Tracy Cortez was not going to overlook weight, come hell or excessive water.
After lacking weight by a half-pound on her first try, Cortez was left with roughly 35 minutes within the two-hour weigh-in window to make the 126-pound non-title restrict for her flyweight headliner in opposition to Rose Namajunas at UFC Denver. Roughly 20 minutes later, an emotional Cortez reemerged at 126 kilos with an impromptu haircut and a thick hunk of hair in her proper hand, having lopped off the half-pound of hair to make weight.
Namajunas, a two-time former UFC strawweight champion, was first to the scales and weighed in at 124.75 kilos.
UFC Denver takes place July 13 at Ball Area in Denver. Namajunas and Cortez face off in a five-round flyweight essential occasion after Namajunas’ authentic opponent Maycee Barber withdrew as a result of well being problems.
Namajunas, 32, is 1-1 in two appearances at 125 kilos since shifting up from the strawweight division. She misplaced her divisional debut to Manon Fiorot however rebounded to defeat Amanda Ribas in March.
Cortez, 30, is undefeated in her five-fight UFC run. She defeated Jasmine Jasudavicius in her most up-to-date octagon look this previous September and in addition holds a notable win over UFC contender Erin Blanchfield relationship again in her Invicta FC days.
Welterweight co-headliners Santiago Ponzinibbio and Muslim Salikhov each weighed in at 171 kilos to efficiently make weight for his or her three-round battle.
Full UFC Denver weigh-in outcomes could be seen under.
Essential Card (ESPN/ESPN+ at 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+ at 7 p.m. ET)
Joshua Van (125) vs. Charles Johnson (125.5)
Jasmine Jasudavicius (125) vs. Fatima Kline (125)
Montel Jackson (135) vs. Da’Mon Blackshear (135.5)
Luana Santos (125) vs. Mariya Agapova (125)
Josh Fremd (186) vs. Andre Petroski (185.5)
Evan Elder (170) vs. Darrius Flowers (170)
*Cortez missed weigh by .5 pound on first try