Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta

Who won Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta?

Waldo Cortes-Acosta beat Sergey Spivac by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 316, on Saturday 7th June 2025 at Prudential Center in Newark.

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).

Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta stats

Sergey Spivac stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Waldo Cortes-Acosta made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Sergey Spivac's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Waldo Cortes-Acosta marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Sergey Spivac's UFC record stood at 8-6-0, while Waldo Cortes-Acosta's came in at 7-1-0.

The stats suggested Cortes-Acosta had a slight advantage in power over Spivac, with a 46% knock out percentage over Spivac's 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Spivac had a massive advantage over Cortes-Acosta, boasting a 47% submission rate over Cortes-Acosta's 8%.

Sergey Spivac was the younger man by 3 years, at 30 years old.

Cortes-Acosta had a height advantage of 1 inch over Spivac. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Spivac was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 7 months earlier than Cortes-Acosta, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 36 to Cortes-Acosta's 36.

Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta form

Spivac had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jailton Almeida at UFC 311 on 18th January 2025 by knockout in the 1st round at Intuit Dome, Los Angeles, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 on 10th August 2024 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Ciryl Gane at UFC Fight Night Paris – Gane vs. Spivac on 2nd September 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Before that, he had beaten Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

He had defeated Augusto Sakai at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Cortes-Acosta had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious 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, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious 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.

Going into that contest, he had won against 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.

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

He had defeated Mo DeReese at Bellator 271 on 12th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Sergey Spivac had last fought 5 months and 9 days ago, while Waldo Cortes-Acosta's last outing had been 2 years, 7 months and 8 days ago.

Spivac's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Cortes-Acosta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What time did Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:05 AM UTC , which was 8:05 PM EST or 5:05 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:05 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta?

Sergey Spivac was a 4/7 (-180) favourite going into the contest, while Waldo Cortes-Acosta made his way into the ring at 7/5 (+140) with oddsmakers.