UFC UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum Final

Tracy Cortez vs Justine Kish

Tracy Cortez
United States

Tracy Cortez

12-4

Winner

VS
Justine Kish
United States

Justine Kish

“Robocop”

9-7

Winner

Tracy Cortez

Decision - Split · Round 3 — 5:00

17 April 2021 · UFC Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Tracy Cortez beat Justine Kish by split decision after three rounds.
  • Tracy Cortez landed 84 of 138 total strikes and 3 of 5 takedowns, with 6:26 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 29-28, 28-29, 30-27.
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Tale of the tape

Tracy CortezJustine Kish
12-4Record9-7
27Age on fight night33
5′5″ (165 cm)Height5′5″ (165 cm)
65.5″ (166 cm)Reach64″ (163 cm)
125 lb (56.7 kg)Weight125 lb (56.7 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
Fight ReadyTeamBlack House
Phoenix, Arizona, United StatesFromSaint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Fight statistics

84of 138 · 61%Total strikes landed72of 140 · 51%
54of 100Head strikes45of 105
21of 26Body strikes8of 14
9of 12Leg strikes19of 21
3of 5Takedowns0of 1
0Knockdowns1
1Submission attempts0
6:26Control time0:38

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Tracy CortezRoundJustine Kish
34/52strikes1/1TD0KD4:11controlR112/16strikes0/1TD0KD0:21control
24/46strikes1/2TD0KD0:53controlR238/69strikes0/0TD0KD0:09control
26/40strikes1/2TD0KD1:22controlR322/55strikes0/0TD1KD0:08control

Judges’ scorecards

Derek Cleary

10R199R21010R39

29total28

Sal D'amato

10R199R2109R310

28total29

Rick Winter

10R1910R2910R39

30total27

Form going into the fight

Tracy Cortez

  1. WStephanie Eggerunanimous decision2020
  2. WVanessa Melounanimous decision2019
  3. WMariya Agapovaunanimous decision2019

Justine Kish

  1. LSabina Mazosubmission R3 3:572020
  2. WLucie Pudilovaunanimous decision2020
  3. LJi Yeon Kim2018
  4. LFelice Herrigunanimous decision2017
  5. WAshley Yoder2016

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Robert Whittaker vs Kelvin Gastelumunanimous decisionAndrei Arlovski vs Chase Shermanunanimous decisionAbdul Razak Alhassan vs Jacob Malkoununanimous decisionLuis Pena vs Alexander Munozsplit decisionJuan Espino vs Alexandr Romanovsplit decision

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