Waldo Cortes-Acosta is a Dominican professional mixed martial artist fighting out of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. He is 6’4″ tall and he competes in the heavyweight division.
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BIOGRAPHY
Currently, Cortes-Acosta is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. His fight name is Salsa Boy.
Cortes-Acosta is a blue belt in Brazilian jiujitsu. Here are 13 more things about him:
- He was born in Fundación, Barahona, Dominican Republic.
- From Fundación, he moved to Phoenix.
- He was a professional baseball player before he became an MMA fighter.
- He competed in Iron Boy Promotions, Ringside Unified Fighting, Bellator MMA and Legacy Fighting Alliance before joining the UFC.
- He and Sophia Lastra have four children together.
- He holds a professional MMA record of 14 wins and 2 losses and a professional boxing record of 6 wins and 4 losses.
- In 2015, he defeated Jeremy Cardinal, James Mack and Robert Edmiston in amateur MMA bouts.
- In 2016, he defeated Jonathon Bradbury and Jonathan Robertson in amateur MMA bouts.
- On May 19, 2018, he made his professional MMA debut.
- On February 14, 2019, he and Lastra got married.
- On October 29, 2022, he made his UFC debut.
- On October 3, 2024, he turned 33.
- On February 18, 2025, Sanctuary Multifamily LLC filed a civil case against him and Lastra.
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TIMELINE
From 2018 to 2025, Waldo Cortes-Acosta fought 16 professional MMA opponents. Here are the results:
2018
- On May 19, 2018, he knocked out Odell Pantin at “Iron Boy MMA 11” in Phoenix.
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2021
- On July 31, 2021, he submitted Edison Lopes at “RUF MMA 42” in Phoenix.
- On August 29, 2021, he defeated Jordan Powell via unanimous decision at “RUF MMA 43” in Phoenix.
- On November 12, 2021, he defeated Muhammed DeReese via unanimous decision at “Bellator 271” in Hollywood, Florida, USA.
2022
- On February 11, 2022, he defeated Derrick Weaver via technical knockout at “LFA 124” in Phoenix.
- On April 15, 2022, he defeated Thomas Petersen via TKO at “LFA 129” in Prior Lake, Minnesota, USA.
- On August 2, 2022, he defeated Danilo Suzart via TKO at “Dana White’s Contender Series 2022” Week 2 in Enterprise, Nevada.
- On October 29, 2022, he defeated Jared Vanderaa via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 213” in Enterprise.
- On November 19, 2022, he defeated Chase Sherman at “UFC Fight Night 21” in Enterprise.
2023
- On April 29, 2023, he lost to Marcos Rogerio de Lima via unanimous decision at “UFC on ESPN 45” in Enterprise.
- On August 26, 2023, he knocked out Lukasz Brzeski at “UFC Fight Night 225” in Kallang, Singapore.
2024
- On January 13, 2024, he defeated Andrei Arlovski via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 234” in Enterprise.
- On May 11, 2024, he defeated Robelis Despaigne at “UFC on ESPN 56” in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
2025
- On March 15, 2025, he knocked out Ryan Spann at “UFC Vegas 104” in Enterprise.
- On June 7, 2025, he defeated Serghei Spivac via unanimous decision at “UFC 316” in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
- On August 23, 2025, she lost to Sergei Pavlovich via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 257” in Shanghai, China.
