Johnny Walker rallied in the third round to stop Waldo Cortes Acosta in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event at Meta APEX in Las Vegas. The referee ended the heavyweight fight at 2:27 of the round.
Cortes Acosta had kept Walker under pressure through the early rounds. Walker turned the fight with strikes in the third and earned a win against a top-10 heavyweight.
In the co-main event, Tatiana Suarez beat Virna Jandiroba by unanimous decision. Two judges scored the strawweight bout 30–27 and the third had it 29–28.
Source: UFC main card results.
Photo: UFC.
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