News Miranda Maverick vs Tracy Cortez set for UFC Fight Night (Dec. 14, 2024)

[Better Every Day]

Tracy Cortez vs. Miranda Maverick re-booked for UFC Fight Night on Dec. 14
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MMA JUNKIE​

"Maverick (14-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) is enjoying her best octagon run, having won three straight over Priscila Cachoeira, Andrea Lee, and most recently Dione Barbosa at UFC on ESPN 60 in July."

"Cortez (11-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) is coming off her first UFC loss, a unanimous decision loss against former champion Rose Namajunas in July. Prior to that, the 30-year-old was on an 11-fight winning streak, including a win over Jasmine Jasudavicius."

Tracy Cortez vs. Miranda Maverick re-booked for UFC Fight Night on Dec. 14

UFC women’s flyweights Tracy Cortez and Miranda Maverick will look to finally throw down this winter.

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[Better Every Day]

 

[Better Every Day]

 

[Neck&Neck]

BaNgEr !!

 

[markys00]

I imagine Cortez wins, but she seems super unstable ATM.

I dunno, Cortez wins an ugly split decision

Edit: also, what is happening to her face?

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Cro-magnon Maverick over Cutie-Cortez, by an eyelash

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Miranda is going to beat that butt Easy pick

She’s going to knock her ridiculous fake eyelashes off.

 

[Jackonfire]

Cortez just lost her first fight in the UFC and it was against the former champ on short notice. Of course she was never that good.

 

[StonedLemur]

Tracy Cortez vs. Miranda Maverick re-booked for UFC Fight Night on Dec. 14​

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MMA JUNKIE​

"Maverick (14-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) is enjoying her best octagon run, having won three straight over Priscila Cachoeira, Andrea Lee, and most recently Dione Barbosa at UFC on ESPN 60 in July."

"Cortez (11-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) is coming off her first UFC loss, a unanimous decision loss against former champion Rose Namajunas in July. Prior to that, the 30-year-old was on an 11-fight winning streak, including a win over Jasmine Jasudavicius."

Tracy Cortez vs. Miranda Maverick re-booked for UFC Fight Night on Dec. 14

UFC women’s flyweights Tracy Cortez and Miranda Maverick will look to finally throw down this winter.

mmajunkie.usatoday.com

I had high hopes for Maverick when she first showed up, but for some reason it doesn't feel like she's progressing/evolving.

She's not great at anything and I think Tracy pieces her up on the feet and possibly chokes her out sir

 

[StonedLemur]

Cortez just lost her first fight in the UFC and it was against the former champ on short notice. Of course she was never that good.

I think Tracy is way better in the feet and the ground.
Maverick likes to plod forward but Tracy will be too fast I think.

Just my opinion of course sir lol

 

[Safton]

Miranda is going to beat that butt Easy pick

She’s going to knock her ridiculous fake eyelashes off.

What makes you think so? I actually really like Miranda, but she struggles against anyone who pressures her on the feet and creates a scrappy pace when she can't impose her will on them via grappling/physicality. I think Tracy slides into that niche; she's the sharper boxer with a wrestling base that makes her hard to take down and hold down (unless your name happens to be Rose Namajunas).

Normally I wouldn't bring up MMAth, but look at each woman's comparative performances against common opponents and their respective level of competition. Maverick got embarrassed by Jasudavicius, whereas Cortez outhustled her. Maverick also got tossed around like a small child by Blanchfield... who Cortez happens to hold a pre-UFC win over. I mean, what are Miranda's best wins, really? If you asked me I'd say Gillian Robertson and Andrea Lee, both of which are perennial gatekeepers at best. Lee in particular is clearly in the twilight of her career and was on a long streak of losses when Maverick beat her. Let's not forget that Miranda also found a way to drag Shanna Young to a hard-fought Decision and ate some shots along the way, despite already holding a previous win over her! That was a blatant lay-up that she somehow made look difficult.

I would value Cortez's wins over Blanchfield (aged though it may be), Gatto, and Jasudavicius in equal or superior regard to anything Maverick has accomplished in the sport, honestly. Egger is a decent win, too. Not to mention the fact that Tracy took a round (or two, if you're being generous) off of full-camp Rose on short notice. That says a lot to me.

 

[StonedLemur]

Miranda is going to beat that butt Easy pick

That fuckin AV is killin it kid lol

 

[Nihongi]

Cortez just lost her first fight in the UFC and it was against the former champ on short notice. Of course she was never that good.

 

[StonedLemur]

What makes you think so? I actually really like Miranda, but she struggles against anyone who pressures her on the feet and creates a scrappy pace when she can't impose her will on them via grappling/physicality. I think Tracy slides into that niche; she's the sharper boxer with a wrestling base that makes her hard to take down and hold down (unless your name happens to be Rose Namajunas).

Normally I wouldn't bring up MMAth, but look at each woman's comparative performances against common opponents and their respective level of competition. Maverick got embarrassed by Jasudavicius, whereas Cortez outhustled her. Maverick also got tossed around like a small child by Blanchfield... who Cortez happens to hold a pre-UFC win over. I mean, what are Miranda's best wins, really? If you asked me I'd say Gillian Robertson and Andrea Lee, both of which are perennial gatekeepers at best. Lee in particular is clearly in the twilight of her career and was on a long streak of losses when Maverick beat her. Maverick also somehow found a way to drag Shanna Young to a scrappy Decision where she took some hard shots, despite already holding a previous win over her! That was a blatant lay-up that she made look difficult.

I would value Cortez's wins over Blanchfield (aged though it may be), Gatto, Jasudavicius in equal or superior regard to anything Maverick has accomplished in the sport, honestly. Egger isn't a terrible win either. Not to mention the fact that Tracy took a round (or two, if you're being generous) off of full-camp Rose on short notice. That says a lot to me.

Tracy certainly showed that she belongs during that Rose fight.
If you put Miranda in that fight, does she do as well?
Im not sold on her ability to be consistent to be fair.

 

[Safton]

Tracy certainly showed that she belongs during that Rose fight.
If you put Miranda in that fight, does she do as well?
Im not sold on her ability to be consistent to be fair.

Put Miranda in that same spot under the same conditions and I think she gets pieced up even worse. May even get finished.

 

[Luthien]

That hooted AV is ''hooting'' it kid lol

Thanks

 

[StonedLemur]

Put Miranda in that same spot under the same conditions and I think she gets pieced up even worse. May even get finished.

That's how I felt when I thought about it sir.
I think she has a lot of good tools but its like she doesn't know how to put them together.

She looks like the strongest chick in all of her fights, yet she never overpowers anyone (a couple here and there).
She's frustrating to watch for that reason.

 

[xhaydenx]

She looks like the strongest chick in all of her fights, yet she never overpowers anyone (a couple here and there).
She's frustrating to watch for that reason.

Not in all her fights, and it's what has cost her in every fight she's lost.

Miranda can never do anything unless she's stronger than her opponent. If she doesn't have that advantage in physicality, she always loses either from being handled from the start, or from losing too much energy trying to and then failing to impose her physicality because she's weaker.

Go look at her record and you'll see what I mean. All of her losses were to girls who were stronger and had at least basic wrestling.

I always just bet against her if she's fighting someone I think is stronger, or on her if she's fighting someone who I think is clearly gonna be weaker. Works every time with Mav.

 

[StonedLemur]

Not in all her fights, and it's what has cost her in every fight she's lost.

Miranda can never do anything unless she's stronger than her opponent. If she doesn't have that advantage in physicality, she always loses either from being handled from the start, or from losing too much energy trying to and then failing to impose her physicality because she's weaker.

Go look at her record and you'll see what I mean. All of her losses were to girls who were stronger and had at least basic wrestling.

I always just bet against her if she's fighting someone I think is stronger, or on her if she's fighting someone who I think is clearly gonna be weaker. Works every time with Mav.

That's why I said "looks" sir.
That's also why I said I don't believe in her ability to be consistent.

I liked her when she first showed up, but realized that she's not really evolving, nor does it look like she has the tools to be at the top.

 

[TITS]

She’s going to knock her ridiculous fake eyelashes off.

The eyelash punch is the only reason she lost against Rose. Full eyelash Cortez beats Rose 10/10 times.