UFC fighter Tracy Cortez makes weight by cutting her hair off ahead of her fight against Rose Namajunas
Cortez made an unplanned hairstyle to cut down an additional half-pound prior to the start of her flyweight match in the ring against Namajunas in the ring on Saturday.
By Kari Anderson
Jul 12, 2024 10:59 PM
The UFC on ESPN The 59 weigh-ins are in books and, after a bit of controversy, every fighter in the fights made their mark.
In the main fight the the former strawweight women’s champion Rose Namajunas (13-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC) fights Tracy Cortez (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and will be fighting for the first time in a UFC main event. Namajunas, who was a Flyweight, for the 3rd time in a row experienced none of the issues, and she was first on the scale. She weighed 124.75 pounds. However, Cortez was unable to reach her weight goal in her first attempt, which was 126.5. She was left with just a few minutes of the weigh-in period to make it on the scale and returned with a bit of her hair trimmed to give her the number 126.
In the co-main event for welterweights, Santiago Ponzinibbio (29-7 MMA UFC) and Santiago Ponzinibbio (29-7 MMA, 11-6 UFC) along with Muslim Salikhov (19-5 MMA, 4-4 UFC) both racked up 171.
The weigh-ins took place in the UFC hotel that hosts the event in Denver. The close Ball Arena hosts Saturday’s event (ESPN/ESPN+).
The complete UFC on ESPN 59 weigh-in results contained:
Main CARD (ESPN/ESPN+ 10 p.m. ET)
- Rose Namajunas (124.75) vs. Tracy Cortez (126)*
- Santiago Ponzinibbio (171) vs. Muslim Salikhov (171)
- Drew Dober (155) vs. Jean Silva (155)
- Gabriel Bonfim (171) vs. Ange Loosa (170)
- Julian Erosa (145.5) vs. Christian Rodriguez (145.5)
- Abdul Razak Alhassan (185) vs. Cody Brundage (185.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+ 7 p.m. ET)
- Charles Johnson (125.5) vs. Joshua Van (125)
- Jasmine Jasudavicius (125) vs. Fatima Kline (125)
- Da’Mon Blackshear (135.5) against. Montel Jackson (135)
- Mariya Agapova (125) vs. Luana Santos (125)
- Josh Fremd (186) vs. Andre Petroski (185.5)
- Evan Elder (170) vs. Darrius Flowers (170)
*Cortez weighed 126.5 pounds at the first try, however she only had until the closing of the weigh-in period to gain weight. She achieved this by cutting off a portion part of her locks.
For more information about the card, go to the MMA Junkie event hub with UFC in ESPN 60.