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Tale of the Tape
Waldo Cortes Acosta17-4-0 · UFC
VS
Johnny Walker23-10-0 (1 NC) · UFC
17-4-0 · L2
RECORD (UFC)
23-10-0 (1 NC) · W1
35
AGE
34
6' 4"
HEIGHT
6' 6"
78"
REACH
82"
Orthodox
STANCE
Orthodox
15
UFC BOUTS ON RECORD
18
Style Matchup
UFCStats career rates. Striking differential is the single strongest public predictor in the model.
Acosta 17-4-0
+1.59STR DIFF/MIN55% FIN
SLpM5.03
STR ACC47%
STR DEF55%
TD AVG0.36
TD ACC50%
TD DEF69%
SUB AVG0.10
Walker 23-10-0 (1 NC)
+0.99STR DIFF/MIN80% FIN
SLpM3.98
STR ACC55%
STR DEF45%
TD AVG0.35
TD ACC50%
TD DEF57%
SUB AVG0.70
Last 5 in the UFC — Acosta
OPPONENT
METHOD
RD
TIME
L
Curtis Blaydes
U-DEC
3
5:00
L
Alexander Volkov
U-DEC
3
5:00
W
Derrick Lewis
KO/TKO Punches
2
3:14
W
Shamil Gaziev
KO/TKO Punch
1
1:22
W
Ante Delija
KO/TKO Punch
1
3:59
Last 5 in the UFC — Walker
OPPONENT
METHOD
RD
TIME
W
Mick Parkin
KO/TKO Knee
1
3:35
L
Dominick Reyes
S-DEC
3
5:00
W
Zhang Mingyang
KO/TKO Punches
2
2:37
L
Volkan Oezdemir
KO/TKO Punch
1
2:28
L
Magomed Ankalaev
KO/TKO Punch
2
2:42
Odds — Moneyline
Per book · BestFightOdds, fetched Nov 1, 2026. Consensus (modal): Waldo Cortes Acosta -205 · Johnny Walker +150.
BOOK
ACOSTA
WALKER
BetRivers
-205
+150
Caesars
-195
+165
Polymarket
-150
+144
Unibet
-205
+150
COMING SOONMethod, round, distance & stat props — coming soon.
Model
Model v0 — stat-differential logistic (striking differential, TD avg, sub avg, finish rate, UFC win %, reach, age), each input sample-shrunk by UFC bouts on record. Not backtested.
56.5%
MODEL — WALKER
37.3%
NO-VIG MARKET
+19.2
EDGE (PTS)
-130
FAIR LINE · BET TO -147
Drivers: striking differential +1.59 vs +0.99, TD avg 0.36 vs 0.35, sub avg 0.10 vs 0.70 (Acosta first). Model and market price this fight differently — that disagreement is the point of the section.
Fight Sim10,000 SIMS
Minute-stepped Monte Carlo on UFCStats career rates — output distributions, not point picks.
Fight Sim — prototype, not backtested. It does not yet adjust for strength of schedule or reach. Acosta has never fought past round 3, so the championship rounds are untested territory. Its submission splits rest on thin defensive data in this matchup and are the least certain outputs in the panel. The sim was calibrated only to the pooled Heavyweight detail sample (41 decided bouts), never tuned to the market — the gap vs the market above is the sim's honest output, not a betting recommendation. Sim aggregate SUB share is 5.5% vs the calibration target 7.3%: treat the sub splits as the least reliable outputs.
News Must-Check
What gets checked before this fight is bettable.
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STATUS
SOURCE
Weigh-ins
Fri Nov 6 — results land here fight week
MMA Fighting / MMA Junkie
Card status
Full card as of Nov 1, 2026
ESPN card / UFC.com
Line watch
Moneyline above refreshes on the fight-week line pulls
Waldo Cortes Acosta17-4-0 · UFC
Johnny Walker23-10-0 (1 NC) · UFC