Miranda Maverick intends to show she’s extra worthy of a spot within the UFC ladies’s flyweight rankings than Tracy Cortez when the pair meet this summer time.
Maverick (13-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) is presently sitting exterior the highest 15 at 125 kilos within the UFC’s official rankings, with Cortez (11-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) holding the No. 11 spot going into UFC Struggle Evening on July 20 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
On paper, it’s troublesome for Maverick to know the hole in positioning. Maverick has received 4 of her previous 5 fights courting again to March 2022, whereas Cortez has fought simply twice in that very same stretch. Cortez could also be unbeaten within the octagon, however she hasn’t competed greater than as soon as in a calendar 12 months since 2019.
Maverick is aware of that there’s far more to the combat sport that solely evaluating resumes, although, and she or he thinks that’s why Cortez is in her present place.
“I feel politics have loads to do with combating,” Maverick advised MMA Junkie Radio. “She’s that fairly lady on Instagram and every part else. And I feel that’s the rationale she’s nonetheless ranked to start with. She’s a really inactive fighter, hasn’t actually fought anybody ranked, and she or he’s nonetheless been ranked for an extended time period now. I wouldn’t doubt if I combat her, she nonetheless stays within the prime 12 and I get bumped to No. 13 or No. 12 myself.”
Regardless of her ideas on Cortez, there’s no denying it is a rewarding matchup for Maverick. She’s getting the prospect to combat upward and construct extra notoriety in opposition to an opponent with a stable fanbase and following.
At 26, Maverick is assured her skillset remains to be rounding into type and all of her finest days are nonetheless to come back. She takes the game very critically and stated she’s making each day sacrifices to ultimately full her UFC championship mission, and Maverick hopes this combat serves as a vital step in her profession trajectory.
“I feel my stakes are form of getting up in that prime 10,” Maverick stated. “Hopefully throughout the subsequent two years I can change into a type of (title) contenders.”
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