Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta

Who won Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta?

Waldo Cortes-Acosta beat Sergey Spivac by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 316, on Saturday 7th June 2025 at Prudential Center in Newark.

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).

Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta stats

Sergey Spivac stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Waldo Cortes-Acosta made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Sergey Spivac's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Waldo Cortes-Acosta marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Sergey Spivac's UFC record stood at 8-5-0, while Waldo Cortes-Acosta's came in at 6-1-0.

The stats suggested Cortes-Acosta had a slight advantage in power over Spivac, with a 46% knock out percentage over Spivac's 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Spivac had a massive advantage over Cortes-Acosta, boasting a 47% submission rate over Cortes-Acosta's 8%.

Sergey Spivac was the younger man by 3 years, at 30 years old.

Cortes-Acosta had a height advantage of 1 inch over Spivac. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Spivac was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 7 months earlier than Cortes-Acosta, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 33 to Cortes-Acosta's 33.

Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta form

Spivac had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jailton Almeida at UFC 311 on 18th January 2025 by knockout in the 1st round at Intuit Dome, Los Angeles, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 on 10th August 2024 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Ciryl Gane at UFC Fight Night Paris – Gane vs. Spivac on 2nd September 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Accor Arena, Paris, .

Before that, he had beaten Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

He had defeated Augusto Sakai at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Cortes-Acosta had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

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

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

He had been defeated by 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.

Activity check

In of activity leading into the fight, Waldo Cortes-Acosta had been fighting more than Sergey Spivac.

Going to this contest, Sergey Spivac had last fought 4 months and 21 days ago, while Waldo Cortes-Acosta's last outing had been 2 months and 24 days ago.

Spivac's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Cortes-Acosta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What time did Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:05 AM UTC , which was 8:05 PM EST or 5:05 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:05 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Spivac vs Cortes-Acosta?

Sergey Spivac was a 8/13 (-170) favourite going into the contest, while Waldo Cortes-Acosta made his way into the ring at 5/4 (+130) with oddsmakers.