Video: Tracy Cortez explains post-fight message of support for Mexican community

LAS VEGAS—Tracy Cortez talks to the media following her big win at UFC 317, including why she’s not happy with her performance, her post-fight message of support for the Mexican community amid ongoing ICE raids, the health issues that have limited her in-cage appearances, and more.

“A lot of my fans are Mexicans,” Cortez said. “It’s the Latin community, it is someone that I represent very much to my core and I think it would be almost coward-like if I didn’t speak on something. I want the support from what I call mi gente, la raza, and I represent the Mexican flag as well as the U.S. flag and I think it’s only right for me to speak on it. I haven’t been able to because I’ve been very focused on this fight and I was just waiting for the right opportunity and I felt it in my heart.

“I just want everyone to know I don’t know if I am qualified to speak on such a sensitive topic, but nevertheless, I could be a voice and I’m here.”

Watch Cortez’s full post-fight media scrum above.