Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Johnny Walker headline UFC Fight Night: Cortes-Acosta vs. Walker at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, November 7, 2026. The main card begins at 8 p.m. ET on Paramount+, with prelims starting at 5 p.m. ET.
Full UFC Fight Night: Cortes-Acosta vs. Walker Card
Main Card (8 p.m. ET, Paramount+)
- Main Event: Heavyweight, Waldo Cortes-Acosta (17-4) vs. Johnny Walker (23-10)
- Co-Main Event: Women’s Strawweight, Tatiana Suarez (12-1) vs. Virna Jandiroba (23-4)
- Bantamweight: Davey Grant (18-8) vs. Elijah Smith (10-1)
- Welterweight: Seokhyeon Ko (13-3) vs. Wellington Turman (18-8)
- Light Heavyweight: Billy Elekana (10-2) vs. Lucas Fernando (14-3)
- Middleweight: Mantas Kondratavicius (9-1) vs. Andre Petroski (13-6)
Preliminary Card (5 p.m. ET, Paramount+)
- Heavyweight: Gabriel Lourenco (8-1) vs. Thomas Petersen (12-5)
- Women’s Flyweight: Karine Silva (19-7) vs. Gabriella Fernandes (11-4)
- Flyweight: Mitch Raposo (12-3) vs. Marcos Degli (15-4)
- Featherweight: Jose Delano (17-3) vs. Murtazali Magomedov (12-0)
- Featherweight: Keiichiro Nakamura (8-1) vs. Ollie Schmid (4-3)
- Women’s Bantamweight: Priscila Cachoeira (13-9) vs. Nina Milosevic (9-1)
- Welterweight: Jonny Parsons (9-3) vs. Jose Henrique Souza (9-1)
- Featherweight: Austin Bashi (14-2) vs. Carlos Calderon (11-4)
UFC Fight Night: Cortes-Acosta vs. Walker Info
- Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
- Location: Meta APEX, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Main Card: 8 p.m. ET on Paramount+
- Prelims: 5 p.m. ET on Paramount+
The event was originally scheduled to be headlined by Gabriel Bonfim vs. Sean Brady at welterweight. Brady withdrew due to a staph infection in his knee, and the heavyweight bout between Cortes-Acosta and Walker was elevated to headline the card. Additional card changes include Thomas Petersen replacing Alvin Hines (withdrew with vertigo) and Carlos Calderon replacing Lucas Brennan (ACL tear). Andre Petroski stepped in to replace Wesley Schultz in the middleweight bout.
Main Event: Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Johnny Walker
Waldo Cortes-Acosta is a heavyweight from the Dominican Republic with a professional record of 17-4. In his most recent three bouts, he suffered back-to-back unanimous decision losses to Curtis Blaydes at Noche UFC (September 2026) and to Alexander Volkov at UFC 328 (May 2026), following a second-round KO stoppage of Derrick Lewis at UFC 324 (January 2026).
Johnny Walker is a light heavyweight from Brazil competing at heavyweight with a record of 23-10. His last three bouts include a first-round TKO of Mick Parkin at UFC 332 (October 2026), a split-decision loss to Dominick Reyes at UFC 327 (April 2026), and a second-round TKO of Zhang Mingyang at a UFC Fight Night card (August 2025).
UFC Fight Night: Cortes-Acosta vs. Walker Odds
Opening odds for the UFC Fight Night: Cortes-Acosta vs. Walker main card via BestFightOdds:
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta -233 vs. Johnny Walker +180, Heavyweight
- Tatiana Suarez -208 vs. Virna Jandiroba +162, Women’s Strawweight
- Davey Grant +240 vs. Elijah Smith -333, Bantamweight
- Seokhyeon Ko -833 vs. Wellington Turman +500, Welterweight
- Billy Elekana +240 vs. Lucas Fernando -333, Light Heavyweight
- Mantas Kondratavicius -312 vs. Andre Petroski +230, Middleweight
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