Overview

• Cortez needed to lose half a pound to qualify for the flyweight fight.
• She cut off a significant portion of her hair, successfully weighing in at 126 pounds.
• Cortez, with an 11-1 record, steps in as a late replacement for Maycee Barber.
• Namajunas, a former strawweight champion, is the betting favorite.
• The event marks UFC's return to Denver after six years.