Cortes-Acosta vs. Walker
November 7, 2026 | Meta APEX, Las Vegas, Nevada
UFC Fight Night delivered an action-packed evening of mixed martial arts on Saturday night, featuring heavyweight drama, impressive knockouts and important victories across several divisions.
The heavyweight main event between Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Johnny Walker provided the night’s biggest attraction, while the co-main event featured a competitive women’s strawweight showdown between Tatiana Suarez and Virna Jandiroba.
Johnny Walker def. Waldo Cortes-Acosta
TKO – Round 3, 2:27
Walker rallied after facing pressure from Cortes-Acosta, landing a damaging question-mark kick before following up with punches to secure the stoppage.
The victory marked Walker’s second consecutive stoppage since moving to heavyweight and pushed him into the heavyweight Top 10 conversation
Main Event – Johnny Walker stuns Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Co-Main Event
Tatiana Suarez def. Virna Jandiroba
Suarez earned a convincing decision victory, with the judges scoring the contest 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28.
Her wrestling and top control helped secure another important win in the strawweight division
Main Card Results
Johnny Walker vs. Cortes-Acosta Walker TKO R3
Suarez vs. Jandiroba Suarez Decision
Elijah Smith vs. Davey Grant Smith KO R1
Lucas Fernando vs. Billy Elekana Fernando Decision
Nina Milošević vs. Priscila Cachoeira Milošević TKO R2
Mitch Raposo vs. Marcos Degli Raposo Decision
Preliminary
Austin Bashi submitted Carlos Calderon by rear-naked choke in Round 1.
Andre Petroski stopped Mantas Kondratavičius by TKO in Round 2.
Jose Henrique Souza knocked out Jonny Parsons in Round 1.
Thomas Petersen stopped Gabriel Lorenço late in Round 3.
Karine Silva defeated Gabriella
Fernandes by unanimous decision.
Seokhyeon Ko defeated Wellington
Turman by unanimous decision.
Murtazali Magomedov defeated Jose Delano by decision.
Ollie Schmid defeated Keiichiro Nakamura by decision.
Final Review
UFC Fight Night delivered an entertaining card highlighted by heavyweight action and several impressive finishing performances.
Johnny Walker was the biggest story of the evening.
His ability to recover from adversity and finish a dangerous heavyweight opponent demonstrated why his move to the division is generating attention.
Tatiana Suarez also strengthened her position among the top strawweight
Johnny stoled the Show
