Overview
- This week Cortez moved her camp from Scottsdale to Mexico City to prepare at the UFC Performance Institute ahead of her July 11 fight at UFC 329.
- She left Fight Ready after longtime coach Santino Defranco retired and said she 'outgrew' the gym while remaining on good terms with the team.
- Cortez says the relocation is both a career reset and a personal decision to reconnect with her Mexican roots and she plans to ask the UFC to list her as fighting out of Mexico City.
- Her Mexico City camp uses altitude conditioning, the institute’s physical therapy and nutrition services, and a new striking coach named Eduardo while Defranco is expected to corner her for UFC 329.
- Cortez enters the matchup with Wang Cong after losing two of her last three fights, and a strong showing at UFC 329 could change the trajectory of her career against an opponent who is 9-1 overall and 4-1 in the UFC.