Pros react after Johnny Walker TKO’s Waldo Cortes-Acosta at UFC Vegas 124

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November 7, 2026, 8:23 pm PST

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Tonight’s UFC Vegas 124 occasion was headlined by an extremely prepared for heavyweight bout in between Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Johnny Walker.

Cortes-Acosta(17-5 MMA)had actually entered this night’s centerpiece with hopes of snapping a two-fight losing skid.’Salsa Boy’had actually suffered consentaneous choice losses to Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov in his most previous Octagon looks. Prior to those problems, Waldo had actually strung together 3 straight interruption wins, an excellent stretch that included a second-round TKO success over Derrick Lewis.

Johnny Walker (24-10 MMA) was making a fast turn-around this night. The fan favorite had actually completed simply last month, where he made a first-round knockout success over Mick Parkin in his go back to heavyweight. The 34-year-old Brazilian had actually gone 2-3 over his previous 5 battles in general.

Tonight’s UFC Vegas 124 centerpiece starts shown to be a wild backward and forward affair. Johnny Walker had the ability to leave to a strong start with some heavy low kicks, however Waldo Cortes-Acosta ultimately discovered his variety and had the ability to score a knockdown later on in the opening round. While round 2 was a much better round for ‘Salsa Boy’, that didn’t stop Walker from returning and scoring an unconventional surface midway through round 3.

Authorities UFC Vegas 124 Results: Johnny Walker def. Waldo Cortes-Acosta by means of TKO at 2:27 of Round 3

Have a look at how the pros responded to ‘Cortes-Acosta vs. Walker’ listed below:

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— danawhite( @danawhite)November 8, 2026

10-9 Cortes-Acosta after a wild very first

— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter)November 8, 2026

This is a normal Johnny Walker kind of battle

— Alan Jouban(@AlanJouban)November 8, 2026

This battle might go from enjoyable to dreadful really rapidly

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) November 8, 2026

I’ve never ever seen a spinning back fist from the ground. #UFCVegas 124

— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban)November 8, 2026

Walker is doing an excellent task landing the leg kicks however requires to be cautious when Waldo closes the range and begins swinging

— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) November 8, 2026

Big shots originating from these heavyweights! https://t.co/DPF3SmRAIJ

— Bruce Buffer (@brucebuffer) November 8, 2026

Oh it was a back fist. Running best hook. Amazing

.– caposa(@Grabaka_Hitman)November 8, 2026

Out of no where unforeseeable

— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155)November 8, 2026

Expect the unforeseen

— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban)November 8, 2026

Wooow Johnny Walker

— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) November 8, 2026

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