Waldo “Salsa Boy” Cortes Acosta is a Dominican professional mixed martial artist in the UFC heavyweight division. Get the latest UFC breaking news, fight night results, MMA records and stats, highlights, photos, videos and more.Cortes-Acosta boasted an identical 5-0 record, but the 30-year old from the Dominican Republic had both left the first round, and gone the distance in the past. He also had ample experience in boxing, and a win over PFL alum Mo DeReese. Full results from LFA 129, with the main card streaming live on UFC Fight Pass, can be found below. The ...Marcos "Pezão" Rogério de Lima (21-9-1) is a Pro MMA Fighter out of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil and the #16th ranked Top Heavyweight MMA fighter. View complete Tapology profile, bio, rankings, photos, news and record.Stream the UFC game Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Jared Vanderaa (UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen) from ESPN+ on Watch ESPN. First streamed on Saturday, October 29, 2022.Waldo Cortes-Acosta . 0 0 27 of 34 20 of 39 79% 51% 33 of 40 23 of 42 1 of 2 0 of 1 50% 0% 0 0 0 0 1:35 0:34 Round 2 Marcos Rogerio de Lima . Waldo Cortes-Acosta . 0 0 15 of 19 19 of 37 78% 51% 26 of 32 22 of 40 2 of 4 0 of 0Cortes-Acosta, 31, currently holds a perfect 7-0 professional MMA record and has previously fought in Bellator and LFA. Acosta has pretty solid wrestling defense and can be a real problem standing up when he is aggressive. Waldo Cortes-Acosta will fight Jared Vanderaa at UFC event on October 29th.Waldo Cortes-Acosta will enter the Octagon with Jared Vanderaa at UFC Vegas 63 on Saturday, October 29, 2022. The opening odds have Cortes-Acosta priced at -215 while Vanderaa is coming in at +185.Aug 26, 2023 · Waldo Cortes-Acosta now has his first stoppage win in the UFC, and it was a nasty one. Cortes-Acosta took on Lukasz Brzeski in the heavyweight featured preliminary bout of Saturday’s UFC... Stream the UFC game Chase Sherman vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba) from ESPN+ on Watch ESPN. First streamed on Saturday, November 19, 2022.Prior to Saturday’s UFC Vegas 65 kicking off, Chase Sherman vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta was almost an afterthought — at most a vehicle to boost the profile of DWCS product Cortes-Acosta. With the loss of Saturday’s main event with the card already underway, however, the fight suddenly found itself as the evening’s co-main event.Lukasz Brzeski vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta - Betting Odds - UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie - August 26, 2023 - Live betting lines, fighter and matchup stats.Cortes-Acosta (7-0) scored his third straight knockout when he finished Danilo Suzart in the first round at the UFC Apex on Tuesday. But the goal isn’t just to be a UFC fighter. Cortes-Acosta wants to take out everyone ahead of him until he reaches heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou .Cortes-Acosta boasted an identical 5-0 record, but the 30-year old from the Dominican Republic had both left the first round, and gone the distance in the past. He also had ample experience in boxing, and a win over PFL alum Mo DeReese. Full results from LFA 129, with the main card streaming live on UFC Fight Pass, can be found below. The ...Aug 25, 2023 · Waldo Cortes-Acosta of the Dominican Republic punches Danilo Suzart of Brazil in a heavyweight fight during Dana White's Contender Series season six, week two at UFC APEX on August 02, 2022 in... Cortes-Acosta (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) defeated Chase Sherman (16-11 MMA, 4-10 UFC) by unanimous decision in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 215. It was his second fight in just 21 ...Cortes-Acosta wades forward with a slapping low kick, and he chases Vanderaa around the cage while looking for range strikes. There is a great deal of feinting and faking, until Cortes-Acosta ...Sherman also concedes 6.51 shots per minute. So Sherman has a striking differential of 0. With the kind of power, Waldo Cortes-Acosta possesses, he should be the favorite to win this Saturday. Prediction: Waldo Cortes-Acosta wins via KO at UFC Vegas 65Cortes-Acosta walked away from this fight having landed 88 of 156 total strikes. In the significant strikes category, Lima landed 59 of 76, which means his percentage was 77%. He ended up landing ...Lukasz Brzeski vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta - Betting Odds - UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie - August 26, 2023 - Live betting lines, fighter and matchup stats.El dominicano debutó con éxito en el UFC ganando por decisión en su pelea este 29 de octubre en UFC vegas 63 y esto dijo al terminar.Sigue a UFC en Redes soc...Prior to Saturday’s UFC Vegas 65 kicking off, Chase Sherman vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta was almost an afterthought — at most a vehicle to boost the profile of DWCS product Cortes-Acosta. With the loss of Saturday’s main event with the card already underway, however, the fight suddenly found itself as the evening’s co-main event.Waldo Cortes-Acosta Knocks Out Thomas Peterson to Capture Heavyweight Title at LFA 129 It was rough going for Waldo Cortes-Acosta in the main event of LFA 129 inside Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in ...Waldo "Salsa Boy" Cortes-Acosta MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography - Sherdog.com. United States. Phoenix, Arizona.W. Cortes-Acosta def Jared Vanderaa Unanimous Dec; Tresean Gore def Josh Fremd Sub, 0:49 R2; Khalil Rountree def Dustin Jacoby Split Dec; Roman Dolidze def Phil Hawes KO/TKO, 4:09 R1; M. Rogério de Lima def Andrei Arlovski Sub, 1:50 R1; Jun Yong Park def Joseph Holmes Sub, 3:04 R2; Steve Garcia def Chase Hooper KO/TKO, 1:32 R1Jared "The Mountain" Vanderaa (12-11-0) is a Pro MMA Fighter out of Hemet, California. View complete Tapology profile, bio, rankings, photos, news and record.Cortes-Acosta vs. Rogério de Lima at UFC Fight Night on Tapology. View Cortes-Acosta vs. Rogério de Lima fight video, highlights, news, Twitter updates, and fight results.Stream the UFC game Chase Sherman vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba) from ESPN+ on Watch ESPN. First streamed on Saturday, November 19, 2022.Nov 19, 2022 · Waldo Cortes-Acosta cool with 21-day turnaround vs. Chase Sherman: 'UFC calls me, I'll be there'. Danny Segura and Ken Hathaway. November 18, 2022 8:15 pm ET. LAS VEGAS – It will be exactly three weeks from the time Waldo Cortes-Acosta made his UFC debut to his return to the octagon. Cortes-Acosta is coming back on short notice, as he actually fought on that UFC Fight Night 214 card against Vanderaa, winning via unanimous decision in his UFC debut. He is 8-0 in his pro career, winning 4 times via KO/TKO, once by way of submission and 3 times via unanimous-decision victories.Stream the UFC game Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon) from ESPN+ on Watch ESPN. First streamed on Saturday, April 29, 2023.Cortes-Acosta is coming back on short notice, as he actually fought on that UFC Fight Night 214 card against Vanderaa, winning via unanimous decision in his UFC debut. He is 8-0 in his pro career, winning 4 times via KO/TKO, once by way of submission and 3 times via unanimous-decision victories.Waldo Cortes-Acosta is expecting a war with Chase Sherman. Sherman is on his second stint with the UFC, going 2-5 with the organization before being let go. After a short time with Island Fights ...Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Jared Vanderaa Prediction. Waldo Cortes-Acosta has only seven fights under his belt in MMA and has won all seven. He went pro just four years ago and has wasted no time making it to the UFC. He has fought once in Bellator and twice in LFA before fighting on the contender series.Fighter Stats. Height: 6'4" (193 cm) Weight: 255 lbs (115.67 kgs) DOB: October 3, 1991 (31) Country: USA. Win 10 Loss 1 Draw 0.Aug 26, 2023 · After earning his first three octagon victories by decision, Cortes-Acosta (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) put the heat on Brzeski (8-4-1 MMA, 0-3 UFC) on the feet with a savage flurry of strikes that... Cortes-Acosta is getting his opponent to the mat on 15% of the takedowns he tries and defending 85% of the tries against him. Regarding going for the sub, Sherman is the more experienced ...Cortes-Acosta's UFC debut matched him up against six-fight veteran Jared Vanderaa, who was on a four-fight skid. Cortes-Acosta came out on top after a tightly-contested three rounds that saw ...Heavyweights Chase Sherman and Waldo Cortes-Acosta will clash on the main card of UFC Vegas 65 this weekend. The fight is one of two heavyweight bouts, including the main event, on the card.Fighter Details. Name: Waldo Cortes-Acosta. Pro MMA Record: 10-1-0 (Win-Loss-Draw) Nickname: Salsa Boy. Current Streak: 1 Win. Age: 31 | Date of Birth: 1991.10.03. Last Fight: August 26, 2023 in UFC. Weight Class: Heavyweight | Last Weigh-In: 264.0 lbs. Affiliation: N/A.Cortes-Acosta has had a mixed bag of results when it comes to his boxing career, but stands a perfect 4-0 in MMA. The boxing training is far from “a waste” though, as Cortes-Acosta has noticed ...Prior to Saturday’s UFC Vegas 65 kicking off, Chase Sherman vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta was almost an afterthought — at most a vehicle to boost the profile of DWCS product Cortes-Acosta. With the loss of Saturday’s main event with the card already underway, however, the fight suddenly found itself as the evening’s co-main event.Cortes-Acosta walked away from this fight having landed 88 of 156 total strikes. In the significant strikes category, Lima landed 59 of 76, which means his percentage was 77%. He ended up landing ...August 3, 2022. 0. Las Vegas, NV — Heavyweight Waldo Cortes-Acosta is now a UFC fighter, as of the latest episode of Dana White’s Contender Series. He may even have his debut date set — and if it pans out, it will be in just a few weeks at UFC San Diego. Following Tuesday’s first-round TKO of Danilo Suzart, Cortes-Acosta (7-0) revealed ...Heavyweights Chase Sherman and Waldo Cortes-Acosta will clash on the main card of UFC Vegas 65 this weekend. The fight is one of two heavyweight bouts, including the main event, on the card.The Korean Zombie August 26, 2023 Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Lukasz Brzeski. Cortes-Acosta news. from MMA Fighting: UFC Singapore weigh-in results: Max Holloway, Korean Zombie set for main event.Waldo “Salsa Boy” Cortes-Acosta. Cortes-Acosta — a 6-4 professional boxer with a notable victory over Kingsley Ibeh — defied lengthy odds to knockout Thomas Petersen for the LFA ...Sherman also concedes 6.51 shots per minute. So Sherman has a striking differential of 0. With the kind of power, Waldo Cortes-Acosta possesses, he should be the favorite to win this Saturday. Prediction: Waldo Cortes-Acosta wins via KO at UFC Vegas 65Waldo “Salsa Boy” Cortes-Acosta. Cortes-Acosta — a 6-4 professional boxer with a notable victory over Kingsley Ibeh — defied lengthy odds to knockout Thomas Petersen for the LFA ...Now, he takes on Waldo Cortes-Acosta (9-0) who does not know what it feels like to lose. After knocking out Danilo Suzart (2022) on the Contender Series, he went on to rack up two unanimous decisions over Jared Vanderaa and Chase Sherman the same year to extend his unbeaten record. MARCOS ROGERIO DE LIMA VS WALDO CORTES-ACOSTA PREDICTIONCortes-Acosta (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) defeated Chase Sherman (16-11 MMA, 4-10 UFC) by unanimous decision in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 215. It was his second fight in just 21 ...Prior to Saturday’s UFC Vegas 65 kicking off, Chase Sherman vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta was almost an afterthought — at most a vehicle to boost the profile of DWCS product Cortes-Acosta. With the loss of Saturday’s main event with the card already underway, however, the fight suddenly found itself as the evening’s co-main event.Cortes-Acosta vs. Vanderaa at UFC Fight Night on Tapology. View Cortes-Acosta vs. Vanderaa fight video, highlights, news, Twitter updates, and fight results.Cortes-Acosta is making a quick turnaround from outpointing one overmatched journeyman, and Sherman is daring him to try and repeat the feat against his formidable power. UFC odds favor the ...Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Marcos Rogerio de Lima - Betting Odds - UFC Fight Night : Song vs. Simon - April 29, 2023 - Live betting lines, fighter and matchup stats.A heavyweight showdown between Waldo Cortes-Acosta (9-0, 2-0 UFC) and Marcos Rogeria de Lima (20-8-1, 9-6 UFC) kicks off the main card of UFC Vegas 72 on April 29. The UFC Fight Night event is headlined by Ricky Simon and Song Yadong, with Caio Borralho and Michal Oleksiejczuk as the co-main. Prelim fights begin at 4 p.m. ET and the main card starts at 8 p.m.Sandra Cortés Acosta works at EnviroStrat, which is a Business Services company with an estimated 16 employees. Sandra graduated from their alma ma ter, Victoria University , Wellington and is currently based in New Zealand.After Waldo Cortes-Acosta fought Jared Vanderaa just three weeks ago, the Dominican former baseball player returns on Saturday in an attempt to complete his bottom-of-the-heavyweight-division parlay. This time it's Chase Sherman, loser of four straight fights before picking up his most recent win – over Jared Vanderaa.Stream the UFC game Chase Sherman vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba) from ESPN+ on Watch ESPN. First streamed on Saturday, November 19, 2022.Marcos "Pezão" Rogério de Lima (21-9-1) is a Pro MMA Fighter out of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil and the #16th ranked Top Heavyweight MMA fighter. View complete Tapology profile, bio, rankings, photos, news and record.August 3, 2022. 0. Las Vegas, NV — Heavyweight Waldo Cortes-Acosta is now a UFC fighter, as of the latest episode of Dana White’s Contender Series. He may even have his debut date set — and if it pans out, it will be in just a few weeks at UFC San Diego. Following Tuesday’s first-round TKO of Danilo Suzart, Cortes-Acosta (7-0) revealed ...Cortes-Acosta, 31, currently holds a perfect 7-0 professional MMA record and has previously fought in Bellator and LFA. Acosta has pretty solid wrestling defense and can be a real problem standing up when he is aggressive. Waldo Cortes-Acosta will fight Jared Vanderaa at UFC event on October 29th.Acosta said the 500th anniversary of the meeting, which came two years before the Spanish conquered the Aztec empire, was “a historic moment” for all Mexicans. “. . . We are the fusion of ...Cortes-Acosta is coming back on short notice, as he actually fought on that UFC Fight Night 214 card against Vanderaa, winning via unanimous decision in his UFC debut. He is 8-0 in his pro career, winning 4 times via KO/TKO, once by way of submission and 3 times via unanimous-decision victories.Lukasz Brzeski vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta - Betting Odds - UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie - August 26, 2023 - Live betting lines, fighter and matchup stats.Edmaner Primer Semestre 2021. hace 2 años. Es una persona detestable y bastante testaruda, nunca se le puede reprochar nada pues siempre anda a la defensiva y si le exiges algo, fácilmente te insulta sin pensarlo dos veces, en fin un lastre de profesor, que solo esta ahí para dificultar el progreso del estudiante.Cortes-Acosta, 31, currently holds a perfect 7-0 professional MMA record and has previously fought in Bellator and LFA. Acosta has pretty solid wrestling defense and can be a real problem standing up when he is aggressive. Waldo Cortes-Acosta will fight Jared Vanderaa at UFC event on October 29th.Saturday, Cortes-Acosta (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) makes his promotional debut against Jared Vanderaa (12-9 MMA, 1-5 UFC), who is mired in a four-fight skid. “I’m ready to knock him out. Everything is...Edmaner Primer Semestre 2021. hace 2 años. Es una persona detestable y bastante testaruda, nunca se le puede reprochar nada pues siempre anda a la defensiva y si le exiges algo, fácilmente te insulta sin pensarlo dos veces, en fin un lastre de profesor, que solo esta ahí para dificultar el progreso del estudiante.View the profile of the MMA fighter Waldo Cortes-Acosta from Dominican Republic on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and MMA fight highlights.View the profile of the MMA fighter Waldo Cortes-Acosta from Dominican Republic on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and MMA fight highlights.Aug 26, 2023 · After earning his first three octagon victories by decision, Cortes-Acosta (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) put the heat on Brzeski (8-4-1 MMA, 0-3 UFC) on the feet with a savage flurry of strikes that... Waldo Cortes-Acosta . Jared Vanderaa . 25 of 53 21 of 51 47% 41% 9 of 33 4 of 33 12 of 15 4 of 4 4 of 5 13 of 14 25 of 52 17 of 41 0 of 1 4 of 10 0 of 0 0 of 0 Round 3 Waldo Cortes-Acosta . Jared Vanderaa . 26 of 66 22 of 51 39% 43% 20 of 58 7 of 35Oct 3, 1991 · Fighter Details. Name: Waldo Cortes-Acosta. Pro MMA Record: 10-1-0 (Win-Loss-Draw) Nickname: Salsa Boy. Current Streak: 1 Win. Age: 31 | Date of Birth: 1991.10.03. Last Fight: August 26, 2023 in UFC. Weight Class: Heavyweight | Last Weigh-In: 264.0 lbs. Affiliation: N/A. Nov 19, 2022 · Waldo Cortes-Acosta cool with 21-day turnaround vs. Chase Sherman: 'UFC calls me, I'll be there'. Danny Segura and Ken Hathaway. November 18, 2022 8:15 pm ET. LAS VEGAS – It will be exactly three weeks from the time Waldo Cortes-Acosta made his UFC debut to his return to the octagon. April 29, 2023. Cortes-Acosta lost to Marcos Rogerio de Lima via unanimous decision (28-29, 28-29, 28-29) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. ANALYSIS. Cortes-Acosta is going to be upset with the first professional loss of his career, but his toughness was on full display in defeat. Waldo had zero answers for the leg kicks of Rogerio ...On August 2nd, Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Danilo Suzart will face off for a heavyweight fight during episode 2 of Dana White’s Contender Series. The fighters will clash in the cage for 3, 5-minute rounds this Tuesday. Both fighters are returning to the cage after a fight in 2022. Suzart does have a slight rest advantage as his fight was in ...Pro debut for Jones. 2020-06-25. Kingsley Ibeh *. 3 1 0. The Bubble, MGM Grand, Las Vegas. L-TKO. event bout wiki. 1:41 ref: Vic Drakulich Max DeLuca 28-29 Lisa Giampa 27-30 Patricia Morse Jarman 28-29. Acosta down in round four.WALDO CORTES-ACOSTA RELATED NEWS. The Hit List: Undefeated Fighters in the UFC Khamzat Chimaev, one of 25 unbeaten mixed martial artists on the Ultimate Fighting Championship roster with at least ...Cortes-Acosta made his official UFC debut 10 days ago and took a unanimous decision from Vanderaa at UFC Fight Night 213 to stay unbeaten. He punched his ticket to the UFC with a first-round knockout of Danilo Suzart at Dana White’s Contender Series in August. He got his shot there largely thanks to his LFA heavyweight title win in April.Waldo Cortes-Acosta Knocks Out Thomas Peterson to Capture Heavyweight Title at LFA 129 It was rough going for Waldo Cortes-Acosta in the main event of LFA 129 inside Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in ...Waldo Cortes-Acosta brutally finishes Lukasz Brzeski via a heavy elbow shot at UFC Singapore on Watch ESPN, first streamed on Saturday, August 26, 2023.Cortes-Acosta (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) defeated Chase Sherman (16-11 MMA, 4-10 UFC) by unanimous decision in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 215. It was his second fight in just 21 ...Cortes-Acosta struggled with Brzeski's leg kicks early and the damage started to accumulate, which spurred him into action. "Salsa Boy" began to find success when he started to read Brzeski's leg ...Cortes-Acosta struggled with Brzeski's leg kicks early and the damage started to accumulate, which spurred him into action. "Salsa Boy" began to find success when he started to read Brzeski's leg ...Cortes-Acosta is coming back on short notice, as he actually fought on that UFC Fight Night 214 card against Vanderaa, winning via unanimous decision in his UFC debut. He is 8-0 in his pro career, winning 4 times via KO/TKO, once by way of submission and 3 times via unanimous-decision victories.Aug 26, 2023 · Waldo Cortes-Acosta now has his first stoppage win in the UFC, and it was a nasty one. Cortes-Acosta took on Lukasz Brzeski in the heavyweight featured preliminary bout of Saturday’s UFC... It was rough going for Waldo Cortes-Acosta in the main event of LFA 129 inside Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake, Minnesota, on Friday night, but he eventually scored a dramatic knockout in ...Cortes-Acosta was looking to bounce back from the first loss of his pro career, while Brzeski hoped to snap a two-fight skid. The scouting report the past couple of fights, when it came to Cortes-Acosta, was to fire leg kicks, and Brzeski had clearly read it. Cortes-Acosta fired back his right hand, and went to the body as part of a combo.
Cortes-Acosta, 31, currently holds a perfect 7-0 professional MMA record and has previously fought in Bellator and LFA. Acosta has pretty solid wrestling defense and can be a real problem standing up when he is aggressive. Waldo Cortes-Acosta will fight Jared Vanderaa at UFC event on October 29th.. Jennette
Cortes-Acosta took another big swing, the crowd gasped in response — but he whiffed on the attempt. About a minute in, Cortes-Acosta landed a right hand, and went on the attack. But Vanderaa covered up, tied things up, circled off and escaped. Cortes-Acosta was limping, and began screaming at Vanderaa, upset with his leg being picked apart.Stream the UFC game Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon) from ESPN+ on Watch ESPN. First streamed on Saturday, April 29, 2023.Cortes-Acosta vs. Brzeski at UFC Fight Night on Tapology. View Cortes-Acosta vs. Brzeski fight video, highlights, news, Twitter updates, and fight results.Waldo Cortes-Acosta . Jared Vanderaa . 25 of 53 21 of 51 47% 41% 9 of 33 4 of 33 12 of 15 4 of 4 4 of 5 13 of 14 25 of 52 17 of 41 0 of 1 4 of 10 0 of 0 0 of 0 Round 3 Waldo Cortes-Acosta . Jared Vanderaa . 26 of 66 22 of 51 39% 43% 20 of 58 7 of 35Total gate. $4,086,687.70 [1] Event chronology. UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak. UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski. UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield. UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 12, 2023, at RAC Arena in Perth, Western ...ODDS: de Lima (-180), Cortes-Acosta (+155) Mixed martial arts is always full of surprises, and de Lima discovering some consistency is high up the list. The Brazilian spent his first few years in ...Cortes-Acosta vs. Suzart at Contender Series 2022 on Tapology. View Cortes-Acosta vs. Suzart fight video, highlights, news, Twitter updates, and fight results.Cortes-Acosta wades forward with a slapping low kick, and he chases Vanderaa around the cage while looking for range strikes. There is a great deal of feinting and faking, until Cortes-Acosta ...April 29, 2023. Cortes-Acosta lost to Marcos Rogerio de Lima via unanimous decision (28-29, 28-29, 28-29) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. ANALYSIS. Cortes-Acosta is going to be upset with the first professional loss of his career, but his toughness was on full display in defeat. Waldo had zero answers for the leg kicks of Rogerio ...August 3, 2022. 0. Las Vegas, NV — Heavyweight Waldo Cortes-Acosta is now a UFC fighter, as of the latest episode of Dana White’s Contender Series. He may even have his debut date set — and if it pans out, it will be in just a few weeks at UFC San Diego. Following Tuesday’s first-round TKO of Danilo Suzart, Cortes-Acosta (7-0) revealed ...Aug 30, 2023 · DWCS 60 winner Thomas Petersen would love opportunity to avenge lone career loss to Waldo Cortes-Acosta. LAS VEGAS – Now a UFC fighter, Thomas Petersen hopes he gets to run things back with Waldo... Stream the UFC game Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon) from ESPN+ on Watch ESPN. First streamed on Saturday, April 29, 2023.Waldo Cortes-Acosta of the Dominican Republic punches Danilo Suzart of Brazil in a heavyweight fight during Dana White's Contender Series season six, week two at UFC APEX on August 02, 2022 in...Cortes-Acosta has had a mixed bag of results when it comes to his boxing career, but stands a perfect 4-0 in MMA. The boxing training is far from “a waste” though, as Cortes-Acosta has noticed ...Waldo Cortes-Acosta's record currently stands at 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws. Of those 9 wins he has stopped 4 of his opponents, so his current knock-out ratio is 44%, with 1 submissions. In his only defeat, he lost on the scorecards. He's competed in a total of 24 rounds, meaning his professional fights last 2.4 rounds on average..