Tracy Cortes (30, USA), ranked 14th in the UFC women’s flyweight division (-57kg), has fought 17 mixed martial arts games since 2013, including amateurs, and won 16 times. Her last 10-year winning percentage is over 94%.
UFC Fight Night 227 will be held on September 17 (hereinafter Korean time) at the T-Mobile Arena (capacity 20,000) in Paradise, Nevada, USA. Cortes will face Jasmine Jasudavicius (34, Canada).
Even if you narrow the scope to the Contender Series and UFC since July 2019, it is 5 consecutive wins. In a pre-video interview for UFC Fight Night 227, Cortes was asked by MK Sports, ‘Are you dissatisfied with the current rating of being ranked 14th in the women’s flyweight division?’ and she agreed, saying, “Honestly, I think so.”
The ‘Contender Series’ is a competition to discover promising talent hosted directly by UFC President Dana White (54, USA). Cortes, who debuted in the UFC in November 2019, added one win each in ▲2020, ▲2021, and ▲2022.
Cortes’ ranking of 13th is a UFC women’s flyweight career high. “I know for sure that there is room for criticism that we should have played more games. “This is even more true if ranking competitors were actively competing,” he said, adding that although it was disappointing, he understood the current status.
Her 4-game winning streak in the UFC is tied for 7th among active women’s flyweight athletes. Cortes said, “The rankings are scored by others, but in the end, I have to get them (by getting good grades). “The goal is to fight more often than before, not only in 2023 but also in 2024,” he said.
Tracy Cortes listens to MK Sports questions during a pre-video interview for UFC Fight Night 227.
Last December, Cortes was scheduled to face Amanda Rivas (30, Brazil), ranked 11th in the women’s flyweight division, at UFC on ESPN 42, but it was canceled due to health issues. She said her gambler’s average odds at the time were 1.91.
This means that she was predicted to have a 52.4% chance of winning. It was a promising matchup as Cortes, who made her UFC debut as a bantamweight (-61kg), could use her size advantage to take on Rivas, who moves up to strawweight (-52kg).
Cortes said, “If given the chance again, I would like to compete. I believe that the match will be successful. “It will definitely happen,” she said, expressing her determination to one day raise her ranking by defeating Hivas, who has a higher status than her.카지노
However, the fight at hand is not easy. The average gambler’s odds for the number of cases in which Cortes defeats Jasudavicius is 1.80, which only predicts a 55.6% chance of winning.
Jasudavicius is not in the official rankings updated on September 13, but has 1 win in the Contender Series and 3 wins and 1 loss in the UFC since September 2021. Cortes’ total record and number of games are the same, but he only has one less win.
Jasudavicius can also be included among the ‘actively active UFC players’ that Cortes mentioned earlier. “I’m okay with being underestimated because I’ve experienced it throughout my career,” Cortes said. He expressed his determination, saying, “I will achieve 5 wins, no losses in the UFC and 11 consecutive wins as a mixed martial arts professional against the beast Davicius.”
The fact that all four UFC wins were decisions is one of the reasons why he is not evaluated as highly as his previous record. Former UFC bantamweight (-61kg) and flyweight champion Henry Cejudo (36) ordered Cortés, a junior from the mixed martial arts training team Fight Ready, to “KO Yasudavicius or make him submit (with joint techniques or chokes).”
Cortes said, “I want to prove that we are world class. “The ‘Fight Ready’ members believe I have the ability to finish the fight before it goes to a decision in the UFC,” he explained.
Cortés admitted, “Sometimes I have too much restraint (besides not getting excited) in shocking situations,” and added, “I am concentrating on being able to fight more aggressively when facing Jasudavicius.”