Waldo Cortes-Acosta (14-2, 7) was born in Fundación, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic on October 3, 1991. At the age of 26 years on May 19, 2018, he made his professional MMA debut against Odell Pantin, winning the fight via 2nd-round KO.
On October 29, 2022, 31-year old Waldo Cortes-Acosta made his UFC debut on his 8th professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen against a 30-year old Jared Vanderaa, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
Cortes-Acosta's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision loss to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang at age 33 on August 23, 2025. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
He has fought nine times in the UFC, and has a record of 7 wins and 2 losses in the promotion.
Some of Waldo Cortes-Acosta's best fights have been against Ryan Spann, Łukasz Brzeski, Jared Vanderaa, Chase Sherman, Andrei Arlovski, Robelis Despaigne and Serghei Spivac.
Cortes-Acosta has 2 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16  | Aug 23, 2025 33 years, 10 months 14-2 (7) | 33 years, 3 months 19-3 (15) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
15  | Jun 7, 2025 33 years, 8 months 14-1 (7) | 30 years, 4 months 17-5 (14) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
14  | Mar 15, 2025 33 years, 5 months 13-1 (7) | 33 years, 6 months 22-10 (19) | UFC | HW | 2 | KO | WIN Punches |
13  | May 11, 2024 32 years, 7 months 12-1 (6) | 35 years, 8 months 5-0 (5) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
12  | Jan 13, 2024 32 years, 3 months 11-1 (6) | 44 years, 11 months 34-22 (20) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
11 | Aug 26, 2023 31 years, 10 months 10-1 (6) | Łukasz Brzeski | UFC | HW | 1 | KO | WIN Punches |
10  | Apr 29, 2023 31 years, 6 months 9-1 (5) | 37 years, 11 months 20-8-1 (17) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | LOSS |
9  | Nov 19, 2022 31 years, 1 months 9-0 (5) | 33 years 16-10 (15) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
8  | Oct 29, 2022 31 years 8-0 (5) | 30 years, 5 months 12-9 (10) | UFC | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
7 | Aug 2, 2022 30 years, 9 months 7-0 (5) | Danilo Suzart | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
6 | Apr 15, 2022 30 years, 6 months 6-0 (4) | Thomas Petersen | HW | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches Won LFA heavyweight title | |
5 | Feb 11, 2022 30 years, 4 months 5-0 (3) | Derrick Weaver | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
4 | Nov 12, 2021 30 years, 1 months 4-0 (2) | Muhammed DeReese | Bellator | HW | 3 | UD | WIN |
3 | Aug 29, 2021 29 years, 10 months 3-0 (2) | Jordan Powell | HW | 3 | UD | WIN | |
2 | Jul 31, 2021 29 years, 9 months 2-0 (2) | Edison Lopes | HW | 1 | SUB | WIN Kimura | |
1 | May 19, 2018 26 years, 7 months 1-0 (1) | Odell Pantin | HW | 2 | KO | WIN Punch |
