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Waldo Cortes Acosta
“Salsa Boy”
Activeage 34
17-3
85% win rate
L1 streak
Peak Vertex
2026-01-24 → 2026-01-2468held 5 bouts-23 vs current
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2026-01-24
EndedLvs · U-Dec · 2026-05-09 · score → 45
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
- Win
- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
10 wins3 losseslast 5: L W W W Ldrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(13) | R2(10) | R3(8) | R4 | R5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 20.0 | 32.2 | 29.4 | — | — |
| Sig Str absorbed | 16.3 | 18.2 | 20.9 | — | — |
| Takedowns landed | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.13 | — | — |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.13 | — | — |
| Control time | 0:41 | 0:20 | 0:19 | — | — |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland2026-05-09L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett2026-01-24W·KO·R2 · 3:14
- UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker2025-11-22W·KO·R1 · 1:22
- UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama2025-11-01W·KO·R1 · 3:59
- UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang2025-08-23L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 22025-06-07W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 22025-03-15W·KO·R2 · 4:48
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento2024-05-11W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 22024-01-13W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- W·KO·R1 · 3:01
- UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon2023-04-29L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba2022-11-19W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen2022-10-29W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
