UFC Fight Night: Cortes Acosta vs Walker belonged to Johnny Walker, who beat Waldo Cortes-Acosta by TKO in round 3 (2:27) in the main event on Saturday, November 7 at Meta APEX. By our model's numbers it was an upset: Walker was given 26%.
The finish came via head kick and punches at 2:27 of round 3. Walker gains 19 Elo points to 1674, #52 at heavyweight.
In the co-main event, Tatiana Suarez beat Virna Jandiroba by unanimous decision.
UFC Fight Night results
| Result | Method | Round | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main card | |||
| Johnny Walker def. Waldo Cortes-Acosta | TKO | R3, 2:27 | ✗ |
| Tatiana Suarez def. Virna Jandiroba | Unanimous decision | R3, 5:00 | ✓ |
| Elijah Smith def. Davey Grant | KO | R1, 1:00 | ✓ |
| Lucas Fernando def. Billy Elekana | Unanimous decision | R3, 5:00 | ✓ |
| Nina Milošević def. Priscila Cachoeira | TKO | R2, 3:40 | ✓ |
| Mitch Raposo def. Marcos Degli | Unanimous decision | R3, 5:00 | ✗ |
| Prelims | |||
| Ollie Schmid def. Keiichiro Nakamura | Unanimous decision | R3, 5:00 | ✗ |
| Thomas Petersen def. Gabriel Lourenço | TKO | R3, 4:47 | ✗ |
| Karine Silva def. Gabriella Fernandes | Unanimous decision | R3, 5:00 | ✓ |
| Murtazali Magomedov def. José Delano | Unanimous decision | R3, 5:00 | ✓ |
| Austin Bashi def. Carlos Calderon | Submission | R1, 1:07 | ✓ |
| Andre Petroski def. Mantas Kondratavičius | TKO | R2, 4:39 | ✗ |
| Seok Hyeon Ko def. Wellington Turman | Unanimous decision | R3, 5:00 | ✓ |
| Jose Souza def. Jonny Parsons | KO | R1, 4:16 | ✓ |
Biggest upsets
- Johnny Walker beat Waldo Cortes-Acosta by TKO — the model gave the winner 26%.
- Andre Petroski beat Mantas Kondratavičius by TKO — the model gave the winner 27%.
- Mitch Raposo beat Marcos Degli by unanimous decision — the model gave the winner 29%.
- Ollie Schmid beat Keiichiro Nakamura by unanimous decision — the model gave the winner 32%.
Elo movers
- Ollie Schmid: +33 to 1568
- Thomas Petersen: +21 to 1647
- Jose Souza: +21 to 1654
- Keiichiro Nakamura: -33 to 1643
- Gabriel Lourenço: -32 to 1633
How the model did
The Combat Edge model went 9-5 on UFC Fight Night: Cortes Acosta vs Walker, with 5 big misses listed above. Every forecast was frozen before the event and is graded publicly on the model accuracy tracker. See round-by-round stats on the UFC Fight Night fight card.
This recap is generated from Combat Edge's fight database, Elo ratings and prediction model.
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