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Heavyweight #8power puncher

Waldo Cortes Acosta

Record
10-4
Rating
2090 ± 123
Since last event
–
Next fight · 7 Nov
vs Johnny Walker 55%
Age
35
Current streak
2 losses
Wins by
5 KO · 0 sub · 5 dec
Next fight
vs Johnny Walker
UFC Fight Night: Cortes-Acosta vs. Walker · 2026-11-07

Key facts

Record
10-4
Division
Heavyweight
Our rank
#8
Rating
2090 ± 123
Style label
power puncher
Country
Dominican Republic
Height
76"
Reach
78"
Stance
Orthodox
Date of birth
1991-10-03

Rating history

Style profile

Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
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The numbers behind it

Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ± means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
MetricWaldo Cortes AcostaDivision
Strikes landed
/15 min
56.3 ± 9.0
87th percentile
49.5
Strike avoidance
absorbed /15 min
53.9 ± 4.7
78th percentile
57.0
Takedown attempts
/15 min
2.53 ± 1.75
1st percentile
3.93
Takedown defence
%
65 ± 16
96th percentile
56
Control time
s /15 min
168 ± 44
1st percentile
202
Striking defence
%
51 ± 5
99th percentile
47
Knockdowns
/15 min
0.83 ± 0.38
97th percentile
0.63
Submission attempts
/15 min
0.42 ± 0.34
1st percentile
0.69

Style-based strength score

Average predicted win probability against the current top 15 of this division: 48.4%. This never changes the ranking — it shows where the styles help or hurt.

Best matchups

Worst matchups

UFC fight history

L Curtis Blaydes Decision - Unanimous R3
L Alexander Volkov Decision - Unanimous R3
W Derrick Lewis KO/TKO R2
W Shamil Gaziev KO/TKO R1
W Ante Delija KO/TKO R1
L Sergei Pavlovich Decision - Unanimous R3
W Serghei Spivac Decision - Unanimous R3
W Ryan Spann KO/TKO R2
W Robelis Despaigne Decision - Unanimous R3
W Andrei Arlovski Decision - Unanimous R3
W Lukasz Brzeski KO/TKO R1
L Marcos Rogerio de Lima Decision - Unanimous R3
W Chase Sherman Decision - Unanimous R3
W Jared Vanderaa Decision - Unanimous R3