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Curtis Blaydes
Waldo Cortes-Acosta
FinishedMain card · #5
Noche UFC · Sunday 13 September 2026
DECISION29–28 ×3
Round3
Time5:00
Fight time15:00
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
R1R2R3
RED CORNER#5WIN
Curtis
UFC 2022+5–3
STRIKES74
KD0
LOSS#6BLUE CORNER
Waldo
KD0
STRIKES95
UFC 2022+9–4
BlaydesWDECISION29–28 ×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 fighter.cy

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

Head · body · legs
Blaydes vs Cortes-AcostaStrikes by target
RED CORNER
HEAD68%
BODY7%
LEGS25%
BLUE CORNER
HEAD92%
BODY0%
LEGS8%

Tale of the tape

Career rates · UFC 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 — average since 2022: 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 · #5
UFC 2022+5–3
·
Streak1W
Waldo Cortes-Acosta · #6
UFC 2022+9–4
·
Streak2L

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