Waldo Cortes Acosta vs Johnny Walker
Orthodox · Striker · Porrada Training Center
Walker’s profileTale of the tape
How they win
Cortes Acosta
17 wins on file
- KO/TKO
- 9
- Submission
- 1
- Decision
- 7
Walker
23 wins on file
- KO/TKO
- 18
- Submission
- 3
- Decision
- 2
Career averages
How these figures are measured
- Sig. strikes landed per minute
- Significant strikes landed, divided by minutes fought. Career figure.
- Strike accuracy, all strikes
- Every strike landed as a share of every strike thrown, significant or not, over the career. ESPN's own figure. It is not significant-strike accuracy, which runs lower.
- Takedowns per 15 minutes
- Takedowns landed for every 15 minutes fought, the length of a three-round bout. Career figure.
- Takedown accuracy
- Takedowns landed as a share of those attempted. Career figure.
- Submission attempts per 15 minutes
- Submission attempts for every 15 minutes fought. Career figure.
- Finish rate
- Share of the wins on file that ended by knockout, technical knockout or submission.
- Days since last fight
- From the last bout on file to the date of this one.
Records, measurements and career averages are reported by ESPN. The UFC record, last fight, finish rate and win methods are counted by Statwell from the bouts on file for each fighter, which can be fewer than the full professional record.
Matchup snapshot
Cortes Acosta
14 measured UFC bouts, 161.4 minutes
Walker
17 measured UFC bouts, 112.0 minutes
- 4.88787 landed of 1656 thrown (48%)
- Significant strikes landedper minute
- 3.79424 landed of 790 thrown (54%)
- Not on file
- Significant strikes absorbedper minute
- Not on file
- 50%4 of 8 attempts
- Takedowns completedof those attempted
- 40%2 of 5 attempts
- Not on file
- Takedowns defendedof those faced
- Not on file
- 6scored
- Knockdownsscored and suffered
- 6scored
About these statistics
Counted by Statwell from ESPN’s per-bout figures over each fighter’s measured UFC bouts. Small samples move quickly: read each figure with the number of bouts behind it. Nothing here is adjusted for the level of past opponents.
Recent form
Waldo Cortes Acosta
3-2 in last 5- L
vs Curtis Blaydes
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado
Sig. strikes 28 of 95
- L
vs Alexander Volkov
Decision - Unanimous · R3 · 5:00
· UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland
Sig. strikes 54 of 130 · Takedowns 0 of 1
- W
vs Derrick Lewis
KO/TKO · R2 · 3:14
· UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett
Sig. strikes 44 of 62 · Takedowns 1 of 1 · 1 knockdown
- W
vs Shamil Gaziev
KO/TKO · R1 · 1:22
· UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker
Sig. strikes 10 of 21 · 2 knockdowns
- W
vs Ante Delija
KO/TKO · R1 · 3:59
· UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama
Sig. strikes 12 of 17 · 1 knockdown
Johnny Walker
2-3 in last 5- W
vs Mick Parkin
KO/TKO · R1 · 3:35
· UFC 332: Silva vs. Wang
Sig. strikes 23 of 32 · 1 knockdown
- L
vs Dominick Reyes
Decision - Split · R3 · 5:00
· UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg
Sig. strikes 42 of 80 · Takedowns 0 of 1
- W
vs Zhang Mingyang
KO/TKO · R2 · 2:37
· UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang
Sig. strikes 50 of 67 · Takedowns 0 of 2 · 1 knockdown
- L
vs Volkan Oezdemir
KO/TKO · R1 · 2:28
· UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov
Sig. strikes 15 of 33
- L
vs Magomed Ankalaev
KO/TKO · R2 · 2:42
· UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2
Sig. strikes 24 of 71
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A heavyweight contender on a two-fight skid meets a light heavyweight veteran in his second UFC heavyweight bout. Does Walker's early power reach a man who has never lost by KO/TKO, or does the fight go long enough for volume to count?
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