Sergei Pavlovich vs Waldo Cortes Acosta prediction

UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang · Saturday, 23 August 2025 · Heavyweight · main event

Sergei Pavlovich

Russia · 21-3-0UFC wins: 7 KO, 0 SUB, 2 DEC

Waldo Cortes Acosta

Dominican Republic · 17-4-0UFC wins: 6 KO, 0 SUB, 5 DEC

Result: Sergei Pavlovich by U Dec, R3 5:00.

Sergei Pavlovich vs Waldo Cortes Acosta: prediction not published yet.

Tale of the tape

Tale of the tape
Sergei Pavlovich	Tale of the tape	Waldo Cortes Acosta
21-3-0	Record	17-4-0
Russia	Nationality	Dominican Republic
12	UFC fights	15
33	Age	33
191 cm	Height	193 cm
213 cm	Reach	198 cm
Southpaw	Stance	Orthodox
7 / 0 / 2	UFC wins by KO / SUB / DEC	6 / 0 / 5
2 / 0 / 1	UFC losses by KO / SUB / DEC	0 / 0 / 4
4.3	Sig. strikes landed per minute	4.9
3.6	Sig. strikes absorbed per minute	3.5
0.7	Takedowns per 15 minutes	0.5
1.59	Knockdowns per 15 minutes	0.61

Rates are from UFC fights since 2005, adjusted towards the UFC average for fighters with little UFC time.

Sergei Pavlovich: last UFC fights

2025-02-01vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik R3 5:00W DEC
2024-06-22vs Alexander Volkov R3 5:00L DEC
2023-11-12vs Tom Aspinall R1 1:09L KO/TKO
2023-04-22vs Curtis Blaydes R1 3:08W KO/TKO
2022-12-04vs Tai Tuivasa R1 0:54W KO/TKO

Won 3 (60%)Lost 2 (40%)

Waldo Cortes Acosta: last UFC fights

2025-06-08vs Serghei Spivac R3 5:00W DEC
2025-03-15vs Ryan Spann R2 4:48W KO/TKO

Won 2 (100%)Lost 0 (0%)

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