Tracy Cortez has been working on getting her mind right, and for the time being, that’s put her mixed martial arts career on hold.
has been working on getting her mind right, and for the time being, that’s put her mixed martial arts career on hold.The UFC flyweight shed some light on what led to a last-minute withdrawal from a proposed clash againstone day before their Dec. 3 bout in Orlando. The promotion’s statement cited a “medical issue,” but according to Cortez, it’s a little more complex than that.
“I want to say I haven’t been in the right head space since sometime in August,” Cortez wrote on Instagram. “Life has been testing me under circumstances that I least expected. I’m currently healing, I’m prioritizing my mental health [and] just taking life a day at a time.” The 29-year-old Phoenix native has emerged as an intriuging talent since earning a UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2019, winning her first four bouts within the Las Vegas-based promotion. In her lone appearance of 2022, Cortez defeatedvia unanimous decision at UFC 274 on May 7. For now, the Fight Ready product isn’t sure exactly when she’ll make her return to the Octagon.
“I keep getting asked when I’m going to be scheduled for another fight [and] in all honestly I don’t know, BUT I will be back, strong, better [and] with a purpose far greater then I’ve ever had before!!!!” she wrote. “I don’t quit. I’ve never been one to give up. I’m a fighter. I’m a warrior! I’ve been fighting with battles [and] life since I could remember [and] this is just another stage in life that I will come out victorious in.
“But I’m OK, I’m keeping myself healthy and making my mental state, my state of my mind, my mental health, I’m making it a priority.”
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