Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-08-23, we are going to comment and rate the mma bout Sergei Pavlovich vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta as soon as we watch the full fight.Cortes-Acosta vs Pavlovich is scheduled to take place Saturday, August 23rd, at the Shanghai Indoor Stadium in Shanghai (China), in a 3-round heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Johnny Walker vs Mingyang Zhang – UFC Fight Night 257 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 115 or UFC Shanghai). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Sergei Pavlovich record
The former Fight Nights Global Hw champion Sergei Pavlovich entered this fight with a mma record of 19-3-0 (79% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.5 heavyweight in the world.
He lost two consecutive fights between 2023 and 2024, against Tom Aspinall (Sergei Pavlovich vs Tom Aspinall) and Alexander Volkov (Sergei Pavlovich vs Alexander Volkov), but he came back to win with Jairzinho Rozenstruik in February 2025 (Sergei Pavlovich vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik).
Waldo Cortes-Acosta record
His opponent, Waldo Cortes-Acosta, has an official record of 14-1-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.10 in the heavyweight division.
He suffered his only loss when he faced Marcos Rogerio de Lima in 2023 (Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta), then he has won five matches beating Robelis Despaigne, Ryan Spann (Ryan Spann vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta) and Sergey Spivak in his last three (Sergey Spivak vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta).
Fight card
Here is the UFC Fight Night 257 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN+)
Johnny Walker vs Mingyang Zhang
Aljamain Sterling vs Brian Ortega
Sergei Pavlovich vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta
Kevin Borjas vs Su Mudaerji
Nueraji Taiyilake vs Kiefer Crosbie
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+)
Maheshate Hayisaer vs Gauge Young
Charles Johnson vs Loneer Kavanagh
Zhu Rong vs Austin Hubbard
Michel Pereira vs Kyle Daukaus
Zha Yi vs Westin Wilson
Su Young You vs Long Xiao
Diyar Nurgozhay vs Uran Satybaldiev
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Sergei Pavlovich vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta 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)
Result
Who won Pavlovich vs Cortes-Acosta fight?
Sergei Pavlovich defeated Waldo Cortes-Acosta via unanimous decision. Scores were 30–27, 29–28, 29–28.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC Fight Night 257 post-fight octagon interview of Sergei Pavlovich and Waldo Cortes-Acosta.
