{"id":961279,"date":"2026-11-07T02:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T02:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/961279\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T02:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T02:44:13","slug":"ufc-vegas-124s-waldo-cortes-acosta-sets-sights-on-smashing-all-of-josh-hokits-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/961279\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Vegas 124\u2019s Waldo Cortes-Acosta sets sights on smashing all of Josh Hokit\u2019s teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Waldo Cortes-Acosta is not a fan of Josh Hokit and hopes he\u2019ll get a chance to knock his teeth out with a win this weekend at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-fight-cards\/475853\/latest-ufc-vegas-124-fight-card-start-time-date-location-bonfim-vs-brady\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Vegas 124<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Tomorrow is a big opportunity for Cortes-Acosta to end a disappointing two-fight losing streak and return to the heavyweight win column. The Cuban contender will have a good chance at doing just that as he squares off with former light heavyweight Johnny Walker in the main event. Walker is dangerous, but he\u2019s been finished by lesser foe than Cortes-Acosta before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">If Cortes-Acosta is able to halt Walker\u2019s heavyweight ascension he\u2019ll put himself back in a good spot heading into 2027. It\u2019s a promising outlook for Cortes-Acosta, who went on a three-fight knockout win streak prior to his recent losing skid. That\u2019s because the heavyweight division is now moving forward with a planned title fight between Hokit and current UFC champion Ciryl Gane next weekend at UFC 334, creating future opportunities for contenders like Cortes-Acosta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI\u2019m excited for the division because they\u2019re still moving everything, the title is moving now,\u201d Cortes-Acosta told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/519534\/waldo-cortes-acosta-aims-to-take-all-of-josh-hokits-teeth-in-future-ufc-fight\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cI see the new blood coming for the title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cJosh Hokit is a personality in there, but it\u2019s still moving the heavyweight division right now, [everybody] knows. I can expect good things for the heavyweight division [over] the months, coming in on the new year, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">If Cortes-Acosta had it his way he\u2019d get a chance to shut Hokit up himself. Hokit has showcased exciting skills inside of the Octagon en route to a 4-0 UFC record and his first-ever UFC title shot, but he\u2019s been a trash-talking machine every step of the way. Cortes-Acosta is hoping he\u2019ll one day land a matchup with Hokit and play the role of spoiler, which includes knocking all of the former NFL player\u2019s teeth out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI\u2019m no fan of him,\u201d said Cortes-Acosta of Hokit. \u201cI\u2019m the person, I want one day, meeting him or being in the ring and take it out\u2014whole teeth, whole mouth, the whole f\u2014king dirty mouth he has.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/games\/in-5\/11-06-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Waldo Cortes-Acosta is not a fan of Josh Hokit and hopes he\u2019ll get a chance to knock his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":961280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,139445,702],"class_list":["post-961279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}