
Ailin
Perez says this is the best time for Tracy
Cortez to fight her.
Perez took on women’s bantamweight veteran Macy
Chiasson at
UFC Mexico on Saturday at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City,
Mexico. After dropping the first round, Perez bounced back to earn
a unanimous decision win, which is her sixth straight win. Perez
subsequently called out archenemy Tracy
Cortez.
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Perez later elaborated on her callout of Cortez. Perez says this is
the best time for Cortez to fight her, as “Fiona” won’t give her
the opportunity when she is the champion. Perez says that while
Cortez is always beefing with her, she is nowhere to be found after
the callout.
Looking for a Fight
“I already conquered the bantamweight division,” Perez told the
UFC. “All the girls in the weight class are scared of me. And
the time to fight Tracy is now. Because when I’m the champion, I’m
not going to give her that opportunity. So the fight is now.
Tracy
Cortez is always trying to fight me outside the cage, she’s
always trying to look for me. And when I’m trying to look for her,
where is she? Nowhere, she’s a coward.”
Argentina’s Perez (13-2) initially called out Cortez (12-3) after
her win over Darya
Zheleznyakova at UFC Paris. However, Cortez said she was
unbothered. Following her upset win over Karol Rosa
at UFC 311 last year, Perez went off on Cortez, who was also
attending the event. Cortez responded, claiming Perez tried to
shake her hand when they ran into each other. Cortez is 1-2 in her
last three and coming off a submission loss against Erin
Blanchfield.
„When I’m the champion, I’m not going to
give her that opportunity, so the fight is now“Ailín Pérez talks getting her sixth straight victory at
#UFCMexico, and her Tracy
Cortez callout afterwardsComplete Prelim Results ➡️ https://t.co/3UHRGfEGj2 pic.twitter.com/eM8YUCMuOT
— UFC News (@UFCNews)
March 1, 2026