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Waldo Cortes Acosta vs. Serghei Spivac

UFC 10-4-0 vs. 9-7-0

Tale of the tape

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10-4-0
UFC record
9-7-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
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Age
31
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Height
6'3"
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Reach
78"
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Stance
Orthodox
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 0.7 mo
1.9
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Serghei Spivac hunts takedowns — 3.42 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.
Serghei Spivac is a submission threat — 0.43 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Waldo Cortes Acosta carries real power — 0.56 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.29 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Waldo Cortes Acosta

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 123
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 20
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.86 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 20 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.8 wins over .500

Serghei Spivac

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 96
Tier 3 — regional circuit 90

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.28 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7874.88/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
4713.35/min · norm 3.28
5533.43/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
5954.23/min · norm 3.19
47.5%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
46.9%norm 47.5%
55.4%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
50.9%norm 52.5%
60.56/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Waldo Cortes Acosta

Distance 90.9% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 6.6% (norm 9.3%)

Serghei Spivac

Distance 77.0% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 20.4% (norm 9.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Waldo Cortes Acosta

Head 81.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.9% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.8% (norm 7.6%)

Serghei Spivac

Head 96.6% (norm 79.2%) · Body 2.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 1.2% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Acosta L/AAccHeavyweight med Spivac L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 697 / 1505 46.3% 40.1% 296 / 774 38.2% 40.1%
In the clinch 24 / 41 58.5% 70.4% 17 / 26 65.4% 70.4%
On the ground 66 / 110 60.0% 70.2% 158 / 205 77.1% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 558 / 1347 41.4% 39.0% 443 / 971 45.6% 39.0%
To the body 113 / 164 68.9% 77.0% 17 / 22 too few to rate 77.0%
To the legs 116 / 145 80.0% 87.8% 11 / 12 too few to rate 87.8%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Acosta L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Spivac L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 539 / 1212 44.5% 40.7% 482 / 1053 45.8% 40.7%
In the clinch 12 / 26 46.2% 70.6% 47 / 67 70.1% 70.6%
On the ground 2 / 3 too few to rate 72.2% 66 / 91 72.5% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 217 / 845 25.7% 39.3% 378 / 947 39.9% 39.3%
To the body 112 / 155 72.3% 75.1% 126 / 170 74.1% 75.1%
To the legs 224 / 241 92.9% 84.4% 91 / 94 96.8% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
450.0% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
3257.1% acc · 3.42/15 · norm 0.90
2369.7% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
952.9% def · norm 63.2%
13:518.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
41:3529.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
13:511:17 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
21:302:17 per 15 · norm 2:28
10.09/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
40.43/15 · norm 0.16

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Spivac has more cage time on record.