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MMA Fighting Share this story Tracy Cortez is heading back to the flyweight division for her next octagon appearance. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a 125-pound matchup between Cortez and Justine Kish is being targeted for the UFC’s event on April 17, which currently does not have an announced location or venue. MMA Junkie first reported the targeted booking. After earning a contract following her July 2019 win over Mariya Agapova on Dana White’s Contender Series, Cortez went on to win both of her UFC fights at 1...

Welcome to year eight of the annual “Prospects the UFC Should Sign” series, in which we’ll examine five MMA prospects per division the UFC should sign in the upcoming year. This series started during my time as a writer for Bleacher Report, continued through my tenures at Today’s Knockout and FanSided, and now it stays alive another year here at Combat Press. Let’s examine the women’s bantamweight division, the original female weight class within the UFC. It’s been thinned out due to the recent addition of the flyweight division, so the UFC needs to look to add an injection of n...