Top-10 Heavyweight Contender Has A Simple Plan To Help Push Himself Into Championship Contention – Just Be Himself.
Waldo Cortes Acosta goes by the fighting moniker of "Salsa Boy", and the Dominican Republic's UFC heavyweight contender plans on leaning more into his personality as he looks to make the jump from fringe contender to bona-fide title threat.
Saturday night will see Cortes Acosta return to the Octagon at UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs Onama, where he'll take on Croatia's hard-hitting Ante Delija in a pivotal clash for both men in the heavyweight division.
It's another important assignment for the 34-year-old as he looks to move up the heavyweight ladder, but this matchup offers a different test, with the nine-fight UFC veteran tasked with defending his ranking against Delija, who blasted his way into the UFC heavyweight division with a first-round TKO finish of divisional stalwart Marcin Tybura in September.