Tracy Cortez vs Justine Kish — UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum Result, Stats & Scorecards

Women's Flyweight · 3 rounds · Card

Final

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UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum

Saturday, April 17, 2021 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Tracy Cortez def. Justine Kish

Split Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Keith PetersonDerek Cleary · 28-29Sal D'amato · 29-28Rick Winter · 27-30Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Split Decision · R3 · 5:00

Tracy CortezRound 3Justine Kish

24 / 38Sig. strikes21 / 54

63%Accuracy39%

26 / 40Total strikes22 / 55

0Knockdowns1

1 / 2Takedowns0 / 0

1Sub. attempts0

1:22Control0:08

4.8Pace / min4.2

91%Control share9%

Tracy Cortez

Targethead 54% · body 38% · leg 8%

Phasedistance 71% · clinch 8% · ground 21%

Justine Kish

Targethead 57% · body 19% · leg 24%

Phasedistance 90% · clinch 5% · ground 5%

Statistical signals

Control edgeTracy Cortez held 82s of control to 8s.Striking edgeTracy Cortez struck at 63% accuracy to 39%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Accuracy shiftTracy Cortez's significant-strike accuracy moved +13 pts, 63% against 50%.
Target shiftTracy Cortez's head share of landed strikes moved +13 pts, to 54% head with 38% body and 8% leg.
Phase shiftTracy Cortez's ground share of landed strikes moved +21 pts, to 21% on the ground against 71% at distance.
Pace downJustine Kish's significant-strike pace moved -28% from R2 to R3, 4.2 against 5.8 per minute.
Accuracy shiftJustine Kish's significant-strike accuracy moved -12 pts, 39% against 51%.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Tracy Cortez

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Justine Kish

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

66Tracy Cortez sig. strikes

55Justine Kish sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+480%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Justine Kish)