Cortes-Acosta Predicts Knockout Of Walker At UFC Vegas 124
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Waldo Cortes-Acosta expects a knockout finish when he faces Johnny Walker in Saturday's UFC Vegas 124 main event.
The Dominican heavyweight dismissed any need for a feeling-out process against Walker, telling media day that his strategy is straightforward. "I go after him and look to break his head," Cortes-Acosta said, according to BJ Penn. He added that his own durability is solid as metal while his power sends opponents to sleep when he establishes proper footwork.
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Walker's Defensive Vulnerability A Key Factor
Cortes-Acosta believes the Brazilian struggled at heavyweight/" class="internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2">light heavyweight specifically because opponents repeatedly knocked him out. He described Walker's chin as resembling a doorbell in its accessibility. The move up in weight may offer Walker hope for a title run, Cortes-Acosta said, but the path requires getting through established contenders at the division first.
Walker has one heavyweight appearance on his record, a stoppage of Mick Parkin. Cortes-Acosta enters off consecutive decision setbacks to Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov but owns stoppage victories against Lewis, Spivac and Arlovski during his UFC tenure.
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The bout closes with Cortes-Acosta installed as a -265 betting favourite on Saturday night.
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