UFC Fight Night: Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Johnny Walker Preview & Prediction
by Rob Esteva ·
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We have a hugely entertaining heavyweight match-up to headline UFC Fight Night 293 as Waldo Cortes-Acosta takes on Johnny Walker.
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Johnny Walker facts
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Where is UFC Fight Night: Cortes-Acosta vs Walker? Meta Apex, Enterprise, USA
Where can I get tickets for UFC Fight Night: Cortes-Acosta vs Walker? Click here for the latest ticket information for UFC Fight Night 293
What TV channel is UFC Fight Night: Cortes-Acosta vs Walker on? UK – TNT Sports / USA – Paramount
Where can I stream UFC Fight Night: Cortes-Acosta vs Walker? UK – TNT Sports can stream the event online via the TNT Sports website and HBO Max / USA – Paramount+ & UFC Fight Pass
UFC Fight Night: Cortes-Acosta vs Walker main card
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Johnny Walker (Heavyweight)
Tatiana Suarez vs Virna Jandiroba (Women’s Strawweight)
Davey Grant vs Elijah Smith (Bantamweight)
Ko Seok-hyeon vs Wellington Turman (Welterweight)
Billy Elekana vs Lucas Fernando (Light Heavyweight)
Mantas Kondratavicius vs Andre Petroski (Middleweight)
UFC Fight Night: Cortes-Acosta vs Walker prelims
Gabriel Lorenco vs Thomas Petersen (Heavyweight)
Karine Silva vs Gabriella Fernandes (Women’s Flyweight)
Mitch Raposo vs Marcos Degli (Flyweight)
Jose Mauro Delano vs Murtazali Magomedov (Featherweight)
Keiichiro Nakamura vs Ollie Schmid (Featherweight)
Priscila Cachoeira vs Nina Nikolija Milosevic (Women’s Bantamweight)
Jonny Parsons vs Jose Henrique Souza (Welterweight)
Waldo Cortes-Acosta: Desperate to bounce back after successive defeats
Waldo Cortes-Acosta (17-4) will be desperate to bounce back after back-to-back unanimous decision defeats at the hands of Alexander Volkov and Curtis Blaydes.
This will be his fourth fight of 2026, having stopped Derrick Lewis by TKO in January before those losses to Volkov in May and Blaydes in September.
The 35-year-old from the Dominican Republic is one of the most exciting fighters in the heavyweight division, and he will be eager to get back to producing the kind of Performance of the Night-worthy displays he produced in 2025.
Johnny Walker: Looking to build on a winning heavyweight debut
Johnny Walker (23-10, 1 NC) moved up to heavyweight for his last fight in October, when he knocked out Mick Parkin in the first round at UFC 332.
The 34-year-old has fought most of his career at light heavyweight, but he made the step up after losing three of his previous four bouts.
Walker suffered a string of knockout defeats at light heavyweight, which makes this move up to heavyweight hard to comprehend in some respects.
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Johnny Walker prediction
Walker now comes up against a serious puncher in Cortes-Acosta, who picked up three successive knockout wins before his last two setbacks.
The big former professional boxer has also never been knocked out in his 21 professional MMA bouts.
Walker does possess good power, but he is not a natural heavyweight. Barring Cortes-Acosta coming into this bout out of shape, we think Walker will struggle to handle his power.
There is very little chance this one goes the distance, and our play is on Cortes-Acosta winning by knockout.
Prediction: Waldo Cortes-Acosta to win by KO/TKO
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