Tracy R. Cortez (born December 10, 1993) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Jose stopped competing after the match with Fickett as he started to show cardiovascular problems and was later diagnosed with germ cell cancer.
[8] She returned to World Fighting in November 2017, fought against Roxanne Ceasear and secured a win via unanimous decision.
[16] Cortez appeared in DWTNCS: Season 3, Episode 6 web-series program on July 30, 2019, facing Mariya Agapova.
[18] Cortez was expected to make her promotional debut against Duda Santana in a bantamweight bout on November 16, 2019, at UFC on ESPN+ 22.
[19] However, in October 27, it was reported that Santana was forced to withdraw from the fight due to family issues and she was replaced by Vanessa Melo.
The bout was initially proceeded at a catchweight and no fine was issued due to identical misses.
[21] However, later on the same day, Brazil's athletic commission (CABMMA) executive director Cristiano Sampaio announced that due to an error of the scale used at the weight-ins was set was 0.7 pounds above the official scale and thus both fighters were officially clear from missing weight and the bout proceeded at bantamweight.
[24] However, on October 2, 2020, it was announced that Malecki was replaced by a newcomer Stephanie Egger for undisclosed reason.
[39] However, Cortez was pulled from the bout to face Rose Namajunas as a replacement for Maycee Barber, on July 13, 2024 at UFC on ESPN 59.
[42] However, Cortez was forced to withdraw due to health issues that required her to have surgery and was replaced by Jamey-Lyn Horth.