UFC FIGHT NIGHT : CORTES ACOSTA VS WALKER

Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Johnny Walker

Nov 7, 2026 · PARAMOUNT+

Combat Edge model forecast74%Waldo Cortes-Acosta26%Johnny WalkerFull forecast and your pick

DateNov 7, 2026

DivisionHeavyweight

StatusScheduled

VenueMeta APEX

BroadcastPARAMOUNT+

Start times & how to watch

Start time & how to watch

Main card starts Saturday, November 7, 2026 — watch on PARAMOUNT+.

US East (ET): Sat 8:00 PM
US West (PT): Sat 5:00 PM
United Kingdom: Sun 1:00 AM
Central Europe: Sun 2:00 AM
Australia (Sydney): Sun 12:00 PM
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Waldo Cortes-AcostaSalsa Boy |17-4-0Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Johnny WalkerJohnny Walker23-10-0

Waldo Cortes-AcostaSalsa Boy17-4-0

Fight Overview

RoundR5

Time5:00

17-4-0Record23-10-0

35Age34

6'4"Height6'5"

78"Reach82"

262 lbsWeight206 lbs

HeavyweightWeight ClassHeavyweight

Johnny Walker23-10-0

Combat Edge Intelligence

Fight Intelligence

Waldo Cortes-Acosta owns a 106-point Elo edge (great). Waldo Cortes-Acosta shows more surface-level statistical edges across the tracked UFC categories. 2 shared opponents give extra context.

Compare Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Johnny Walker across their careers →

Elo Recent career Elo trajectory

Recent three-year Elo paths for both fighters. Ratings shown here are current career context; the event-specific prediction or verified result remains on this Fight page.

Waldo Cortes-AcostaJohnny Walker

Recent form

Waldo Cortes-AcostaL L W W W · +26 Elo last 5

LLWWW

Johnny WalkerW L W L L · +4 Elo last 5

WLWLL

Elo edge

Waldo Cortes-Acosta1762-16 last move

Johnny Walker1656+16 last move

Why they are ranked here

Waldo Cortes-Acosta#18 of 185 active Heavyweight fighters · 1762 Elo

Biggest gain: Beat Derrick Lewis (rated 1775 at the time): +19.
Costliest loss: Lost to Curtis Blaydes (rated 1769 at the time): -16.
Last 5 fights: 3 wins, 2 losses, +26 Elo in total.
Next places: 0 points behind #17 Josh Hokit, 2 ahead of #19 Mario Pinto.

Johnny Walker#67 of 185 active Heavyweight fighters · 1656 Elo

Biggest gain: Beat Paul Craig (rated 1719 at the time): +26.
Costliest loss: Lost to Volkan Oezdemir (rated 1696 at the time): -13.
Last 5 fights: 2 wins, 3 losses, +4 Elo in total.
Next places: 1 point behind #66 Maxwell Djantou Nana, 4 ahead of #68 Allen Frye.

Every rated fight moves a rating by an amount set by the opponent's rating at the time, the result and how it ended. Places are counted among fighters active in the last 24 months. How the rating is calculated

Fight intelligence

Model forecast and your pick

Inspect the model’s probability and Elo baseline, then make your own call before the card starts.

Combat Edge Model

Fight forecast

Frozen pre-fight · v0.8-2026-10-04

74%Waldo Cortes-Acosta26%Johnny Walker

Model favoriteWaldo Cortes-Acosta

Elo baseline65% for Waldo Cortes-Acosta

Matchup adjustment+9 pts vs Elo

Win probability computed before the fight from point-in-time Elo, records, and matchup data. The baseline shows what Elo alone expected; the adjustment is not a certainty. Analytics, not betting advice.

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Forecast context

What separates the fighters

Model + Elo agree

Waldo Cortes-Acosta leads the full model at 74%. Elo agrees, and the complete matchup model strengthens that lean by 9 points.

Current Elo ratings1762 · 1656Waldo Cortes-Acosta leads by 106 rating points.

Recent opponent quality1735 · 1716Waldo Cortes-Acosta faced the stronger recent schedule (10 vs 10 sampled fights).

Elo record depth21 · 30 fightsJohnny Walker has the deeper counted Elo history.

Largest tracked stat edgesWaldo Cortes-Acosta 3 · 1 Johnny WalkerStrongest available gap: Submission average toward Johnny Walker.

What's at stake

Waldo Cortes-AcostaNow 1762 · #18 Heavyweight

Wins by decision+11→ 1773

Loses by decision-21→ 1741

Johnny WalkerNow 1656 · #67 Heavyweight

Wins by decision+16→ 1672

Loses by decision-8→ 1648

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Stat advantages

Waldo Cortes-AcostavsJohnny Walker

Submission average

0.09vs0.71

Sig. strikes landed per min

5.03vs3.98

Takedown defense

70%vs57%

Sig. strike defense

55%vs46%

Finishing profile

Waldo Cortes-AcostaKO/TKO leads 53% of wins

Johnny WalkerKO/TKO leads 78% of wins

Common opponents

Ante Delija Waldo Cortes-Acosta: win · KO (punches) · Nov 1, 2025Johnny Walker: cancelled · Cancelled Bout · Aug 1, 2026

Ryan Spann Waldo Cortes-Acosta: win · KO (punches) · Mar 15, 2025 Johnny Walker: win · KO (elbows and punches) · Sep 19, 2020

Tale of the tape

Waldo Cortes-AcostaJohnny Walker

Tracked UFC statistics may not cover a fighter's full career. Unavailable measurements are not zero.

5.03Sig. strikes landed per min3.98

UFC heavyweight average : 3.77

48Sig. strike accuracy56

UFC heavyweight average : 49%

3.44Sig. strikes absorbed per min2.99

UFC heavyweight average : 3.91

55Sig. strike defense46

UFC heavyweight average : 51%

0.36Takedown average0.35

UFC heavyweight average : 1.40

0Takedown accuracy0

UFC heavyweight average : 29%

70Takedown defense57

UFC heavyweight average : 53%

0.09Submission average0.71

UFC heavyweight average : 0.45

9Wins by knockout18

1Wins by submission3

7Wins by decision2

0Losses by knockout6

0Losses by submission1

4Losses by decision3

Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Johnny Walker is a scheduled Heavyweight fight on UFC FIGHT NIGHT : CORTES ACOSTA VS WALKER. Waldo Cortes-Acosta enters with a 17-4-0 record and Johnny Walker enters with a 23-10-0 record. Combat Edge tracks the matchup preview, UFC stats, Elo edge, shared opponents, event date, venue, and full fight card.