Waldo Cortes-Acosta believes he could earn a spot on the UFC White House card with a win over Derrick Lewis.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s safe to say that few fighters are as in-form right now as Waldo Cortes-Acosta, especially amongst heavyweight contenders. In 2025 alone, he was able to put together a 4-1 record, which included two quickfire wins in November over Ante Delija and Shamil Gaziev.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Waldo Cortes-Acosta\u2019s coach reveals desire to battle UFC heavyweight legend<\/a><\/p>\n As we look ahead to the future, it certainly seems like Cortes-Acosta has as good a case as any for a world title shot \u2013 especially if he goes in there and knocks out Derrick Lewis when the two lock horns at UFC 324 on Saturday night. Of course, doing such a thing against someone like Lewis is easier said than done<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a recent pre-fight media scrum, Cortes-Acosta had the following to say about the fight and the possibility of potentially even fighting on the UFC White House card in the summer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Cortes-Acosta looks ahead to UFC White House<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a person like, I\u2019m training hard every time,\u201d Cortes-Acosta said. \u201cFor Derrick Lewis, when he started, I\u2019d barely been training MMA. I followed him so much because he\u2019s a heavyweight, too, like me. He was one of my favorite fighters before until now, too, let me tell you. This Saturday, one day I was thinking, one day you will be fighting with him, and look at now. This is real, and next Saturday, Jan. 24, it will be happening. It\u2019s amazing for me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI want to fight at the White House,\u201d Cortes-Acosta said. \u201cLatino America, everybody, we support it. More clout, so people can see one Latino fighting at the White House is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s possible (a title shot),\u201d Cortes-Acosta said. \u201cI\u2019d be available for the title shot or interim shot, interim title. Any fight the UFC can put on there, I\u2019ll be fighting, but I want to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n