{"id":25108,"date":"2024-07-09T15:58:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T19:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=25108"},"modified":"2024-07-09T15:58:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T19:58:18","slug":"ufc-denver-main-event-betting-odds-analysis-rose-namajunas-vs-tracy-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/mma\/ufc-denver-main-event-betting-odds-analysis-rose-namajunas-vs-tracy-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Denver Main Event Betting Odds &#038; Analysis: Rose Namajunas vs. Tracy Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.h11ulls39msh\"><strong>Fight Info<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>UFC Denver Main Event<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Who:<\/strong>\u00a0Rose Namajunas vs. Tracy Cortez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday, July 13, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Ball Arena, Denver, CO<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a0Prelims (7:00 p.m. ET), Main Card (10:00 p.m. ET)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How to Watch:<\/strong>\u00a0Prelims (ESPN, ESPN+), Main Card (ESPN, ESPN+)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The UFC returns to Denver for the first time since 2018, featuring a main event between former UFC strawweight champion&nbsp;<strong>Rose Namajunas<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Tracy Cortez<\/strong>&nbsp;in a flyweight bout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Namajunas is ranked No. 6, while Cortez is No. 11, stepping in for the No. 4 ranked Maycee Barber who withdrew in late June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.ue7a1slgj7qm\"><strong>Fighter Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.9s45b0bm2i7v\"><strong>Rose Namajunas (-235)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Record:<\/strong>\u00a012-6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rose Namajunas debuted in the 125-pound division in September 2023, where she lost by decision to Manon Fiorot. She bounced back with a decision victory over Amanda Ribas in March.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.f50jwkpivkvh\"><strong>Tracy Cortez (+200)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Record:<\/strong>\u00a011-1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tracy Cortez is on an undefeated streak since her UFC debut in November 2019. She recently secured a decision victory over Jasmine Jasudavicius in September.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.63xx737o5i31\">Head To Head Fighter Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Rose Namajunas<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Fighter<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Tracy Cortez<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13-6-0<\/td><td><strong>Record<\/strong><\/td><td>11-1-0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5&#8242; 5&#8243;<\/td><td><strong>Height<\/strong><\/td><td>5&#8242; 5&#8243;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>125 lbs<\/td><td><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/td><td>126 lbs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>65&#8243;<\/td><td><strong>Reach<\/strong><\/td><td>65.5&#8243;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Orthodox<\/td><td><strong>Stance<\/strong><\/td><td>Orthodox<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3.69<\/td><td><strong>Sig Strk LPM<\/strong><\/td><td>4.11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>45.79<\/td><td><strong>Sig Strk Acc<\/strong><\/td><td>61.55<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1.38<\/td><td><strong>Takedown Average<\/strong><\/td><td>2.33<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>47.62<\/td><td><strong>Takedown Accuracy<\/strong><\/td><td>46.67<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>0.48<\/td><td><strong>Submission Average<\/strong><\/td><td>0.33<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.p28s6mauk2h8\"><strong>Betting Breakdown<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.icibvpk7exkg\"><strong>Rose Namajunas<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Namajunas faced numerous questions heading into her fight with Amanda Ribas, especially after her lackluster performance against Carla Esparza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She improved her accuracy in the Ribas fight, landing 49 percent of her strikes compared to 40 percent against Fiorot. Namajunas also demonstrated strong control time, accumulating nearly seven minutes on the mat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Significant Strikes Landed per Minute: 3.69<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accuracy: 41%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strikes Absorbed per Minute: 3.51<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defense: 63%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Takedowns per 15 Minutes: 1.38<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Takedown Accuracy: 47%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Takedown Defense: 59%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.zh0xcptozuj\"><strong>Tracy Cortez<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite less experience, Cortez has impressive stats, particularly in grappling. Her defense on the feet is notable, absorbing 2.79 strikes per minute while maintaining over six minutes of control time in her initial UFC fights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that her striking can be inconsistent, and her power is lacking.&nbsp;<em>Cortez was originally training for a three-round fight<\/em>, which could impact her performance in this five-round main event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Significant Strikes Landed per Minute: 4.11<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accuracy: 53%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Striking Defense: 60%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Takedowns per 15 Minutes: 2.33<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Takedown Accuracy: 46%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Takedown Defense: 75%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.6t9ku2mdx7r\"><strong>Best Bets: UFC Denver Main Event \u2013 Rose Namajunas vs. Tracy Cortez<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Namajunas holds the edge in experience<\/strong>, high-altitude training, five-round fight conditioning, and quality of opposition. These factors make her this writer\u2019s pick to win&nbsp;<strong>by decision&nbsp;<\/strong>against Tracy Cortez in the UFC Denver main event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fight Info The UFC returns to Denver for the first time since 2018, featuring a main event between former UFC&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":25109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mma"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25110,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25108\/revisions\/25110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}