Waldo Cortes Acosta vs Curtis Blaydes: heavyweight main card preview at Noche UFC

Waldo Cortes Acosta and Curtis Blaydes meet at heavyweight on the main card when Noche UFC arrives at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale on Saturday, September 12, 2026, scheduled for 3 rounds. Our schedule tables list 13 bouts on the card; this one is filed under the main card.

Tale of the tape

Waldo Cortes Acosta ("Salsa Boy"), 34, comes in at 17-3-0, listed at 6'4", with a 78-inch reach, fighting orthodox. Curtis Blaydes ("Razor"), 35, comes in at 19-6-0, listed at 6'4", with a 80-inch reach, fighting orthodox. On the tape, they are level on height and Blaydes holds 2 inches of reach. Acosta is the younger by 1 year. Both fight orthodox.

• Record: Waldo Cortes Acosta 17-3-0 · Curtis Blaydes 19-6-0
• Age: Waldo Cortes Acosta 34 · Curtis Blaydes 35
• Height: Waldo Cortes Acosta 6'4" · Curtis Blaydes 6'4"
• Reach: Waldo Cortes Acosta 78" · Curtis Blaydes 80"
• Stance: Waldo Cortes Acosta Orthodox · Curtis Blaydes Orthodox

What the archive says

Waldo Cortes Acosta has 7 completed UFC bouts in the PropBetEdge archive: 5 wins and 2 losses. 4 of those wins came inside the distance. He last fought on May 9, 2026 and lost to Alexander Volkov by unanimous decision in round 3.

• L vs Alexander Volkov — unanimous decision, R3 (May 9, 2026)
• W vs Derrick Lewis — KO/TKO, R2 (Jan 24, 2026)
• W vs Shamil Gaziev — KO/TKO, R1 (Nov 22, 2025)
• W vs Ante Delija — KO/TKO, R1 (Nov 1, 2025)
• L vs Sergei Pavlovich — unanimous decision, R3 (Aug 23, 2025)

Our archive has 2 completed UFC bouts for Curtis Blaydes, 1 win and 1 loss. That win went the distance. He last fought on Apr 11, 2026 and lost to Josh Hokit by unanimous decision in round 3.

• L vs Josh Hokit — unanimous decision, R3 (Apr 11, 2026)
• W vs Rizvan Kuniev — split decision, R3 (Jun 21, 2025)

What to watch

The 2-inch reach gap in Curtis Blaydes's favour is the tape's headline number; it defines the range each man is working from. From our archive, Waldo Cortes Acosta has finished 4 of 5 archived wins and Curtis Blaydes has finished 0 of 1 archived win. It is scheduled for 3 rounds.

Algo lean: locked. PropBetEdge model pricing for this bout ships with UFC Pro; no pick is shown until the model has produced one.