Slated to return subsequent weekend at UFC Combat Evening Tampa, surging flyweight contender, Miranda Maverick has slammed would-be opponent, Tracy Cortez, in addition to different contenders throughout the division’s top-15 rankings — claiming many have little interest in going through her regardless of her spectacular run.
Maverick, who seems to show in her fourth consecutive victory subsequent weekend in Florida, will tackle former Invicta FC champion, Jamey-Lyn Horth — seeking one other successive win as a part of her present successful spree.
Most just lately that includes in opposition to Diane Barbosa following a pair of triumphs over each Andrea Lee and Priscila Cachoeira, Maverick was slated to tackle the above-mentioned, Cortez as quickly as subsequent weekend at UFC Combat Evening Tampa, earlier than a surgical process introduced on by well being points compelled the latter from the matchup.
And commenting on her pairing with Horth within the ‘Sunshine State’ subsequent weekend, Miranda Maverick advised Inside Combating that whereas it appears Cortez has little interest in preventing her — she has “zero” curiosity in rescheduling a pairing with the current headliner sooner or later, too.
Miranda Maverick shuts down reworked combat with Tracy Cortez
“I don’t want to fight her (Tracy Cortez)” Miranda Maverick defined. “I’ve zero curiosity at this level. I imply, out of the six fights she’s had, she’s now dropped out seven occasions in that very same time interval. So — I’m very to the purpose. It’s like, give me a distinct ranked opponent. I’ve been attempting to climb the rankings, as you understand, for some time now, and it looks like each time I get a ranked opponent, uh, they pull out, or they get pulled up, or one thing occurs.
It simply looks like it’s not sure to occur,” Miranda Maverick mentioned. “A lot of the top 15 girls don’t seem to want to fight, either. Even though it was a short-notice replacement, it was five weeks—not like it was two weeks. So, it’s very frustrating that nobody ranked would take it.”
