Pavlovich vs Cortes-Acosta

When is Pavlovich vs Cortes-Acosta?

Sergei Pavlovich is set to fight Waldo Cortes-Acosta during the main card of UFC Fight Night Shanghai, on Saturday 23rd August 2025 in Shanghai.

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).

Pavlovich vs Cortes-Acosta stats

Sergei Pavlovich steps into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Waldo Cortes-Acosta will make his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This will be Sergei Pavlovich's 10th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Waldo Cortes-Acosta will mark his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Sergei Pavlovich's UFC record currently stands at 7-3-0, while Waldo Cortes-Acosta's comes in at 7-1-0.

The stats suggest Pavlovich has a massive power advantage over Cortes-Acosta, boasting a 79% knock out percentage over Cortes-Acosta's 43%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Cortes-Acosta will have a slight advantage over Pavlovich, with a 7% submission rate over Pavlovich's 0%.

Sergei Pavlovich is the same age as Waldo Cortes-Acosta, at 33 years old.

Cortes-Acosta has a height advantage of 1 inch over Pavlovich. Despite this, he has a 4-inch reach advantage.

Pavlovich is arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 4 months earlier than Cortes-Acosta, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He has fought 2 less professional rounds, 34 to Cortes-Acosta's 36.

Pavlovich vs Cortes-Acosta form

Pavlovich has beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight, he won against Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov on 1st February 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov on 22nd June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Tom Aspinall at UFC 295 on 11th November 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Interim Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Curtis Blaydes at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Tai Tuivasa at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Amway Center, Orlando.

Cortes-Acosta has won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2opponents and going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight, he won against Sergey Spivac at UFC 316 on 7th June 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten 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.

Before that, he had defeated 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.

He was victorious against 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.

Activity check

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

Sergei Pavlovich last fought 4 months and 19 days ago, while Waldo Cortes-Acosta's last outing was 13 days ago.

Pavlovich's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 17 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Cortes-Acosta's last 5 fights have come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 25 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 4 months and 12 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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