“It was amazing. I felt the crowd, I felt their energy, the support. Being there and representing was probably the dopest thing I’ve yet to do.”
That entire week, everything Cortez did -including being invited onto the floor with the NBA’s Phoenix Suns – seemed to be the stuff of dreams, the things people rarely dare to imagine. The storybook ending even had a handsome prince in the form of Brian Ortega. Looking back on it now, what milestone could possibly top it?
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“Winning the belt,” she laughs, although she’s not kidding. Still, there’s a bucket list of moments she’d like to get done in her fight career.
