Cortes-Acosta vs DeReese

Who won Cortes-Acosta vs DeReese?

Waldo Cortes-Acosta beat Mo DeReese by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 271, on Friday 12th November 2021 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood.

The scorecards were announced 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 DeReese stats

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

Mo DeReese made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Waldo Cortes-Acosta's 1st fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Waldo Cortes-Acosta's Bellator record stood at 1-0-0, while Mo DeReese's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested DeReese had a large advantage in power over Cortes-Acosta, boasting a 56% knock out percentage over Cortes-Acosta's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cortes-Acosta had a large advantage over DeReese, boasting a 33% submission rate over DeReese's 11%.

Waldo Cortes-Acosta was the younger man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Cortes-Acosta had a height advantage of 4 inches over DeReese. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Cortes-Acosta was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2018, 4 years and 3 months later than DeReese, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 31 to DeReese's 23.

Cortes-Acosta vs DeReese 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.

DeReese had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Carl Seumanutafa at PFL 2021 #8 on 19th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Bruno Henrique Cappelozza at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Denis Goltsov at PFL 2021 #3 on 6th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had won against Valdrin Istrefi at PFL 2019 #6 on 8th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had lost to Kelvin Tiller at PFL 2019 #3 on 6th June 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Waldo Cortes-Acosta had last fought 1 year, 2 months and 25 days ago, while Mo DeReese's last outing had been 2 years, 11 months and 5 days ago.

Cortes-Acosta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

DeReese's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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