reach78.0"
BornFundación, Barahona, Dominican Republic
Fighting out ofPhoenix, Arizona, United States
Professional Fights
9 KO
1 Sub
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Alexander Volkov | ••• | UFC 3289 May 2026 | ••• ••• | ||||
| Win | 17-2 | Derrick Lewis | KO/TKOGround & Pound | UFC 32424 Jan 2026 | R2 3:14 R2 • 3:14 | ||
| Win | 16-2 | Shamil Gaziev | KO/TKORight Hook | UFC Fight Night22 Nov 2025 | R1 1:22 R1 • 1:22 | P | |
| Win | 15-2 | Ante Delija | KO/TKOJab-cross to Ground Punches | UFC Fight Night1 Nov 2025 | R1 3:59 R1 • 3:59 | P | |
| Loss | 14-2 | Sergei Pavlovich | DecisionUnanimous | UFC Fight Night23 Aug 2025 | |||
| Win | 14-1 | Serghei Spivac | DecisionUnanimous | UFC 3167 Jun 2025 | |||
| Win | 13-1 | Ryan Spann | KO/TKOLeft Hook to Ground Punches | UFC Fight Night15 Mar 2025 | R2 4:48 R2 • 4:48 | ||
| Win | 12-1 | Robelis Despaigne | DecisionUnanimous | UFC Fight Night11 May 2024 | |||
| Win | 11-1 | Andrei Arlovski | DecisionUnanimous | UFC Fight Night13 Jan 2024 | |||
| Win | 10-1 | Łukasz Brzeski | KO/TKOHooks | UFC Fight Night26 Aug 2023 | R1 3:01 R1 • 3:01 | ||
| Loss | 9-1 | Marcos Rogério de Lima | DecisionUnanimous | UFC Fight Night29 Apr 2023 | |||
| Win | 9-0 | Chase Sherman | DecisionUnanimous | UFC Fight Night19 Nov 2022 | |||
| Win | 8-0 | Jared Vanderaa | DecisionUnanimous | UFC Fight Night29 Oct 2022 | |||
| Win | 7-0 | Danilo Suzart | KO/TKOPunches | Contender Series 20222 Aug 2022 | R1 3:40 R1 • 3:40 | ||
| Win | 6-0 | Thomas Petersen | KO/TKOPunches | LFA 129: Petersen vs. Cortes-Acosta15 Apr 2022 | R3 4:53 R3 • 4:53 | ||
| Win | 5-0 | Derrick Weaver | KO/TKOPunches | LFA 124: Formiga vs. Bunes11 Feb 2022 | R2 0:28 R2 • 0:28 | ||
| Win | 4-0 | Mo DeReese | DecisionUnanimous | Bellator 27112 Nov 2021 | |||
| Win | 3-0 | Jordan Powell | DecisionUnanimous | RUF 4329 Aug 2021 | |||
| Win | 2-0 | Edison Lopes | SubmissionKimura | RUF 42: Road to ONE31 Jul 2021 | R1 3:12 R1 • 3:12 | ||
| Win | 1-0 | Odell Pantin | KO/TKOPunch | Iron Boy MMA 1119 May 2018 | R2 1:23 R2 • 1:23 | ||