A flyweight bout between Tracy Cortez and Miranda Maverick has been rebooked for the UFC Fight Night on December 14 in Tampa, Florida.
A flyweight bout between top prospects has been added to the December 14 UFC Fight Night in Tampa, Florida as number twelve ranked Tracy Cortez will face Midwest product Miranda Maverick. Maverick broke the news herself on social media. The fight is a rebooking from this past July prior to the two being given different opponents.
@rosenamajunas got it last time; now its my turn. I have a long time until the fight which means I have a long time to keep getting better. I suggest she leaves her eyelashes at home.😎 #fearthemaverick
December 14
Tampa, FL pic.twitter.com/o0ZFcKGkYS— Miranda Maverick (@FearTheMAVERICK) August 27, 2024
Cortez (11-2) was pulled from her bout with Maverick this past July when an injury to Maycee Barber led to the UFC calling upon her to fight a week earlier in a headlining bout in Colorado against former strawweight champion and current flyweight contender Rose Namajunas. Cortez came up short in the bout, snapping her eleven fight win-streak that she began prior to joining the UFC and had kept going through five bouts inside the Octagon.
Maverick (14-5) maintained her original fight date on July 20 and went on to dominate short notice replacement Dione Barbosa to extend her win-streak to three. “Fear The” expressed her desire to still have the fight with Cortez to move up the rankings and gets her wish as she continues to push for a perennial spot in the top-15 and a chance to move toward bigger fights in the flyweight division.
No main event for the event has been announced. The card is currently still in development as a strawweight rematch between Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas and a light-heavyweight bout between Dustin Jacoby and Vitor Petrino are the only fights to have been announced. The event will take place at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.
