Waldo Cortes Acosta
"Salsa Boy"
Heavyweight
10-3
UFC Record
18-5
Pre-UFC
UFC debut 2022-10-29
STYLE BREAKDOWN
Style DNA
Badges earned
Scouting attributes
All ratings 0–99, percentile-ranked vs the entire UFC roster.
FIGHT HISTORY
vs Alexander Volkov
Decision
UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland
05/09/2026
vs Derrick Lewis
Tko · Punches to Head On Ground
UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett
01/24/2026
vs Shamil Gaziev
Tko · Punch to Head At Distance
UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker
11/22/2025
vs Ante Delija
Tko · Punch to Head At Distance
UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama
11/01/2025
vs Sergei Pavlovich
Decision
UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang
08/23/2025
vs Serghei Spivac
Decision
UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2
06/07/2025
vs Ryan Spann
Tko · Punches to Head From Guard
UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2
03/15/2025
vs Robelis Despaigne
Decision
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento
05/11/2024
vs Andrei Arlovski
Decision
UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2
01/13/2024
vs Lukasz Brzeski
Tko · Punches to Head At Distance
UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie
08/26/2023
vs Marcos Rogerio de Lima
Decision
UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon
04/29/2023
vs Chase Sherman
Decision
UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba
11/19/2022
vs Jared Vanderaa
Decision
UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen
10/29/2022