Nobody has been in a position to clear up the puzzle that’s Tracy Cortez contained in the octagon thus far, and that’s why she finds herself in a UFC essential occasion this weekend.
Cortez (11-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) will look to take her profession to the following stage Saturday when she takes on former strawweight champion Rose Namajunas in a ladies’s flyweight headliner at UFC on ESPN 59, which works down at Ball Area in Denver (ESPN, ESPN+).
Though she was not the unique opponent for Namajunas and stuffed in for Maycee Barber, the prospect to get high billing on a card was not far off for Cortez, who has largely had her method with the competitors in her UFC run thus far. That features her most up-to-date bout, which was a unanimous determination win over Jasmine Jasudavicius at Noche UFC in September.
Jasudavicius entered the matchup as a winner in 5 of her earlier six fights, however Cortez put a halt to that as she landed greater than 100 important strikes en path to 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 scorecards.
Relive the efficiency from Cortez within the video above prematurely of her essential occasion showdown with Namajunas this weekend at UFC on ESPN 59.
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