Cortes-Acosta vs Vanderaa

Who won Cortes-Acosta vs Vanderaa?

Waldo Cortes-Acosta beat Jared Vanderaa by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 29th October 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Waldo Cortes-Acosta.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Cortes-Acosta vs Vanderaa stats

Waldo Cortes-Acosta stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jared Vanderaa made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Waldo Cortes-Acosta's UFC record stood at 4-1-0, while Jared Vanderaa's came in at 1-6-0.

The stats suggested Vanderaa had a slight advantage in power over Cortes-Acosta, with a 58% knock out percentage over Cortes-Acosta's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vanderaa had a slight advantage over Cortes-Acosta, with a 25% submission rate over Cortes-Acosta's 17%.

Waldo Cortes-Acosta was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Cortes-Acosta was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2018, 2 years and 11 months later than Vanderaa, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 24 less professional rounds, 28 to Vanderaa's 52.

Cortes-Acosta vs Vanderaa form

Cortes-Acosta had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Chase Sherman at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jared Vanderaa at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Thomas Petersen at LFA 129 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round in their LFA Heavyweight championship fight at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

He had defeated Derrick Weaver at LFA 124 on 11th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Arizona Federal Theatre, Phoenix.

Jared Vanderaa had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Chase Sherman at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev on 9th July 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Aleksei Oleinik at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Andrei Arlovski at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had been beaten by Alexander Romanov at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Justin Tafa at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Waldo Cortes-Acosta had been fighting more than Jared Vanderaa.

Going to this contest, Waldo Cortes-Acosta had last fought 1 year and 5 days ago, while Jared Vanderaa's last outing had been 1 year, 9 months and 25 days ago.

Cortes-Acosta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Vanderaa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Cortes-Acosta vs Vanderaa?

Waldo Cortes-Acosta was a 11/25 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Jared Vanderaa made his way into the ring at 37/20 (+190) with oddsmakers.