Over the weekend the UFC touched down in the Mile High City to host UFC Denver (which to me was a consolation prize for their [UFC’s] marketing team, dropping the ball, on not hosting UFC 303 in Denver) at Ball Arena.
The main event featured Rose Namajunas (fights out of Denver) and Tracy Cortez (fights out of Phoenix), who took the fight at the last minute after Maycee Barber withdrew due to an ongoing health issue.
During weigh-ins on Friday, Cortez made the unusual decision to cut off a large amount of her hair in order to make weight, needing to cut at least half a pound worth. Cortez made weight with the decision. Namajunas dominated all aspects of the fight and showed why she’s a two-time champ!
UFC fight enthusiasts in the City of Denver were spoiled with a total of 12 fights, 6 main card, and 6 prelim fights. The main card featured two additional fighters, fighting out of Denver in Cody Brundage who was unable to continue in his fight with Abdul Razak Alhassan from Ghana, and Drew Dober who lost by TKO to Brazilian fighter, Jean Silva (octagon doctor stopped the fight).
Saturday night was the first time back for UFC since 2018 when it held its 25th anniversary show that featured the Jung Chan-Sung the ‘Korean Zombie’ vs. Yair Rodriguez and Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone vs. Mike Perry. Surprisingly, Denver is UFC’s sixth favorite city behind Anaheim, CA., Atlantic City, NJ., Houston, TX., Las Vegas, NV., and Newark, NJ.
In other sports the Colorado Rockies lost their series with the Cincinnati Reds last week 1 game to 2 before heading to New York to face the Mets. The Mets beat Colorado 2 games to 1 with the Rockies taking game three on Sunday 8-5.
The Rockies are off until Friday when they return to Coors Field to host the San Francisco Giants in a three-game series. The Rockies remain dead last in the division a total of 22 games behind the division-leading L.A. Dodgers. Despite their grim season, the silver lining that emerged since Monday was Colorado drafted Georgia Bulldogs slugger, Charlie Condon at number 3 overall.
Condon’s last season was a historic breaking the single-season NCAA homerun record, putting up 37 homers and 78 RBI’s in 60 games.
The Colorado Avalanche added a goalie after trading with the Ottawa Senators for Kevin Mandolese and a 2026 seventh-round pick in exchange for a 2026 sixth-round pick.
The Denver Nuggets are still a possible landing destination for Russell Westbrook but in order for that to happen the Nuggets may need to give up a key piece to their bench. Who that piece is at this point is unknown.
