Overview
- Cortes-Acosta defeated Lewis by TKO via ground-and-pound at 3:14 of the second round on the UFC 324 main card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
- The finish followed a sharp counter jab that dropped Lewis, after which referee Jason Herzog waved it off as Cortes-Acosta poured on strikes.
- The win extends Cortes-Acosta’s streak to three and caps an 8-of-9 run, prompting a post-fight callout of top contender Curtis Blaydes.
- Lewis, the UFC’s all-time knockout leader with 16 KOs, fell to 3-2 in his past five fights as online reaction questioned his performance and urged retirement without any formal inquiry reported.
- The bout arrived after a heated weigh-in face-off that required Dana White and security to separate the fighters, heightening attention on the matchup.