The UFC return to Denver, Colorado has reportedly one half of its main event changed, as Tracy Cortez replaced Maycee Barber in a scheduled bout against Rose Namajunas. The fight card airs live from Ball Arena on July 13. The contest is scheduled for five rounds at flyweight.
Cortez (11-1) makes her first Octagon appearance for the year and targets her 12th win in a row. The 30-year-old native of Phoenix, Arizona defeated Jasmine Jasudavicius by unanimous decision last time out in Sepmeber 2023.
Namajunas (12-6) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin fights for the second time in 2024. The 31-year-old former two-time strawweight champion got back in the win column in March, when she scored a UD against Amanda Ribas.
Barber withdrew due to an unknown reasons, as per MMA Mania. Cortez was scheduled to face Miranda Maverick a week later, on July 20 at UFC Vegas 94. Her planned fight against Namajunas was reported by MMA Fighting. The promotion is yet to make a formal announcement.
With the change, the current UFC Denver lineup looks as the following:
Main card
- Rose Namajunas vs. Tracy Cortez, women’s flyweight
- Mike Malott vs. Gilbert Urbina, welterweight
- Drew Dober vs. TBA, lightweight
- Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Muslim Salikhov, welterweight
- Gabriel Bonfim vs. Ange Loosa, welterweight
Preliminary card
- Julian Erosa vs. Christian Rodriguez, featherweight
- Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Cody Brundage, middleweight
- Viviane Araujo vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius, women’s flyweight
- Luana Santos vs. Mariya Agapova, women’s flyweight
- Josh Fremd vs. Andre Petroski, middleweight
- Marquel Mederos vs. Nazim Sadykhov, lightweight
- Gregory Rodriges vs. TBA, middleweight