Waldo Cortes Acosta meets Johnny Walker in the main event of a UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas on November 7, 2026. Here is the full card, start times and how to watch.
Date, venue and start times
The card takes place at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday, November 7, 2026. Times below are listed across U.S. time zones, then for the United Kingdom and Central Europe.
| Card segment | Eastern | Central | Mountain | Pacific | United Kingdom | Central Europe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prelims | 5:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 2:00 PM | 10:00 PM | 11:00 PM |
| Main card | 8:00 PM | 7:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 1:00 AM (Nov 8) | 2:00 AM (Nov 8) |
How to Watch
In the United States, the event streams on UFC Fight Pass. In the United Kingdom and across Europe, availability runs through the UFC’s official international platform, UFC Fight Pass, with local broadcast partners varying by country.
Main card
| Weight class | Fighter 1 | Record | Fighter 2 | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight (265 lbs / 120 kg) | Waldo Cortes Acosta (Dominican Republic, #6) | 17-4-0 | Johnny Walker (Brazil) | 23-10-0 |
| Women’s flyweight (125 lbs / 56.7 kg) | Tatiana Suarez (USA, #2) | 12-1-0 | Virna Jandiroba (Brazil, #3) | 23-4-0 |
| Bantamweight (135 lbs / 61.2 kg) | Davey Grant (United Kingdom) | 16-8-0 | Elijah Smith (USA) | 10-1-0 |
| Welterweight (170 lbs / 77.1 kg) | Seokhyeon Ko (South Korea) | 13-3-0 | Wellington Turman (Brazil) | 18-8-0 |
| Light heavyweight (205 lbs / 93 kg) | Billy Elekana (USA) | 10-2-0 | Lucas Fernando (Brazil) | 14-3-0 |
| Middleweight (185 lbs / 83.9 kg) | Mantas Kondratavicius (Lithuania) | 9-1-0 | Andre Petroski (USA) | 13-6-0 |
No title is on the line on this card. Cortes Acosta vs Walker was promoted to the main event after the originally scheduled Gabriel Bonfim vs Sean Brady bout fell through.
Prelims
- Heavyweight: Gabriel Lorenço (Brazil, 8-1-0) vs Thomas Petersen (USA, 11-5-0)
- Women’s flyweight: Karine Silva (Brazil, 19-7-0, #11) vs Gabriella Fernandes (Brazil, 11-4-0, #14)
- Flyweight: Mitch Raposo (USA, 11-3-0) vs Marcos Degli (Brazil, 15-3-0)
- Featherweight: Jose Delano (Brazil, 17-3-0) vs Murtazali Magomedov (Kyrgyzstan, 11-0-0)
- Featherweight: Keiichiro Nakamura (Japan, 8-1-0) vs Ollie Schmid (New Zealand, 4-3-0)
- Featherweight: Austin Bashi (USA, 14-2-0) vs Lucas Brennan (USA, 11-3-0)
- Women’s bantamweight: Priscila Cachoeira (Brazil, 13-9-0) vs Nina Milošević (Serbia, 9-1-0)
- Welterweight: Jonny Parsons (USA, 9-3-0) vs Jose Henrique (Brazil, 9-1-0)
Americans on the card
Tatiana Suarez, ranked #2 at women’s flyweight, headlines the American contingent against Brazil’s Virna Jandiroba, with the division’s hierarchy on the line. Elijah Smith, Billy Elekana, Andre Petroski, Thomas Petersen, Mitch Raposo, Austin Bashi, Lucas Brennan and Jonny Parsons round out the American fighters on the card, all looking to build on their records outside the rankings.
What is at stake
Waldo Cortes Acosta, ranked sixth at heavyweight, looks for a third straight win to push toward the top five against a powerful but inconsistent Johnny Walker. A win keeps Cortes Acosta’s rise toward the top of the division on track, while a win for Walker would reset his heavyweight career.
The co-main event between Suarez and Jandiroba carries direct title implications at women’s flyweight. Suarez remains unbeaten since returning from injury, while Jandiroba is seeking to avenge her only loss of the decade.
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