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 33 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 10 more professional rounds, 33 to DeReese's 23.

Cortes-Acosta vs DeReese form

Cortes-Acosta had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

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

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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.

Activity check

Cortes-Acosta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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