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UFC Fight Night Results & Highlights: Rose Namajunas Decisions Tracy Cortez

UFC Fight Night took place tonight from the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights!  In the main event, former two-time strawweight champ Rose Namajunas took on #11-ranked women’s flyweight Tracy Cortez. While in the co-main event, Santiago Ponzinibbio faced Muslim Salikhov in a welterweight […]

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UFC Fight Night took place tonight from the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! 

In the main event, former two-time strawweight champ Rose Namajunas took on #11-ranked women’s flyweight Tracy Cortez. While in the co-main event, Santiago Ponzinibbio faced Muslim Salikhov in a welterweight matchup. 

Make sure to catch all the UFC Fight Night results and highlights as they happen below! 

UFC Fight Night Results: Main Card

  • Women’s flyweight Main Event: Rose Namajunas def. Tracy Cortez via unanimous decision (49-46×2, 48-47)
  • Welterweight Co-Main Event: Muslim Salikhov def. Santiago Ponzinibbio via split decision (29-28×2, 28-29)
  • Lightweight: Jean Silva def. Drew Dober via TKO (doctor’s stoppage): R3, 1.28
  • Welterweight: Gabriel Bonfim def. Ange Loosa via unanimous decision (30-27×2, 29-28)
  • Featherweight: Julian Erosa def. Christian Rodriguez via submission: R1, 4.49
  • Middleweight: Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Cody Brundage ends in no contest (illegal elbows by Alhassan): R1, 0.37

Preliminary Card

  • Flyweight: Charles Johnson def. Joshua Van via KO: R3, 0.20
  • Women’s Flyweight: Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Fatima Kline via unanimous decision (30-27×3)
  • Bantamweight: Montel Jackson def. Da’Mon Blackshear via KO: R1, 0.18
  • Women’s Flyweight: Luana Santos def. Mariya Agapova via submission: R1, 3.27
  • Middleweight: Andre Petroski def. Josh Fremd via unanimous decision (30-27×3)
  • Welterweight: Evan Elder def. Darrius Flowers via submission: R2, 1.46

Preliminary Card Highlights

Evan Elder def. Darrius Flowers

In this welterweight matchup, Evan Elder got it done with a submission of Darrius Flowers in the second round.

Luana Santos def. Mariya Agapova

Luana Santos locked in a rear-naked choke to get the win against Mariya Agapova in the first round of their flyweight bout.

Montel Jackson def. Da’Mon Blackshear

Montel Jackson unleashed a huge left to KO Da’Mon Blackshear after just 18 seconds of their bantamweight bout.

Charles Johnson def. Joshua Van

In this flyweight matchup, Charles Johnson earned a KO of Joshua Van 20 seconds into round three.

Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Cody Brundage ends in no contest

This middleweight bout ended in a no contest after Abdul Razak Alhassan landed elbows to the back of Cody Brundage’s head, who was not able to continue.

Julian Erosa def. Christian Rodriguez

Julian Erosa locked in a guillotine to submit Christian Rodriguez at the end of round one in their featherweight contest.

Gabriel Bonfim def. Ange Loosa

Gabriel Bonfim earned a unanimous decision win against Ange Loosa in their welterweight bout.

Jean Silva def. Drew Dober

In this lightweight bout, Jean Silva was awarded a TKO victory after inflicting a nasty cut above Drew Dober’s right eye that caused the ringside doctor to stop the fight.

Muslim Salikhov def. Santiago Ponzinibbio

In the co-main event, Muslim Salikhov earned a split decision victory against Santiago Ponzinibbio.

Rose Namajunas def. Tracy Cortez

In the main event, Rose Namajunas earned a unanimous decision against Tracy Cortez to make it two wins in a row in the flyweight division.

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Video – Tracy Cortez cuts off hair to make 126lbs weight for UFC Denver fight with Rose Namajunas

Tracy Cortez cuts hair to make weight for UFC Denver fight with Rose NamajunasSlated to headline her first promotional event tomorrow night on short-notice, surging flyweight contender, Tracy Cortez was forced to…

Tracy Cortez cuts hair to make weight for UFC Denver fight with Rose Namajunas

Slated to headline her first promotional event tomorrow night on short-notice, surging flyweight contender, Tracy Cortez was forced to shed some significant hair during today’s official weigh-ins, to successfully tip the scales for her main event fight with Rose Namajunas at UFC Denver.

Cortez, who currently holds the number eleven rank in the official flyweight rankings, returns tomorrow night in her premiere main event bout since joining the promotion, fresh from a decision win over Jasmine Jasaduvicius at Noche UFC last September.

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And replacing Maycee Barber in tomorrow’s return to Colorado for the organization, Tracy Cortez initially missed weight by half a pound for herfight with former two-time strawweight champion, Namajunas – coming in at 126.5lbs for the main event clash.

Tracy Cortez cuts her hair to make weight for UFC Denver

Continuing to cut weight following the use of a screening box, Cortez came back to the scales on her second attempt – with her hair in hand, cutting off her locks to successfully tip the scales at 126lbs for her fight with Namajunas – whilst holding back tears. 

Boasting an impressive unbeaten Octagon record spanning seven straight fights, former Invicta FC prospect, Cortez has chalked up notable victories in the UFC over the likes of Mariya Agapova, Melissa Gatto, and Vanessa Melo – to go with a decision win over Erin Blanchfield during their time under the Shannon Knapp-led all-female organization.

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Sidelined since landing her first victory in a flyweight drop earlier this year, former gold holder, Namajunas defeated Amanda Ribas in a unanimous decision headliner back in March at the UFC Apex facility. 

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Herself successfully making weight for her return, Namajunas came in under the championship limit for her non-title bout with Cortez in Denver, tipping the scales at 124.75lbs as the first fighter to weigh in this morning officially. 

Who wins tomorrow night at UFC Denver: Rose Namajunas or Tracy Cortez?

‘Rose Is Not That Fighter’ – Tracy Cortez Warned That Short-Notice Scrap Against Namajunas Is Bad Decision

Tracy Cortez is set for a significant step up in competition this weekend when she takes on Rose Namajunas in the main event when the UFC rolls into Denver, Colorado on Saturday night. Cortez, who is riding an eleven-fight winning streak into this bout, was initially scheduled to face Miranda Maverick a week later in […]

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Tracy Cortez is set for a significant step up in competition this weekend when she takes on Rose Namajunas in the main event when the UFC rolls into Denver, Colorado on Saturday night.

Cortez, who is riding an eleven-fight winning streak into this bout, was initially scheduled to face Miranda Maverick a week later in Las Vegas but when Namajunas lost her original opponent Maycee Barber to injury, the opportunity of a headline slot opposite a former champion was one that Cortez couldn’t turn down.

30-year-old Cortez has won all five of her fights inside the Octagon since signing with the UFC back in 2019 off the back of a win over Mariya Agapova on Dana White’s Contender Series. While she is on an impressive winning streak, this will be the first time she faces an opponent ranked inside the top ten in the UFC’s featherweight division.

Speaking on his podcast Weighing In this week, Josh Thomson was asked by his co-host on “Big” John McCarthy if he thinks taking this fight was a good decision by Tracy Cortez.

“I don’t think it’s a good fight for her” said the former UFC welterweight. “No disrespect to her, I don’t think that…after her last fight against (Jasmine) Jasudavicius or whatever her name is…I think what I saw in that fight was in the later rounds like two-and-a-half/three rounds she started to slow down to the point where…Rose is not that fighter”.

‘She Will Not Slow Down’ – Josh Thomson on Namajunas

“Thug” Rose won the UFC strawweight championship in 2017 by knocking out long-time champion Joanna J?drzejczyk and during her UFC career has won four five-round main events by unanimous decision. Thomson believes that experience of the championship rounds should make the difference come Saturday night.

“Rose has been in plenty of five round fights, she’s trained for five round fights” Thomson continued. “She will not slow down in rounds three and four”.

Thomson also believes that Cortez may be a little out of her depth when she tries to strike with the former UFC strawweight champion.  

“She’s got the power to make Rose respect her, I just don’t know if she knows how to get in on the reach. Like she slid in on the Jasudavicius girl with those straight rights then follow up with the left hook, but Rose is a different level of striking”.

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UFC Denver headliner Tracy Cortez hopes to one day surpass the legacy of MMA icon Ronda Rousey

UFC Denver headliner Tracy Cortez hopes to one day surpass the legacy of MMA icon Ronda RouseyTracy Cortez hopes to one day surpass the legacy left behind by Ronda Rousey. On Saturday night, the Phoenix…

UFC Denver headliner Tracy Cortez hopes to one day surpass the legacy of MMA icon Ronda Rousey

Tracy Cortez hopes to one day surpass the legacy left behind by Ronda Rousey.

On Saturday night, the Phoenix native will have a chance to take a big step in that direction when she steps in on short notice for a scrap with former two-time strawweight world champion ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas.

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Originally, Namajunas was scheduled the headline the UFC’s return to Denver against rising star Maycee Barber in a fight that feels like it’s been years in the making. Unfortunately, ‘The Future’ was forced to bow out of the bout due to an illness, paving the way for Cortez to step in and shoot her shot against one of the UFC’s most beloved female fighters.

Ahead of her return to the Octagon this weekend, Cortez spoke with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, discussing her upcoming clash and the legacy she hopes to leave behind.

Specifically asked about women’s MMA icon Ronda Rousey, Cortez has the utmost respect for ‘Rowdy,’ but made it clear that her goal is to one day surpass the accomplishments of the UFC’s first-ever female champion.

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“I’m very grateful for the way Ronda paved the way for women’s MMA,” Cortez said. “No one has done it like she has, but I say this humbly; I hope to surpass that. She set a goal and I think as competitors, we keep wanting to overstep these goals and [outdoing] what our heroes did.

“I saw the way she moved and [I keep] finessing, tweaking, and making it my own and hoping to surpass what she’s done.”

Tracy Cortez could thrust herself into title contention with an upset against ‘thug’ rose

Cortez is off to a pretty good start, going 11-1 in his mixed martial arts career, including a solid 5-0 run under the UFC banner, earning wins over the likes of Justin Kish, Melissa Gatto, and Jasmine Jasudavicius.

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As it stands, Cortez is sitting in the No. 11 spot in the women’s flyweight rankings. If she can bag an upset against Namajunas in her first UFC headliner, she’ll thrust herself into the top 10 and likely just outside the top five. Of course, getting a win over ‘Thug’ is much easier said than done.

After coming up short in her flyweight debut against Manon Fiorot, Namajumas bounced back with a solid showing against Amanda Ribas, immediately putting her into the 125-pound title picture.

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UFC star Tracy Cortez clarifies her relationship with Paulo Costa following viral photo

Tracy CortezDespite being on the shelf for more than a year, Tracy Cortez was a hot topic among MMA fans after her highly-publicized relationship with featherweight standout Brian Ortega came to an end. Cortez returned to the Octagon at Noche UFC, earning a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over Jasmine Jasudavicius, but prior to her successful return, […]

Tracy Cortez

Despite being on the shelf for more than a year, Tracy Cortez was a hot topic among MMA fans after her highly-publicized relationship with featherweight standout Brian Ortega came to an end.

Cortez returned to the Octagon at Noche UFC, earning a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over Jasmine Jasudavicius, but prior to her successful return, Cortez was the topic of much discussion after rumors ran rampant that the Phoenix-born beauty had found a new beau in one-time middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa.

In June, ‘The Eraser’ shared an image on X (formerly Twitter) of himself with Tracy Cortez. It was a relatively innocent picture, but considering Cortez’s relationship with Ortega had just ended, fans were quick to speculate that Cortez and Costa were now an item.

Tracy Cortez Was Happy to Let Fans Run Wild Theories

Speaking with Andrew Whitelaw in a Sportskeeda MMA exclusive interview, Tracy Cortez confirmed that she got a kick out of all the speculation online and decided to let it ride. In the end, it was nothing more than an innocent picture with a good friend.

“Again, I don’t know what it is. I don’t know what it is. But, for some reason, I can’t take a photo with anybody because people will just run with whatever image they have in their head,” Cortez said. “But, I did, I had a good laugh at it. Him [Paulo Costa] and his wife, or fiancee, video-chatted me…They called me…I was like, ‘Man, you know what?’ I said, ‘I don’t care. Run with it. It’s funny. It’s bringing people in. Do what you gotta do. But, just let’s clear the air once everything settles…It was literally just a picture.’”

Cortez’s win over the weekend moved her to 5-0 inside the Octagon and 11-1 overall. Despite her impressive run thus far, Cortez’s appearances have been few and far between with the flyweight only competing twice in the last two and a half years.

As for Paulo Costa, the top-10 middleweight contender will make his long-awaited return to the Octagon next month when the promotion heads to Abu Dhabi for UFC 294. ‘The Eraser’ will attempt to stop the momentum of undefeated Chechen monster Khamzat Chimaev in what could very well become a title eliminator.

Tracy Cortez scores unanimous decision in exciting scrap with Jasmine Jasudavicius – Noche UFC Highlights

Tracy CortezTracy Cortez remained undefeated inside the Octagon at Noche UFC, scoring a unanimous decision victory over Jasmine Jasudavicius. Both women landed some solid strikes in the opening minutes, but Cortez began to let her hands go near the halfway point of the first round, scoring some solid combinations, including a big right hand that snapped […]

Tracy Cortez

Tracy Cortez remained undefeated inside the Octagon at Noche UFC, scoring a unanimous decision victory over Jasmine Jasudavicius.

Both women landed some solid strikes in the opening minutes, but Cortez began to let her hands go near the halfway point of the first round, scoring some solid combinations, including a big right hand that snapped Jasudavicius’ head back. Tired of being a punching bag, Jasudavicius attempted to shoot in for a takedown with 90 seconds to go, but Cortez defended perfectly. A minute later, Jasudavicius closed the distance and landed some solid knees in the clinch, but Cortez was again able to defend and separate to close the round.

Tracy Cortez picked up right where she left off in the second round, counter-striking as Jasudavicius attempted to pressure Cortez against the fence. Halfway through the second, Jasudavicius secured her first takedown of the fight, but Cortez was able to work her way back up. Switching to a double leg, Jasudavicius dragged Cortez back down, but it wasn’t long before Cortez again fought her way upright and finished the round on her feet.

With the bout potentially even, Jasudavicius appeared to be much more confident in the third, closing the distance early and backing Cortez up against the fence. Able to once again defend the takedown, Cortez freed herself from the grip of Jasudavicius and escaped. Jasudavicius remained relentless, putting a ton of pressure on Cortez. With just over a minute left, Jasudavicius landed a nice knee up the middle followed by a glancing head kick.

Things got a little chippy between both women as the clock ran down, closing a fantastic three-round war between two of the flyweight division’s most promising prospects.

Official Result: Tracy Cortez def. Jasmin Jasudavicius via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

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