Weight-cutting methods for fighters include saunas, fasting and exercise — and apparently cutting hair, too.
Ahead of UFC Fight Night from Denver on Saturday, women’s flyweight Tracy Cortez chopped off a sizable portion of her hair in order to make the 126-pound threshold.
Cortez was reported to have weighed in at 127 and 126.5 pounds during her first two weigh-in attempts, resulting in the drastic measure — which led Cortez to fight back tears as she stood atop the scale with the hair in her hand.Dodgers star forced to sell $8M mansion over privacy concernsThe bout will mark Cortez’s first since September 2023, when she beat Jasmine Jasudavicius at Noche UFC.
The 30-year-old is riding an impressive 11-fight win streak but is still in search of her first title opportunity, sitting No. 11 in the women’s flyweight rankings, joking that her battle with Namajunas was “so important I had to chop off my hair.” Meanwhile, the No. 6 Namajunas looks to reclimb the mountain in a heavier weight class after surrendering her strawweight title to Carla Esparza in May 2022.Other top fights for UFC’s first event in Denver since 2018 include welterweight bout Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Muslim Salikhov and Drew Dober vs. Jean Silva at lightweight.
As for the pay-per-view schedule, UFC 304 from Manchester, England — including the return of interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall and welterweight champ Leon Edwards — is slated for July 27.
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