A heavyweight fight between Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Curtis Blaydes has been targeted for the Noche UFC 4 event on September 19th, with a location still to be confirmed at this stage.

The 34-year-old Cortes-Acosta, who was born in the Dominican Republic, is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Alexander Volkov at UFC 328 back in May.

That defeat ended a three-fight winning streak for ‘Salsa Boy’ that had saw him earn KO wins over Ante Delija and Shamil Gaziev, followed by a TKO victory over Derrick Lewis.

In total, Cortes-Acosta now holds a 10-3 UFC record and is currently ranked No.6 in the division.

Now Cortes-Acosta will reportedly fight the 35-year-old Blaydes, who has gone 2-3 in his last fight fights.

During that run Blaydes earned a KO win over Jailton Almeida and split-decision victory against Rizvan Kuniev, but also suffered first round TKO and KO defeats against Sergei Pavlovich and Tom Aspinall respectively, as well as a unanimous decision loss to Josh Hokit back in April.

The 4th instalment of the annual Noche UFC event to celebrate Mexican Independence Day has has yet to be officially confirmed, and it’s not clear yet whether Cortes-Acosta vs. Blaydes would serve as the main event.