Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-11-22, the mma bout Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Shamil Gaziev gets three stars thanks to a good finish (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2025).Gaziev vs Cortes-Acosta is scheduled to take place Saturday, November 22nd, at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Al Rayyan (Qatar), in a 3-round heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Arman Tsarukyan vs Dan Hooker – UFC Fight Night 265 (also knwon as UFC Qatar). Watch the video and rate this fight!. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Waldo Cortes-Acosta record
Waldo Cortes-Acosta (who replaces Sergey Spivak) entered this fight with a pro record of 15-2-0 (53% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 heavyweight in the world.
He lost to Sergei Pavlovich in August (Sergei Pavlovich vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta) but he came back to win with Ante Delija just three weeks ago (Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Ante Delija).
Shamil Gaziev record
His opponent, Shamil Gaziev, has a mma record of 14-1-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.26 in the heavyweight division.
He suffered his only loss when he faced Jairzinho Rozenstruik in 2024 (Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Shamil Gaziev), then he has won over Don’Tale Mayes and Thomas Petersen.
Fight card
Here is the UFC Fight Night 265 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN+)
Arman Tsarukyan vs Dan Hooker
Belal Muhammad vs Ian Garry
Volkan Oezdemir vs Alonzo Menifield
Jack Hermansson vs Myktybek Orolbai
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Shamil Gaziev
Kyoji Horiguchi vs Tagir Ulanbekov
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+)
Bogdan Grad vs Luke Riley
Nicolas Dalby vs Saygid Izagakhmaev
Asu Almabayev vs Alex Perez
Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev vs Raffael Cerqueira
Bekzat Almakhan vs Aleksandre Topuria
Ismail Naurdiev vs Ryan Loder
Nurullo Aliev vs Shaqueme Rock
Denzel Freeman vs Marek Bujlo
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Shamil Gaziev as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights
Result
Who won Cortes-Acosta vs Gaziev fight?
Waldo Cortes-Acosta defeated Shamil Gaziev via KO at 1:22, round 1.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC Fight Night 265 post-fight octagon interview of Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Shamil Gaziev.
