Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta

When is Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta?

Sergey Spivac is set to take on Waldo Cortes-Acosta during the prelims of UFC 316, on Saturday 7th June 2025 at Prudential Center in Newark.

The fight is scheduled for 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which means the weight limit will be 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta stats

Sergey Spivac steps 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 will make 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 will be Sergey Spivac's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Waldo Cortes-Acosta will mark his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Sergey Spivac's UFC record currently stands at 8-5-0, while Waldo Cortes-Acosta's comes in at 6-1-0.

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

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Spivac will have a massive advantage over Cortes-Acosta, boasting a 47% submission rate over Cortes-Acosta's 8%.

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

Cortes-Acosta has a height advantage of 1 inch over Spivac. This also extends to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Spivac is 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 has fought the same amount of professional rounds, 33 to Cortes-Acosta's 33.

Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta form

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

In his last fight, he 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 has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight, he won against Ryan Spann at UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 on 15th March 2025 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Robelis Despaigne at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento on 11th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Enterprise Center, St. Louis.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Andrei Arlovski at UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker on 13th January 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Lukasz Brzeski at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie on 26th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

He had been defeated by 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.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Waldo Cortes-Acosta has been fighting more than Sergey Spivac.

Sergey Spivac last fought 3 months and 7 days ago, while Waldo Cortes-Acosta's last outing was 1 month and 10 days ago.

Spivac's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 19 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Cortes-Acosta's last 5 fights have come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 27 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 4 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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