Cortney Casey was born on 5 May 1987 and is an American mixed martial artist who competed in the Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
35 Facts About Cortney Casey
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Cortney Casey began her amateur career in 2012, and her professional career a year later.
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Cortney Casey made her amateur debut in 2012, losing a split decision to future UFC Strawweight Emily Kagan.
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Cortney Casey then went on a four fight win streak, earning three wins by armbar and capturing the Tuff-N-Uff Flyweight title in the process and defending it once.
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Cortney Casey made her professional debut in 2013 defeating Kelly Warren by rear naked choke.
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Cortney Casey was then submitted by Pearl Gonzalez by armbar in her second fight.
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On July 18,2015, Cortney Casey debuted in the UFC to face The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned contestant Joanne Calderwood, at UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Leites, replacing the injured Bec Rawlings.
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Cortney Casey next faced Seo Hee Ham at UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Masvidal on November 28,2015.
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Again Cortney Casey lost a unanimous decision, but was awarded "Fight of the Night".
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Cortney Casey faced Cristina Stanciu at UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs Lineker on July 13,2016.
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Cortney Casey earned her first UFC win by defeating Stanciu by TKO in the first round.
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Cortney Casey next faced Randa Markos at UFC 202 on August 20,2016.
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Cortney Casey caught Markos in an armbar, to which she verbally submitted, giving Cortney Casey back-to-back UFC wins.
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Cortney Casey next faced Claudia Gadelha at UFC Fight Night: Bader vs Nogueira 2.
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Cortney Casey was criticized for allegedly trying to play up the illegal head kick and possibly achieve a disqualification win.
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Cortney Casey next faced Jessica Aguilar at UFC 211 on May 13,2017.
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However, the result of the fight was overturned to a No Contest and Cortney Casey was suspended for three months by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation after an in-competition sample provided by Cortney Casey was found to have an elevated testosterone to epi-testosterone ratio.
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Cortney Casey faced Felice Herrig on December 2,2017 at UFC 218.
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Cortney Casey faced Angela Hill on August 25,2018 at UFC Fight Night 135.
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Cortney Casey next faced Cynthia Calvillo on February 17,2019 at UFC on ESPN 1.
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Cortney Casey was expected to face Virna Jandiroba on December 7,2019 at UFC on ESPN 7.
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However, Cortney Casey withdrew from the event for an undisclosed reason and she was replaced by Livia Renata Souza.
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Cortney Casey was scheduled to face Lara Procopio on May 16,2020 at UFC Fight Night 175.
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However, on April 9, Dana White, the president of UFC announced that this event was postponed to a future date Instead Cortney Casey was scheduled to face Mara Romero Borella on May 16,2020 at UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs Harris.
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Cortney Casey won the bout in the first round via submission through an armbar.
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Cortney Casey faced Gillian Robertson on June 20,2020 at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Volkov.
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Cortney Casey lost the fight via a rear-naked choke submission in round three.
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Cortney Casey was expected to face Priscila Cachoeira on October 31,2020 at UFC Fight Night 181.
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Cortney Casey faced JJ Aldrich on March 13,2021 at UFC Fight Night 187.
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Cortney Casey was expected to face Liana Jojua on August 21,2021 at UFC on ESPN 29.
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Cortney Casey was scheduled to face Antonina Shevchenko on April 30,2022 at UFC on ESPN 35.
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Cortney Casey was scheduled to face Jasmine Jasudavicius on February 25,2023, at UFC Fight Night 220.
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However, Cortney Casey withdrew from the event due to an undisclosed medical reason and was replaced by Gabriella Fernandes.
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Cortney Casey is able to compete again as of October 1,2023.
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On September 19,2023, it was reported that Cortney Casey was removed from UFC roster.