UFC Fight Night is in Denver on Saturday night time, however the principle occasion was virtually nixed.
Tracy Cortez was scheduled to struggle Rose Namajunas in a girls’s flyweight bout, however when she initially weighed in, the size was not on her facet.
The girls’s flyweight weight restrict is 126 kilos, however the Scottsdale native weighed in roughly half a pound over.
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Tracy Cortez poses on the size through the UFC weigh-in on the Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel on July 12, 2024, in Denver, Colorado. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC through Getty Images)
With time ticking, and never many choices to chop that final little bit of weight, she had an epiphany: get the scissors out … actually.
Cortez reduce her locks, bought again on the size, and weighed 126 kilos, on the dot.
“What was it, .5 [pounds]?” she told ESPN afterward. “I used to be like, ‘No hesitation. We’ll do no matter it takes. This is a giant alternative.'”
Opponents Rose Namajunas and Tracy Cortez face off through the UFC weigh-in on the Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel on July 12, 2024, in Denver, Colorado. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC through Getty Images)
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Namajunas weighed in at 124.75 kilos, ESPN notes.
Cortez initially was not in the principle occasion. Namajunas was truly alleged to face Maycee Barber, however she needed to withdraw from the struggle as a result of ongoing well being points.
After shedding her very first professional struggle, Cortez has rattled off 11 straight victories, however she is presently the underdog towards the 12-6 Namajunas, who hails from Milwaukee.
Tracy Cortez poses on the size through the UFC weigh-in on the Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel on July 12, 2024, in Denver, Colorado. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC through Getty Images)
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Rose ranks eleventh within the flyweight rankings, with 9 of her victories coming through choice. Her lone loss was by submission. Namajunas ranks sixth within the weight class and seventh within the pound-for-pound rankings.
There are six fights on Saturday’s card, two weeks earlier than UFC 304 in England.
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