Unanimous decision. Every judge scored the bout for Curtis Blaydes.
Scorecards as recorded by PropSports results · source ↗ · fighter attribution derived from the recorded result, not assumed from score order · how this is built
| 0 | Knockdowns | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| 28/95 | Sig. strikes29% · 32% | 24/74 |
| 30/97 | Total strikes | 32/82 |
| 0/0 | Takedowns | 4/10 |
| 0:00 | Control | 3:38 |
| 0 | Reversals | 0 |
| 21/87 | Head | 5/50 |
|---|---|---|
| 0/0 | Body | 4/5 |
| 7/8 | Leg | 15/19 |
| 28/95 | Distance | 23/73 |
|---|---|---|
| 0/0 | Clinch | 0/0 |
| 0/0 | Ground | 1/1 |
Both breakdowns decompose the same significant-strike totals, once by target and once by position, so each adds back to the sig. strikes line above.
Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
| Round | Fighter | KD | Sig. str. | Total | TD | Sub | Ctrl | Head | Body | Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 |
Blaydes’ unanimous-decision win punished a market that favored Cortes Acosta’s striking and treated his takedown defense as the decisive matchup statistic.
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| Waldo Cortes Acosta |
| 0 |
| 7/23 |
| 8/24 |
| 0/0 |
| 0 |
| 0:00 |
| 5 |
| 0 |
| 2 |
| Curtis Blaydes | 0 | 7/27 | 7/27 | 1/3 | 0 | 1:13 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| R2 | Waldo Cortes Acosta | 0 | 9/36 | 9/36 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Curtis Blaydes | 0 | 9/24 | 16/31 | 2/3 | 0 | 1:27 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| R3 | Waldo Cortes Acosta | 0 | 12/36 | 13/37 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Curtis Blaydes | 0 | 8/23 | 9/24 | 1/4 | 0 | 0:58 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
