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LAS VEGAS—Tracy Cortez talks to the media following her big win at UFC 317, including why she’s not happy with her performance, her post-fight message of support for the Mexican community amid ongoing ICE raids, the health issues that have limited her in-cage appearances, and more.
“A lot of my fans are Mexicans,” Cortez said. “It’s the Latin community, it is someone that I represent very much to my core and I think it would be almost coward-like if I didn’t speak on something. I want the support from what I call mi gente, la raza, and I represent the Mexican flag as well as the U.S. flag and I think it’s only right for me to speak on it. I haven’t been able to because I’ve been very focused on this fight and I was just waiting for the right opportunity and I felt it in my heart.
“I just want everyone to know I don’t know if I am qualified to speak on such a sensitive topic, but nevertheless, I could be a voice and I’m here.”
Watch Cortez’s full post-fight media scrum above.