UFC on ESPN 59 live results: Rose Namajunas vs. Tracy Cortez

After a week off following UFC 303, action inside the Octagon is back as the UFC returns to the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, for the first time since 2018 for tonight’s UFC on ESPN 59. Headlining the card is a five-round bout in the women’s flyweight division as former UFC women’s strawweight champion Rose Namajunas takes on Tracy Cortez. Cortez, who will be in her first UFC main event, is taking this fight on short notice as a replacement for Maycee Barber. Namajunas is looking for her second consecutive win and hoping to earn a title shot with a victory. Meanwhile, Cortez has yet to lose during her UFC career with five straight UFC wins and 11 straight wins overall. Also on the main card is a welterweight bout between Santiago Ponzinibbio and Muslim Salikhov; a lightweight bout pitting Drew Dober against Jean Silva; a featherweight bout between Julian Erosa and Christian Rodriguez; and middleweights Abdul Razak Alhassan and Cody Brundage in the main card opener. ESPN PRELIMS | 7 PM ET/4 PM PT > Welte