Johnny Walker stops Waldo Cortes-Acosta to earn UFC Vegas 124 Fight of the Night
The Brazilian finished Cortes-Acosta in the third round of their heavyweight main event at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, and the bout took the night's $100,000 Fight of the Night award.
Johnny Walker stopped Waldo Cortes-Acosta by third-round TKO in the UFC Vegas 124 main event at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday, 7 November 2026.
Their heavyweight headliner was named Fight of the Night, one of the UFC's post-fight bonuses worth an extra $100,000 to the winners.
Fighters on the card who won by finish but did not take one of the main bonuses each receive $25,000.
Walker, a Brazilian veteran, headed a card that also produced several other stoppages beneath the main event.
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