WALDO CORTES-ACOSTA

The Dominican athlete Waldo Cortes-Acosta competes within the heavyweight division as an orthodox striker. Before entering mixed martial arts, he played professional baseball. He secured the LFA Heavyweight title and later gained his place in the organization through the Contender Series. His career path includes significant triumphs over contenders such as Andrei Arlovski, Derrick Lewis, and Shamil Gaziev. Throughout his tenure, he has maintained a high level of activity while representing the Ultimate Kombat Training Center.

Heading into this competition, he holds an overall professional record of 17 victories and 3 defeats. His recent performance sequence began with a unanimous decision loss to Sergei Pavlovich. He subsequently rebounded by securing back-to-back knockout wins against Ante Delija and Shamil Gaziev, followed by a technical knockout victory over Derrick Lewis. Most recently, he dropped a unanimous decision to Alexander Volkov.