UFC UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 Final

Heavyweight

Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Serghei Spivac

Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Dominican Republic

Waldo Cortes-Acosta

“Salsa Boy”

17-4

Winner

VS
Serghei Spivac
Moldova

Serghei Spivac

“Polar Bear”

18-7

Winner

Waldo Cortes-Acosta

Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 — 5:00

7 June 2025 · Prudential Center, Newark, USA

Key takeaways

  • Waldo Cortes-Acosta beat Serghei Spivac by unanimous decision after three rounds.
  • Waldo Cortes-Acosta landed 111 of 236 total strikes.
  • The judges scored it 30-27, 29-28, 29-28.
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Tale of the tape

Waldo Cortes-AcostaSerghei Spivac
17-4Record18-7
33Age on fight night30
6′4″ (193 cm)Height6′3″ (191 cm)
78″ (198 cm)Reach78″ (198 cm)
260 lb (117.9 kg)Weight260 lb (117.9 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
Ultimate Kombat FitnessTeamPolar Bear Team
Fundacion, Barahona, Dominican RepublicFromChisinau, Moldova

Fight statistics

111of 236 · 47%Total strikes landed53of 124 · 43%
77of 197Head strikes42of 112
16of 20Body strikes6of 7
18of 19Leg strikes5of 5
0Takedowns2of 6
0:00Control time2:25

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Waldo Cortes-AcostaRoundSerghei Spivac
28/60strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR117/39strikes1/3TD0KD1:36control
36/77strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR218/42strikes0/1TD0KD0:15control
47/99strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR318/43strikes1/2TD0KD0:34control

Judges’ scorecards

Tony Tamburrino

10R1910R2910R39

30total27

Jon Bilyk

10R1910R299R310

29total28

Maimunah Querido

10R1910R299R310

29total28

Form going into the fight

Waldo Cortes-Acosta

  1. WRyan SpannKO/TKO R2 4:482025
  2. WRobelis Despaigneunanimous decision2024
  3. WAndrei Arlovskiunanimous decision2024
  4. WLukasz BrzeskiKO/TKO R1 3:012023
  5. LMarcos Rogerio de Limaunanimous decision2023

Serghei Spivac

  1. LJailton AlmeidaKO/TKO R1 4:532025
  2. WMarcin Tyburasubmission R1 1:442024
  3. LCiryl GaneKO/TKO R2 3:442023
  4. WDerrick Lewissubmission R1 3:052023
  5. WAugusto SakaiKO/TKO R2 3:422022

Also on this card

Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O'MalleyBantamweightsubmission R3 4:42Julianna Pena vs Kayla HarrisonWomen's Bantamweightsubmission R2 4:55Kelvin Gastelum vs Joe PyferMiddleweightunanimous decisionMario Bautista vs Patchy MixBantamweightunanimous decisionVicente Luque vs Kevin HollandWelterweightsubmission R2 1:03

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