Miranda Maverick: 'Fairly lady on Instagram' Tracy Cortez doesn't deserve UFC rating

by Christina S. Brown
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Miranda Maverick intends to show she’s extra worthy of a spot within the UFC girls’s flyweight rankings than Tracy Cortez when the pair meet this summer time.

Maverick (13-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) is presently sitting outdoors the highest 15 at 125 kilos within the UFC’s official rankings, with Cortez (11-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) holding the No. 11 spot going into UFC Combat Evening on July 20 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

On paper, it’s tough for Maverick to know the hole in positioning. Maverick has gained 4 of her previous 5 fights courting again to March 2022, whereas Cortez has fought simply twice in that very same stretch. Cortez could also be unbeaten within the octagon, however she hasn’t competed greater than as soon as in a calendar 12 months since 2019.

Maverick is aware of that there’s far more to the battle sport that solely evaluating resumes, although, and he or she thinks that’s why Cortez is in her present place.

“I feel politics have loads to do with combating,” Maverick instructed MMA Junkie Radio. “She’s that fairly lady on Instagram and all the pieces else. And I feel that’s the explanation she’s nonetheless ranked to start with. She’s a really inactive fighter, hasn’t actually fought anybody ranked, and he or she’s nonetheless been ranked for a protracted time period now. I wouldn’t doubt if I battle her, she nonetheless stays within the prime 12 and I get bumped to No. 13 or No. 12 myself.”

Regardless of her ideas on Cortez, there’s no denying this can be a rewarding matchup for Maverick. She’s getting the prospect to battle upward and construct extra notoriety in opposition to an opponent with a stable fanbase and following.

At 26, Maverick is assured her skillset remains to be rounding into kind and all of her finest days are nonetheless to return. She takes the game very significantly and stated she’s making day by day sacrifices to finally full her UFC championship mission, and Maverick hopes this battle serves as a vital step in her profession trajectory.

“I feel my stakes are sort of getting up in that prime 10,” Maverick stated. “Hopefully inside the subsequent two years I can turn into a type of (title) contenders.”

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