So, UFC<\/a> Vegas 124 now has a new headliner: a heavyweight bout between Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Johnny Walker.<\/a> The new main event has ignited reactions from MMA fans.<\/p>\n Johnny Walker vs.Waldo Cortes-Acosta sparks mixed reactions after UFC Vegas 124 announcement<\/p>\n On its Instagram account, the UFC announced that Cortes-Acosta and Walker will headline UFC Vegas 124, taking place on November 7 at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. Fans have now shared their reactions to the announcement.<\/p>\n Several fans believe Cortes-Acosta could be a difficult opponent for Walker, with one supporter expressing concern about the matchup despite being a fan of the Brazilian. He wrote, \u201cLove Johnny but this is a terrible matchup for him.\u201d<\/p>\n Another predicted that the fight could produce an unpredictable outcome, suggesting Walker could either suffer a knockout or deliver an impressive performance. He commented, \u201cEither Johnny gets KO’d in some goofy looney tunes way or he puts on a generational questionable performance and takes the W.\u201d<\/p>\n One MMA enthusiast feels it’s an exciting bout, pointing to Walker’s recent win over Mike Parkin, writing, \u201cFun fight, Walker looked very good last fight.\u201d<\/p>\n Another supporter even predicted a specific finish, adding, \u201cWalker by devastating calf kick.\u201d<\/p>\n A UFC fan, sarcastically, suggested that Walker should get a title shot if he defeats Cortes-Acosta, writing, \u201cIf Johnny beats Waldo, give him a title shot already.\u201d<\/p>\n One user joked about Cortes-Acosta’s activity, \u201cMan Waldo fight every two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n Check out more fans’ reactions below:\u00a0<\/p>\n Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Johnny Walker enter UFC Vegas 124 with contrasting momentum<\/p>\n Cortes-Acosta shocked the world when he knocked out Shamil Gaziev in 82 seconds on three days\u2019 notice at UFC Qatar last November. So accepting a fight on short notice shouldn\u2019t be a problem for him, and he will try to pull off a similar performance next weekend against Walker.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Walker was in action on October 3 at UFC 332, where he knocked out Mike Parkin in the first round, earning a Performance of the Night bonus.<\/p>\n Walker will try to build on the momentum and extend his win streak, while \u2018Salsa Boy,\u2019 who is on a two-fight losing skid, both by decision, to Alexander Volkov and, most recently, Curtis Blaydes, will look to get back in the win column.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC fans share mixed reactions after Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Johnny Walker is announced as the new UFC Vegas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,17616,785,85,787,152736],"class_list":["post-948391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-johnny-walker","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-waldo-cortes-acosta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Fan](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/befunky_2026-10-0_0-8-58.webp\")
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