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Cortez is scheduled to fight Cong Wang at UFC 329 9 on July 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Cortez’s longtime coach Santino Defranco retired from coaching following her loss against Erin Blanchfield this past November. Cortez subsequently parted ways with the Fight Ready gym in Scottsdale, Arizona. Cortez has since moved to Mexico City to train at the UFC Performance Institute for her upcoming bout.
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Cortez claims she is still on good terms with the Fight Ready team. However, the Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight believes she outgrew them, fuelling her move to Mexico City. The move has not only helped Cortez develop as an athlete, but also helped her connect deeper to her Mexican roots.
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“Obviously, I know I’m on good terms with them, but I just felt like I outgrew them… It’s just one of those things where, for me to grow not just as a person but as an athlete, I do have to explore, and I have to go outside of my comfort zone, and I was very comfortable at Fight Ready for many years,” Cortez told Danny Segura. “It’s just one of those things where, to grow, to evolve, I mean Fight Ready was all I knew. So I parted ways, and again, coming here to Mexico City, I think I’ve grown so much as a person, a Mexican woman, and as a professional athlete.”
After going unbeaten in her first five UFC outings, Cortez (12-3) has now dropped two of her last three, albeit against elite opponents in Rose Namajunas and Blanchfield. Meanwhile, Wang (9-1), who boasts a kickboxing win over Valentina Shevchenko, is 4-1 in the UFC.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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