UFC Fighter Cortez Makes Weight with Haircut.

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UFC Fighter Cortez Makes Weight with Haircut.

UFC fighter Tracy Cortez managed to hit the 126-pound weight limit for her headline bout in Denver on Saturday, but not without a dramatic last-minute measure: she cut off her hair to make weight.

The 30-year-old UFC fighter Tracy Cortez faced Rose Namajunas in the main flyweight contest and found herself half a pound over the limit at Friday's weigh-in. 

To make weight, she decided to cut several inches off her long hair, a move that caught attention as she posed for cameras holding the hair she had cut.

Cortez, who has a winning streak of 11 fights, stepped up to fight Namajunas on short notice after the original opponent, Maycee Barber, withdrew due to health reasons.