Waldo Cortes Acosta
“Salsa Boy”
Heavyweight
Dominican Republic#6 HeavyweightUFC2-fight losing streak
Dominican Republic#6 HeavyweightUFC2-fight losing streakGet an email when Waldo is booked
17WINS
4LOSSES
0DRAWS
9KO/TKO
1SUB
7DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 35 · born Oct 3, 1991 UFC.com
- Height
- 6′4″ 193 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 78″ 198 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 43.5″ 110 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Heavyweight UFC.com
- UFC ranking
- #6 Heavyweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Striker UFC.com
- Team / gym
- UKF Gym UFC.com
- Born
- Fundacion, Barahona, Dominican Republic UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Dominican Republic UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Oct. 29, 2022 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 5 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
48%Striking accuracy830 of 1745 landed
0%Takedown accuracy0⚑ of 8 landed
5.03Sig. strikes landedper min
3.44Sig. strikes absorbedper min
55%Striking defense
0.36Takedownsper 15 min
70%Takedown defense
0.09Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.64Knockdownsper 15 min
11:00Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 14 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Curtis Blaydes | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Sep 12, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Alexander Volkov | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 9, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Derrick Lewis | KO/TKO | 2 | Jan 24, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Shamil Gaziev | KO/TKO | 1 | Nov 22, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Ante Delija | KO/TKO | 1 | Nov 1, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | Sergei Pavlovich | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Aug 23, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Serghei Spivac | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jun 7, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Ryan Spann | KO/TKO | 2 | Mar 15, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Robelis Despaigne | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | May 11, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Andrei Arlovski | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jan 13, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Lukasz Brzeski | KO/TKO | 1 | Aug 26, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 29, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Chase Sherman | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 19, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Jared Vanderaa | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 29, 2022 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.