Issues are getting heated between Tracy Cortez and Ailin Perez.
The rivalry between Cortez and ‘Fiona’ has been brewing ever since UFC Denver final yr when Perez infamously mocked Cortez after she got here up brief in a short-notice headliner towards former two-time strawweight queen ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas. Perez additionally slammed Cortez for having to chop her hair to make weight for the bout.
That didn’t sit effectively with Cortez, notably after Perez stepped on the size 0.6lbs over the bantamweight non-title restrict for her conflict with Darya Zheleznyakova at UFC Paris.
“Y’all gained’t catch me speaking sh** right here on social media BUT my oh MY how the tables have turned. 136.6 [pounds] lol,” Cortez wrote on X.
That prompted Ailin Perez to name out Cortez on social media shortly after incomes a first-round submission victory over Zheleznyakova in The Metropolis of Gentle.
Hey @TracyCortezmma, if you wish to struggle, let’s do it,” Perez wrote. “You fought at 135 earlier than. I’ll even make weight this time for you, I promise otherwise you scared and are going to dam me such as you do your replies on X.”
Tracy Cortez slams ailin perez following probability encounter at airport
Quick ahead to this week, it seems as if the feud between two of the UFC’s fastest-rising females has taken a flip for the more serious. Or maybe the higher relying in your perspective.
Returning to the Octagon at UFC 311 in Los Angeles, Perez scored her fifth-straight win beneath the UFC banner, securing a unanimous choice victory over Karol Rosa.
Following the struggle, ‘Fiona’ had some preventing phrases for Cortez who was in attendance on the occasion.
“That’s trash. Don’t identify her on this dialog proper now,” Perez mentioned when requested about her situation with Cortez on the post-fight press convention. “Get higher high quality folks to have beef for me whereas I’m right here, all proper. To start with, make weight first, then come speak to me.
“I’m not gonna simply let anyone spoil my second proper now. I’m within the fitness center with my son morning, afternoon, and night coaching on a regular basis. I’m not gonna let some lady hop on the bandwagon and attempt to [benefit] on my identify, somebody soiled nonetheless.“
Not too long ago, Cortez took to social media, revealing that she had an opportunity encounter with Ailin Perez on the airport. Nonetheless heated from the incident, Cortez claimed that ‘Fiona’ didn’t stand by any of the sh*t she’s been speaking and as a substitute tried to shake her hand.
“Simply landed… as a result of I bumped into my greatest buddy the lady that (twerking pose), I’m not gonna do it,” Cortez mentioned in a clip posted by MMA Mania. “I used to be like, ‘No, what the f*ck?’ Boss b*tch, you’re gonna do f*cking one thing? She didn’t do sh*t, she tried to shake my hand. P*ssy a** f*cking b*tch, in the event you’re going to say one thing, keep on with it. I don’t do sh*t for clout. I’m from the f*cking hood, in the event you gonna speak sh*t, stand by it. Coz I’m standing ten toes down b*tch, once I see you…”
With Cortez frequently competing at flyweight and Perez working her manner up the bantamweight rankings, it’s unclear if we’ll ever really get a payoff to any of this.
