Combat Edge

🥊 Heavyweight Bout: Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Johnny Walker

🇺🇸 Waldo Cortes-Acosta (17-4)
📍 Ultimate Kombat Fitness
📏 6'4" | Age: 35
🗓️ Last: Loss vs Curtis Blaydes (Decision, Sep 2026)
🧨 9 KO/TKO, 1 SUB, 7 DEC
📊 Combat Edge ELO: 1,762 (Great, #18 HW)

Two straight decision losses, to Volkov and Blaydes, but he's never been stopped in the UFC. He weighed in 23 lbs heavier (262 vs 239), and his path is to lean on Walker and take this into deep water.

🇧🇷 Johnny Walker (23-10)
📍 SBG Ireland
📏 6'5" | Age: 34
🗓️ Last: Win vs Mick Parkin (KO, Oct 2026)
🧨 18 KO/TKO, 3 SUB, 2 DEC
📊 Combat Edge ELO: 1,656 (Good, #67 HW)

Second fight at heavyweight after a first-round KO of Mick Parkin. 18 of his 23 wins are KOs, so his path is to land early, before the size gap matters.

📈 The Combat Edge read: model gives Cortes-Acosta 74%, even higher than the market's ~67% (-227). ELO alone agrees (65%), backed by a 106-point ELO edge.

Full breakdown + prediction 👇
combat-edge.com/fight/waldo-co…

🥊 Women's Strawweight Bout: Tatiana Suarez vs Virna Jandiroba

🇺🇸 Tatiana Suarez (12-1)
📍 Millennia MMA
📏 5'5" | Age: 35
🗓️ Last: Win vs Lupita Godinez (Submission, Apr 2026)
🧨 2 KO/TKO, 6 SUB, 4 DEC
📊 Combat Edge ELO: 1,760 (Great, #2 WSW)

Elite wrestler on two straight wins since her title loss, and 6 of her 12 wins came by submission. Her path is takedowns and top control for 15 minutes.

🇧🇷 Virna Jandiroba (23-4)
📍 Fight House
📏 5'3" | Age: 38
🗓️ Last: Win vs Tabatha Ricci (Decision, Apr 2026)
🧨 1 KO/TKO, 14 SUB, 8 DEC
📊 Combat Edge ELO: 1,770 (Great, #1 WSW)

The #1-rated strawweight in Combat Edge's ELO, with 14 of 23 wins by submission. She has to survive Suarez's wrestling and win the scrambles.

📈 The Combat Edge read: model gives Suarez 70%, a bit above the market's ~64% (-202). ELO alone actually leans Jandiroba (51%); the model sees the wrestling deciding it.

Full breakdown + prediction 👇
combat-edge.com/fight/tatiana-…

🥊 Bantamweight Bout: Davey Grant vs Elijah Smith

🇬🇧 Davey Grant (18-8)
📍 Syndicate MMA
📏 5'8" | Age: 40
🗓️ Last: Win vs Adrian Luna Martinetti (Decision, Apr 2026)
🧨 4 KO/TKO, 9 SUB, 5 DEC
📊 Combat Edge ELO: 1,651 (Good, #131 BW)

40 years old, with 9 of 18 wins by submission. He's faced far tougher opposition (1,688 avg opponent ELO vs Smith's 1,578) and needs that experience to turn it into a grind.

🇺🇸 Elijah Smith (10-1)
📍 Team Victory
📏 5'9" | Age: 24
🗓️ Last: Win vs Su Young You (Submission, Mar 2026)
🧨 5 KO/TKO, 2 SUB, 3 DEC
📊 Combat Edge ELO: 1,718 (Good, #45 BW)

24 years old with eight straight wins, the last a submission of Su Young You. Youth and pace are his edge; he wants a fast fight.

📈 The Combat Edge read: model gives Smith 76%, right in line with the market (~74%, -325). ELO alone leans Smith too (60%); the model is even more confident than the ratings.

Full breakdown + prediction 👇
combat-edge.com/fight/davey-gr…

🥊 Light Heavyweight Bout: Billy Elekana vs Lucas Fernando

🇺🇸 Billy Elekana (10-2)
📍 Uprising MMA
📏 6'2" | Age: 31
🗓️ Last: Win vs Junior Tafa (Submission, Jan 2026)
🧨 3 KO/TKO, 3 SUB, 4 DEC
📊 Combat Edge ELO: 1,667 (Good, #50 LHW)

Three straight wins, the last a submission of Junior Tafa, with an even split across KOs, subs and decisions. His path is to wrestle and keep Fernando from settling in.

🇧🇷 Lucas Fernando (14-3)
📍 Refit Pro Fighters
📏 6'3" | Age: 29
🗓️ Last: Win vs Rafael Tobias (TKO, Aug 2026)
🧨 8 KO/TKO, 2 SUB, 4 DEC
📊 Combat Edge ELO: 1,692 (Good, #39 LHW)

Five straight wins, with 8 of 14 by KO/TKO, the last a TKO of Rafael Tobias in August. The harder hitter, and the more recently active.

📈 The Combat Edge read: model gives Fernando 68%, below the market's ~75% (-355). ELO alone has it much closer (54%). Elekana at +287 is where the model sees value.

Full breakdown + prediction 👇
combat-edge.com/fight/billy-el…

🥊 Women's Bantamweight Bout: Priscila Cachoeira vs Nina Milošević

🇧🇷 Priscila Cachoeira (13-9)
📍 MMA Masters
📏 5'7" | Age: 38
🗓️ Last: Loss vs Chelsea Chandler (Submission, Jun 2026)
🧨 8 KO/TKO, 0 SUB, 5 DEC
📊 Combat Edge ELO: 1,543 (#49 WBW)

Pressure striker with 8 KO/TKO wins, but she's lost three straight and her ELO is down from a 1,637 peak. She needs a brawl, and early.

🇷🇸 Nina Milošević (9-1)
📍 MMA Family Fight Team
📏 5'5" | Age: 30
🗓️ Last: Win vs Hailey Cowan (TKO, Aug 2026)
🧨 4 KO/TKO, 2 SUB, 3 DEC
📊 Combat Edge ELO: 1,672 (Good, #9 WBW)

Nine straight wins and the #9 women's bantamweight in Combat Edge's ELO. The asterisk: her opponents have averaged 1,496 ELO, the softest slate of anyone on the card.

📈 The Combat Edge read: model gives Milošević 81%, matching the market (~81%, -510). ELO alone is closer (68%), so this is the test of whether that soft slate matters.

Full breakdown + prediction 👇
combat-edge.com/fight/priscila…