The main event of UFC Denver saw Rose Namajunas put on a veteran performance to hand Tracy Cortez her first UFC loss.
UFC Fight Night Denver: Rose Namajunas vs. Tracy Cortez Live Results & Highlights
Originally scheduled to face Maycee Barber in the headlining fight for UFC Denver, Namajunas instead met Cortez in a short-notice matchup after the latter fighter was originally set to meet Miranda Maverick next week.
A fight with the former two-time strawweight champion presented easily the biggest opportunity of Cortez’s career, but in the first round the 30-year-old briefly found herself on her back after eating a huge punch from Namajunas.
Cortez went on to have moments of success during her first five-round main event, but she was largely outworked by the former champion throughout the fight and Namajunas ended up taking a clear unanimous decision.
THUG ROSE 🌹@RoseNamajunas takes the UD in front of the home crowd! #UFCDenver pic.twitter.com/mAxZp8Keql
— UFC (@ufc) July 14, 2024
“Thug Rose” has now won back-to-back fights after dropping her flyweight debut to Manon Fiorot last year, while Cortez suffered her first UFC loss and had an 11-fight win streak snapped in the process.
The rest of the UFC Denver main card included some standout results such as Julian Erosa submitting Christian Rodriguez with a first-round guillotine, and Jean Silva also earned his second win in two weeks after his fight with Drew Dober was stopped in the final round due to a nasty cut.
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