Despite being born in the United States, Tracy Cortez proudly boasts her Mexican descent every time she climbs into an Octagon of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The night of this April 17th will be no exception when facing the North American Justin Kish, from Las Vegas, Nevada (USA).

With 27 years old, Cortez has a mark of 8 victories and just one loss, on her debut in 2017. Her most recent wins over Maria Agapova, Vanessa Melo and Stephanie Eggerm earned her a contract with the UFC. Now, this Saturday she will seek to enter the top 15 of female fighters of the company.

For her part, the veteran Kish, 33 years old, has a mark of 7 victories and 3 losses. In her most recent appearance, she lost for rear strangulation against Sabina Mazo in September.

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It is worth mentioning that Tracy will make her first UFC fight in flyweight (125 pounds), having competed at bantamweight (135). Although downgrading could be a problem, her height will be an advantage against Kish. In addition, according to experts, she has the necessary skills to go far in the organization.

Cortez got an interesting backstory, fighting in honor of her mother and brother, who died years ago for Cancer, a powerful reason for the Mexican-American fighter not to give up. This was pointed out in a recent interview for the newspaper Record:

When my brother (José) passed away, I wanted to continue in sport in his memory so that people would know his story and then my mother (Gloria) passed away and it was something I didn’t know if I wanted to continue in sport, but I felt in my heart that it was something i had to do.

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“Losing the people you love is not easy, it hurts to the bottom of my soul and what helps me, to date, is that I have already gone through the worst moments of my life, something that hurts to date. Looking at my mom and my brother through what they went through, cancer is very ugly and they never gave up. I who am healthy, who can breathe, move, young man, I cannot give up”, she assured.

We have gone through many things at a very young age, so what I want is to give my family a more beautiful future, something better that we have not had in a long time and, first of all, God, winning some fights, in 2022 if everything goes well I can fight for the title and that can change my life

Outside the ring, Cortez is considered one of the most beautiful fighters from the UFC; Proof of this is her Instagram account, which has more than 290 thousand followers.

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UFC Vegas 24 will be a show full of Mexican flavor, from the preliminary matches to the main event, which is led by Kelvin Gastelum against Robert Whittaker.

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Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum

Drakkar Klose vs. Jeremy Stephens

Andrei Arlovski vs. Chase Sherman

Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Jacob Malkoun

Alexander Munoz vs. Luis Pena

PRELIMINARY BILLBOARD

Tracy Cortez vs. Justine Kish

Juan Espino vs. Alexandr Romanov

Lupita Godinez vs. Jessica Penne

Bartosz Fabinski vs. Gerald Meerschaert

Zarah Fairn vs. Josiane Nunes

Anthony Birchak vs. Tony Gravely

Austin Hubbard vs. Dakota Bush

The event to be held at UFC Apex will begin at 18:00 hours (time of central Mexico) with the preliminary card, while the main card will start at 20:00 pm. The transmission will go by Fox Sports.

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