UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall took to social media to poke fun at flyweight contender Tracy Cortez’s unusual weight-cutting method ahead of her bout with Rose Namajunas.
Cortez made headlines when she cut off a portion of her hair to make the 126-pound flyweight limit for her main event fight. Aspinall, known for his witty commentary on Twitter, didn’t miss the opportunity to comment on the situation.
“Tracey Cortez cut her hair, to make weight. To later, hold her hair in her hand on the scales… it might as well have stayed on her head lol,” Aspinall tweeted.
He followed up with another post, highlighting the irony of Cortez’s opponent: “She then cried about cutting her hair (I presume so), to later… go and face off with her opponent, rose namajunas, who is bald. What an entertaining sequence”
Aspinall’s tweets quickly gained traction, with thousands of likes and retweets from fight fans amused by his take on the weigh-in drama.
The incident underscores the extreme measures some fighters resort to in order to make weight, often pushing their bodies to the limit. While Cortez’s hair-cutting strategy worked, it sparked discussions about weight-cutting practices in MMA.
Cortez, facing the biggest opportunity of her career in her first UFC main event, expressed nothing but positivity despite the unorthodox weight cut. She emphasized her respect for Namajunas while asserting her readiness for the challenge ahead.
As the MMA community buzzes about this unusual weigh-in story, all eyes will be on Cortez and Namajunas as they headline the UFC event in Denver.
