UFC Fight Night is in Denver on Saturday night, but the main event was almost nixed.
Tracy Cortez was scheduled to fight Rose Namajunas in a women’s flyweight bout, but when she initially weighed in, the scale was not on her side.
The women’s flyweight weight limit is 126 pounds, but the Scottsdale native weighed in roughly half a pound over.
With time ticking, and not many options to cut that last bit of weight, she had an epiphany: get the scissors out … literally.
Cortez cut her locks, got back on the scale, and weighed 126 pounds, on the dot.
“What was it, .5 [pounds]?” she told ESPN afterward. “I was like, ‘No hesitation. We’ll do whatever it takes. This is a big opportunity.'”
Namajunas weighed in at 124.75 pounds, ESPN notes.
Cortez originally was not in the main event. Namajunas was actually supposed to face Maycee Barber, but she had to withdraw from the fight due to ongoing health issues.