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Curtis Blaydes
Waldo Cortes-Acosta
FinishedMain card · #5
Noche UFC · Sunday, 13 September 2026
DEC29–28 ×3
Round3
Time5:00
Fight time15:00
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
WIN
Curtis
UFC 2022–5–3
Strikes74
KD0
LOSS
Waldo
KD0
Strikes95
UFC 2022–9–4
BlaydesWDEC29–28 ×3Cortes-Acosta

Stats

Fight totals · finalRecords →
Striking
74
Strikes
95
24
Power strikes
28
0
Knockdowns
0
Target
50
Head
87
5
Body
0
19
Legs
8
Grappling
4/1040%
Takedowns
0/0
0
Sub attempts
0
3:38
Control time
0:00
Source: API-MMA · fight totalsshares calculated by mebrdzoli.ge

Dominance

Share
44%Share of strikes56%
46%Share of power strikes54%
24%Fight time in control
3:38 · 0:00 / 15:00
0%

Strike map

Strike map
Blaydes vs Cortes-AcostaStrikes by target
Head68%
Body7%
Legs25%
Head92%
Body0%
Legs8%

Tale of the tape

Career rates · since 2022
BlaydesCortes-Acosta
10.55
Strikes / min
10.23
2.0
Takedowns / 15 min
0.4
24
Takedown accuracy %
50
19
Control time %
9
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.61
60
Wins by finish %
56

Key numbers

Key numbers · Blaydes
74

Blaydes: 74 strikes — his average since 2022 is 80 per fight.

Strikes · recent fights
-21

Strike differential in this bout: 74–95.

Differential · this bout
24

Power strikes — 32% of all strikes.

Power strikes · recent fights
3:38

Control time, from 4 takedowns — 24% of the fight.

Control · recent fights

Record and form

Record · last 5
Curtis Blaydes Heavyweight
UFC 2022–5–3
·
Streak1W
Waldo Cortes-Acosta
UFC 2022–9–4
·
Streak2L

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