Waldo Cortes Acosta vs Curtis Blaydes | Vertex MMA

Waldo Cortes Acosta vs Curtis Blaydes | Vertex MMA

Bout·Heavyweight·5 rounds

September 12, 2026·Glendale

vs

U-Dec

R3 · 5:00

U-DEC

How the model called it

Missed

Model picked Waldo Cortes Acosta · 65%

v0.14.0 · predicted 2026-09-12

Unanimous Decision

3-0 Curtis Blaydes

Strike analysis

Waldo Cortes Acosta

Head: 21
Body: 0
Legs: 7

Curtis Blaydes

Head: 5
Body: 4
Legs: 15

Round-by-round

Round 1

Waldo Cortes Acosta

Curtis Blaydes

Sig. strikes

7 / 23 (30%)

7 / 27 (26%)

7 / 23 (30%)

Sig. strikes

7 / 27 (26%)

Head

5 / 20 (25%)

1 / 20 (5%)

5 / 20 (25%)

Head

1 / 20 (5%)

Body

0

2 / 2 (100%)

0

Body

2 / 2 (100%)

Totals

Waldo Cortes Acosta

Curtis Blaydes

Sig. strikes

28 / 95 (29%)

24 / 74 (32%)

28 / 95 (29%)

Sig. strikes

24 / 74 (32%)

Head

21 / 87 (24%)

5 / 50 (10%)

21 / 87 (24%)

Head

5 / 50 (10%)

Body

0

4 / 5 (80%)

0

Body

4 / 5 (80%)

Legs

7 / 8 (88%)

15 / 19 (79%)

Judges' scorecards

Andrew Topps

Round	Acosta	Blaydes
R1	10	9
R2	9	10
R3	9	10
Total	28	29

Eric Colón

Round	Acosta	Blaydes
R1	9	10